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Schwarzenegger Long on Fiscal Stimulus Rhetoric, Short on Transit Specifics
By Matthew Roth |
Governor Schwarzenegger sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Obama encouraging massive expenditure in the federal stimulus package on a host of projects in California. The letter comes a month after the governor and president-elect discussed the stimulus package in person: When we met, I had identified $28 billion in infrastructure projects ready to break ground […]
Today’s Headlines
By Bryan Goebel |
Caltrain Set to Hold Hearings on Proposed Fare Hikes and Service Cuts (SF Gate, Merc) Capitol Corridor Seeks Funds to Improve Service to Placer, Alameda Counties (Sac Business Journal) CNN: "Is the U.S. Turning a Corner on High-Speed Rail?" SFMTA Can Act Now and Later to Create a Better Masonic (BIKE NOPA) CHP Officer on […]
Advocates Upset Stim Money Could Still Fund Oakland Airport Connector
By Matthew Roth |
How will you get to the Oakland Airport in 5 years? The debate over how to spend the federal transportation stimulus money at the regional level is heating up and may boil over tomorrow morning at the next Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) meeting. As we reported here two weeks ago, the nine-county Bay Area will […]
MTC Public Hearing on Proposed Oakland Airport Connector
By Michael Rhodes |
MTC proposes to redirect savings in Regional Measure 2 funds from the BART Tube Seismic Strengthening project to the Oakland Airport Connector project. At this meeting, MTC’s Programming and Allocations Committee will hold a public hearing and review the public comments received on the proposed RM2 funding change. Public Hearing notice
Today’s Headlines
By Bryan Goebel |
Despite MTC Promise, Caltrain’s Future “Very Much in Doubt” (SM Daily Journal) Lawmaker Proposes Transit-First Policy for Calif. Coasts (Calif. Streets via Jeff Wood) SFPD Begins “Quietly” Enforcing the Sit/Lie Ordinance (SF Examiner) City Hall Hearing Focuses on Complaints About Segways in Golden Gate Park (SF Gate) This Could Be the Week SFMTA Chief Nat […]
With Clipper Card Change, Some Communities Bemoan Lack of Outreach
By Matthew Roth |
FTA Regional Director Lesley Rogers, SFMTA CEO Nat Ford, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Appointment to the MTC, Jon Rubin, at a press conference in the Civic Center Muni Metro station. Photos: Matthew Roth. With the roll-out of the Bay Area-wide Clipper smart card, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the many transit operators adopting […]