Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

Parking Tax Increase Could Mean Money and Riders for Muni

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 9, 2010 | 14 Comments

Flickr photo: keever04 A ten-percent increase in the commercial off-street parking tax, from 25 percent to 35 percent of gross receipts, could bring in $20 million for Muni and reduce congestion by nudging downtown commuters towards transit, all without requiring any statewide legislative changes. But the proposal faces an uphill battle: A recent poll showed […]

MTA Board May Finally Get Creative on Funding, But Obstacles Remain

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 5, 2010 | 17 Comments

MTA Executive Director Nat Ford and Board members Jerry Lee, James McCray, and Chairman Tom Nolan. Could the bleakest budget in the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s history force its directors to finally get creative in funding Muni? The answer, judging from Tuesday’s MTA Board meeting, is yes. Fresh off approving a 10 percent cut […]

MTA Board Approves 10 Percent Muni Service Cut; Discount Fast Pass Spared

By Michael Rhodes | Feb 26, 2010 | 10 Comments

Muni riders packed the overflow room at the South Light Court in City Hall, waiting to speak to the MTA Board. Photo: Matthew Roth At one of the most heavily attended MTA Board meetings in recent memory, the MTA’s directors voted 4-3 today to cut Muni service by 10 percent and require $70 premium Fast […]

State DOTs: We Back National Transport Goals — If We Get to Write Them

By Elana Schor | Jan 13, 2010 | No Comments

Congressional efforts to set national goals for the American transportation system are stalled for now, but the U.S. DOT said today that it is preparing for an eventual transition to a world where performance targets are the norm for transit, roads, bridges, and ports. (Photo: UVA) "National goals should be set by U.S. DOT in […]

Troubling Silence on Transit in Gov’s State of the State Address

By Matthew Roth | Jan 6, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: Justin Short, Office of the Governor Despite continued cash flow crunches facing nearly every transit operator in the state, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said absolutely nothing about transportation or fixing transit’s woes in his State of the State address today. Transit operators are still bracing for the expected budget proposal this Friday that would thwart […]

Transit Agencies Upset by Governor Schwarzenegger’s Plan to Divert Funds

By Matthew Roth | Jan 4, 2010 | 11 Comments

Photo: mark & his nikon Despite California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pledge to be a good steward of his state’s environment, the governor is expected to release a budget proposal this week that would gut transit funding and contravene both a state Supreme Court ruling and numerous public referendums mandating secure transit funding, a slap in […]

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