Comments on: MTC Meeting Tomorrow is Muni’s Best Chance for $17 Million

By: those dudes

those dudes — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:23:47 +0000

Reading the letter from MTA to MTC, it seems these funds would not help fix Muni’s operating deficit – they would just get redirected to 2 “Tier 2″ AARA projects that the MTA already requested funding for – LRV rebuild and preventative maintenance.

By: jml2162

jml2162 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:11:22 +0000

I support the OAC, but MUNI is already bad enough as it is. That’s why I voted for money to go to MUNI to increase public transit — but what did we get? Less public transit!

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:39:00 +0000

Inviting everyone to join Muni First! on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=Muni+First&init=quick#/group.php?v=info&ref=ts&gid=255388633423).

And to Ryan, I’ll admit that I fly once in a blue moon, but I also take trains all over North America (with families and their little kids — a great American secret that I’m somewhat reluctant to let out of the bag for fear of having our trains be overrun with tourists).

By: ryan holman

ryan holman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:30:07 +0000

I was a big supporter of the Oakland AirBart connection until they jacked up the price of it ridiculously high and made the transfer more complicated than it needs to be (requiring second ticket rather than just BART ticket). Now we might just get another old bus everyone hates like we have now, the only apparent difference being that it’s a NICER bus. Now what is the benefit to taking BART to OAK? I would rather take a taxi or be dropped off.

If they managed this properly and didn’t make it prohibitively expensive and the transfer slower, everyone would be supporting I’m sure.

By: Dave Snyder

Dave Snyder — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:54:39 +0000

@Greg, I will ask Supervisor Daly tonight and report back on this blog.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:52:17 +0000

Typical Newsom MTA. Don’t actually be proactive on revenue, don’t make waves, just cut cut and jack up fares, and then plead poverty to the public.

Clearly the Mayor doesn’t care, we knew that. But if the MTA board and the 300,000 man can’t be bothered to advocate for their agency, then why do we have them there?

And where is Sup. Daly on all of this as an MTC board member? Where is the official statement from the Board of Supervisors? I realize this issue isn’t as headline grabbing as some resolution on Obscuristan, but it would help all SF citizens…

By: John Murphy

John Murphy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:33:21 +0000

Word.