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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 […]

Transit Advocate Clears First Hurdle to SFMTA Board Appointment

By Matthew Roth | Aug 5, 2010 | 11 Comments

Supervisors Michaela Alioto-Pier and David Campos questioning SFMTA Board nominee Cheryl Brinkman at the Rules Committee meeting today. Photo: Matthew Roth. A noted transit advocate and a key organizer of Sunday Streets in San Francisco has cleared the most significant hurdle to her appointment as the newest member of the Board of Directors of the […]

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 […]

House Approves Transpo Spending Bill After Stripping Out $ for Livability

By Noah Kazis | Jul 30, 2010 | No Comments

Congressmen Oberstar and Blumenauer, here speaking together at the 2007 Bike Summit, were on opposite sides of a dispute about increased funding for livability programs yesterday. Photo: Bike Portland The House of Representatives passed its 2011 appropriations bill for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development yesterday, significantly increasing the amount going to both highways and […]

MTC Adopts Aggressive 15 Percent Target for Reducing Emissions by 2035

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 29, 2010 | 20 Comments

Photo: Keenahn The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), in a historic vote Wednesday that will help guide the future for more sustainable land use and transportation planning in the Bay Area, recommended a 15 percent per capita target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2035, the most aggressive goal to date among California’s metropolitan planning […]

Now That It’s Brown v Whitman, Let’s Talk Transportation

By Damien Newton | Jun 9, 2010 | No Comments

Image: Politico It’s official. It’s Jerry Brown versus Meg Whitman for Governor of California. While we can expect a vigorous campaign between now and the election in November, neither candidate has staked out solid ground on transportation issues. For Brown, there’s a track record going back decades, but for Whitman all we know about her […]

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