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MTA Board Will Be Asked to Declare Fiscal Emergency
By Bryan Goebel |
Fare hikes and service reductions are likely on the way for Muni. Flickr photo: Tom Prete The Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors will be asked to declare a fiscal emergency at its meeting next Tuesday, a move that will allow Muni to skip environmental reviews and implement service cuts and fare hikes this year […]
Muni Events Roundup: Summit Set for March 6, MTA Board Vote Next Friday
By Michael Rhodes |
The upcoming weeks hold several key events for Muni’s future that transit supporters won’t want to miss, including an MTA vote on service cuts, public hearings on the budget, and a summit of groups trying to save Muni. MTA Board Vote on Service Cuts and Fare Increases: February 26 First, the MTA Board will be […]
AC Transit Board To Consider Declaring Fiscal Emergency
By Bryan Goebel |
Flickr photo: pbo31 The MTA Board did it this week, and now AC Transit may become the second transit agency in the Bay Area to declare a fiscal emergency. Such a declaration allows the agencies to bypass environmental review in order to implement service cuts. The AC Transit Board of Directors voted yesterday to hold […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
Muni is far from alone in facing service cuts. This week, the front line of transit service reductions is in Oakland, where AC Transit will be holding a public hearing on proposed cuts. Plus, check out plenty of more uplifting events from this week’s Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: SPUR Young Urbanists: Ballots and brews. Learn what’s […]
SF Board of Supervisors Meeting
By Aaron Bialick |
Agenda [pdf] Of note: 3. Accept and Expend Grant – Transportation Development Act, Article 3 – $696,0003 including $341,000 for the Department of Public Works and $355,000 for various pedestrian and bicycle projects in San Francisco in FY2011-2012. 8 – 17. Treasure Island Development Items 18 – 21. Parkmerced Redevelopment Items 28. Lease of Property – MTA’s Transit […]