Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

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Mayor Lee Abandons Vehicle License Fee Ballot Measure

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 2, 2014 | 42 Comments

Today’s Muni “sick-out” reminds us once again that San Franciscans need better ways to get around. The consequences of a transit strike — people stranded and unable to get to their jobs, queues of drivers clogging streets, and dangerous conflicts between impatient drivers and people who are walking and biking alongside — are just a […]

For Better Muni and Safer Streets, Mayor Lee Must Back Vehicle License Fee

By Aaron Bialick | May 29, 2014 | 4 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee has an opportunity to champion one of the smartest proposals to come out under his administration: A ballot measure to restore SF’s vehicle license fee to its longtime level of 2 percent. The measure would raise crucially needed revenue that would boost transit and make San Francisco’s streets safer. But the mayor […]

Steinberg: CA Cap-and-Trade Must Fund Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2014 | No Comments

Negotiations over the California state budget are producing dueling proposals on how best to spend revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade program. While Governor Jerry Brown continues to call for a third of the cap-and-trade funds to go to CA high-speed rail, Senate President ProTem Darrell Steinberg last week expanded upon his alternative proposal to spend a […]

CA Transportation Choices Summit Tackles Policy Issues

By Melanie Curry | Apr 24, 2014 | No Comments

The California Transportation Choices Summit, held in Sacramento this week, was an opportunity for sustainable transportation and public health advocates to spend the day learning about current state policies and legislation in the works to change them. This year’s summit was titled “2014: A Year of Opportunity.” The “opportunity” comes in the form of new funds from […]

SB 1183 No Longer a Bike Tax

By Melanie Curry | Apr 23, 2014 | No Comments

Senate Bill 1183, the bill from Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) which was originally proposed as a “bike tax,” is no longer a bike tax. This time the change is not just in the bill’s title — the bill, which originally proposed a sales tax on bicycles to create a stable source of funding to maintain bicycle facilities in regional parks, now […]

Pandering to the Parking-First Contingent Won’t Win Transportation Funding

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 16, 2014 | 119 Comments

Some pretty specious rationales are being used to peddle some pretty terrible recent transportation policy decisions in San Francisco. Yesterday, the SFMTA Board of Directors repealed Sunday parking metering, caving to pressure from Mayor Ed Lee. Board members said they bought into the mayor’s thinking that bringing back free Sunday parking would help win support for […]

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