Riverside-San Bernardino Media Advisory

RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO AREA MOTORISTS LOSE NEARLY $3,400 PER YEAR ON ROADS THAT ARE ROUGH, CONGESTED AND LACK SOME SAFETY FEATURES

Local speakers join national research group for virtual news conference to release report examining California road and bridge conditions, congestion, safety and funding.

WHEN:

Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. PDT
Virtual news conference – Click Here for Zoom Web Conference
Phone one-tap:
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Report available on TRIP website at 11:00 a.m. PDT

WHAT:

The average driver in the Riverside-San Bernardino area loses $3,360 annually as a result of driving on roads that are deteriorated, congested, and that lack some desirable safety features, according to a new report from TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, DC.

Local speakers will join TRIP at a virtual news conference on Thursday to highlight the report’s findings. The report, “California Transportation by the Numbers: Providing a Modern, Sustainable Transportation System in the Golden State,” examines road and bridge conditions, congestion levels, traffic fatality rates, economic development and transportation funding statewide and in the Los Angeles, Riverside-San Bernardino, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose urban areas.

A link to a video containing TRIP spokesperson comments on the report’s findings for the Riverside-San Bernardino area will also be posted on the TRIP website at 11:00 a.m. PDT on Thursday.

WHO:

Senator Dave Cortese (Silicon Valley), Chair, California Senate Transportation Committee

Ryan McClain, Deputy Executive Director of Projects and Operations, The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA)

Rocky Moretti, Director of Policy & Research, TRIP

CONTACT:

Rocky Moretti – TRIP | 202.262.0714 (cell)

Shelley Hammond – TRIP | 404.993.3744 (cell)