Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

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Supes Approve Wiener’s Population-Based Transit Funding Measure for Ballot

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 22, 2014 | 4 Comments

The Board of Supervisors voted 6-4 today to put on November’s ballot a charter amendment that would increase the share of general funds devoted to transportation, based on population growth. Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced the measure as a backup plan to generate transportation revenue — 75 percent of which would go to Muni, 25 percent […]

Supes Vote Next Week on Wiener’s Backup Transportation Funding Measure

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 16, 2014 | 31 Comments

Supervisors are expected to vote next week on Supervisor Scott Wiener’s backup plan for transportation funding — a charter amendment that, with voter approval, would increase the share of the city’s general fund that gets allocated to Muni, pedestrian safety, and bike infrastructure. That share would be tied to the city’s growing population. Wiener introduced […]

Deal Reached on CA’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan

By Melanie Curry | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

Earlier this evening, the bicameral Budget Conference Committee approved a compromise between state legislators and Governor Brown on how to spend $850 million in revenues from the state’s cap-and-trade system for the next fiscal year. The new plan largely stuck to the Governor’s original proposal for the first year of the expenditure plan, but it […]

Supes, Mayor Lee Agree to Push Vehicle License Fee in 2016

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 10, 2014 | 9 Comments

The ballot measure to restore the vehicle license fee has been postponed until 2016, under an agreement reached between Mayor Ed Lee and supervisors. As we wrote on Friday, Supervisor Scott Wiener had considered bringing the ballot measure before the Board of Supervisors today, so that it could be approved for this November’s ballot. But […]

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With or Without Mayor Lee, Wiener and Advocates Push to Keep VLF Alive

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 6, 2014 | 6 Comments

Just because Mayor Ed Lee withdrew his support for restoring the vehicle license fee doesn’t mean it’s dead. Sustainable transportation advocates are building a campaign to get the measure approved at the ballot this November with the help of Supervisor Scott Wiener, who may introduce the measure at the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, which […]

Muni’s Absymal Breakdown Rate: One Reason SF Needs a Vehicle License Fee

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 5, 2014 | 73 Comments

Muni vehicles break down far more frequently than in other cities, after years of the system being starved of the necessary funding to adequately maintain its fleet of trains and buses. Muni’s heavily-used light rail vehicles, which serve 50 million riders every year, have a failure rate that’s off the charts. According to a City […]

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