Recent Streetsblog SF posts about California Transit Association

Transit Advocates Will Push Lawmakers to Rethink Transit Funding Cuts

By Michael Rhodes | Dec 4, 2009 | 5 Comments

Cuts to transit funding could mean longer waits than ever. Photo: Michael Rhodes It’s no secret that transit agencies across California are reeling from years of raids on state transit assistance funds. A third of the MTA’s $129 million budget shortfall this spring resulted from those raids, a $42.8 million loss for the agency, and […]

High Court Rejects Appeal of Ruling Declaring Transit Fund Raids Illegal

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

Muni has lost $180 million over three years because of PTA fund raids. Flickr photo: skew-t In what the California Transit Association called a resounding victory for transit providers and riders, the California Supreme Court has rejected Governor Schwarzenegger’s appeal of a lower court ruling declaring raids on transit funds illegal. "The Supreme Court has […]

Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign

By Matthew Roth | Jul 22, 2009 | 7 Comments

Mock funeral for transit today in Oakland. Photos: Matthew Roth Transit advocates, transit riders, politicians, and religious figures mourned the continual underfunding of transit operations by staging a mock funeral for public transit above the 12th Street/Oakland BART station today. The event was tied to a national campaign led by Transit Riders for Public Transportation […]

Governor Schwarzenegger Finds Another Way to Rob Transit

By Damien Newton | May 15, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Trinity County California Republican Party This morning when I saw the L.A. Times headline about new budget cuts announced by Governor Schwarzenegger, I wasn’t worried. After all, I knew this time there wasn’t anything else he could do to hurt transportation and transit. How much more damage could be done after he abolished state […]

California Transit Association Recommends Long-Term Funding Ideas

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 16, 2009 | No Comments

Flickr photo: pbo31 The California Transit Association has submitted a list of recommendations (PDF) to the Commission of the 21st Century Economy, a "bipartisan" panel mostly appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger, that call for establishing a "stable, predictable source of long-term funding" for the state’s public transit agencies. “The latest budget shell game only reinforced what […]