Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

Mayor Newsom, SFMTA Announce More Muni Service Restorations

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 3, 2010 | 8 Comments

The SFMTA says F-Line historic service will be better integrated into the schedule to increase headway efficiency. Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that Muni will restore 61 percent of the service it cut in May, or about 178,781 service hours, after identifying about $15 million in funding sources and […]

Win for Union as Judge Issues Injunction in AC Transit Labor Dispute

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 2, 2010 | 17 Comments

Photo: /\/\ichael Patric|{ An Oakland judge granted a temporary injunction late this afternoon that prevents AC Transit from unilaterally imposing its last, best and final offer on the agency’s 1,100 bus drivers, saying it not only has the potential to cause harm to the operators and their families, but to the agency’s 236,000 riders. "ATU’s […]

Surprise Vote by Pro-Transit Supes Against Vehicle License Fee Measure

By Matthew Roth | Jul 21, 2010 | 27 Comments

Photo: Bringo. The Board of Supervisors, acting as directors of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), voted 8-3 yesterday to put a $10 vehicle registration fee increase on the November ballot, a measure that would raise $5 million yearly for congestion mitigation, street and road resurfacing, pedestrian safety and improved transit. The fee increase […]

Parking Tax Revenue Measure for Muni Makes Its Way to Supervisors

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 9, 2010 | 5 Comments

Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography A parking tax increase that could send $19.2 million to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency moved a step closer to the ballot Tuesday, as Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi introduced the measure before his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors. Mirkarimi made the move at the behest of the SFMTA Board, which […]

Arizona to Other States: Take Our Transit Funding… Please

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2010 | No Comments

Streetsblog founder Aaron Naparstek passes along this tale of legislative dysfunction from sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The narrator is former Arizona state legislator Steve Farley, a former public artist and community activist who recently brought home a $63 million TIGER grant to fund a new streetcar in Tucson. It’s a good thing the feds provide funding […]

Rev. Jackson Joins Labor, Enviro Groups in Call for Transit Funding

By Noah Kazis | Apr 2, 2010 | No Comments

At a rally yesterday headlined by Rev. Jesse Jackson, a new coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations stood together to demand more funding for transit agencies across the country. With service cuts afflicting bus and train riders in dozens of major cities, the "Keep America Moving" coalition is focused on securing funds to maintain […]

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