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Supervisors Vote 6-5 Against Rejecting MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 13, 2009 | 23 Comments

BOS Prez David Chiu. Photo by Bryan Goebel BOS Prez David Chiu gave quite a performance at last week’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting, peppering MTA Chief Nat Ford with a series of hard-hitting questions about the agency’s unpopular budget, and lining up the six necessary votes to reject the spending plan. Yesterday, though, at […]

Newsom Speaks Out on MTA Budget; Vote to Reject Hinges on Maxwell

By Bryan Goebel | May 12, 2009 | 12 Comments

Mayor Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom (left) at a ceremony Monday honoring teachers. Newsom spoke to reporters about the MTA budget after the event. On the eve of a possible rejection of the MTA’s budget by the Board of Supervisors over widely unpopular fare hikes and service cuts, Mayor Gavin Newsom told reporters […]

Caltrain Staff Floats Idea to Charge Bicyclists Extra to Ride Trains

By Bryan Goebel | May 7, 2009 | 47 Comments

Flickr photo: richardmasoner It’s bad enough Caltrain already has an image of being unfriendly to bicyclists, despite its efforts to prevent bumps on the system by boosting bicycle capacity on its trains, now comes this word: Staff is toying with the idea of making bicyclists pay a $1 surcharge that would raise an estimated $800,000. […]

Supes Committee Votes to Recommend Rejection of MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 7, 2009 | 8 Comments

Supervisor David Campos with BOS Prez David Chiu and Supervisor Bevan Dufty in background at yesterday’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting. Photos by Bryan Goebel. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee voted 4-1, with Supervisor Carmen Chu dissenting, to recommend the rejection of the MTA’s $778 million budget following a marathon […]

MTA Budget Facing Likely Rejection from Board of Supervisors

By Bryan Goebel | May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

BOS Prez David Chiu is concerned fares would rise while service is cut. Photo by Bryan Goebel. Support appears to be growing at City Hall for Supervisor David Chiu’s motion to reject the MTA’s budget passed last Thursday. Very little has changed to satisfy Chiu, who remains deeply concerned about fare hikes, service cuts and […]

MTA Board Approves Budget But Caves on Stronger Parking Enforcement

By Susan Vaughan | May 1, 2009 | 25 Comments

MTA Directors James McCray, Chair Tom Nolan and Shirley Breyer Black. Photo by Michael Rhodes. Despite the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s daunting deficit — $128.9 million – members of the MTA Board of Directors voted six to one yesterday for a surprise amendment to the budget to eliminate a proposed extension of parking meter […]

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