Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

Why Isn’t Proposition 22 a Slam Dunk with Voters?

By Damien Newton | Oct 6, 2010 | No Comments

I thought voters would find a “yes” vote for Proposition 22 to be an easy decision. The proposition would end Sacramento’s ability to decide that it’s in a crisis and needs to raid taxes dedicated to transit funding (as well as other local public services, such as the police and fire departments) leading to the […]

FTA: Transit Maintenance — Not Just Expansion — Will Grow Ridership

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 4, 2010 | No Comments

Aging infrastructure across the country has become an enormous safety risk. It’s also becoming an economic hazard. Last year, the Federal Transit Administration announced that the seven largest rail transit systems had a backlog of $50 billion in maintenance needs to bring them into a state of good repair. In June, the agency determined that […]

BART Board to Debate Increasing Revenue with Video Monitors, Train Ads

By Matthew Roth | Sep 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

Unlike every other transit agency in the Bay Area, BART was able to stanch the economic bleeding over the past year and realize a modest operational surplus at the end of FY 2010 in June. The agency doesn’t have a warm and fuzzy feeling, however, and Board President James Fang has asked staff to present […]

Federal Civil Rights Review Raises Governance Questions at MTC

By Matthew Roth | Aug 23, 2010 | 8 Comments

The long-term impacts to transportation funding as a result of the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) civil rights compliance probe of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) won’t be clear for some time, but the action by the federal administration has transportation policy circles buzzing. Experts in civil rights and regional planning policy couldn’t point to another […]

FTA Probes MTC Civil Rights Policy, Casts Shadow on Funding Practices

By Matthew Roth | Aug 18, 2010 | 13 Comments

MTC’s Executive Director Steve Heminger, foreground, listens to public testimony against MTC’s plan to use federal stimulus funds for the Oakland Airport Connector last year. Photo: Matthew Roth The Federal Transit Administration has increased the likelihood the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area’s regional transportation planning and funding body, will undergo a full civil […]

BART Sees $4 Million Budget Surplus at End of This Fiscal Year

By Matthew Roth | Aug 11, 2010 | 8 Comments

Flickr Photo: David BART has once again bucked the trend of financial pain among other Bay Area transit operators by realizing a budget surplus at the end of fiscal year 2010, in large part due to strong sales tax receipts in the fourth quarter. In a letter to the BART Board yesterday [PDF], General Manager […]

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