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Misconceptions Fuel Non-Profit Opposition to Crucial Muni Funding Reform
With any increase in the number of people living and working in San Francisco comes an added strain on the city's streets and transit system. To account for that, San Francisco collects fees on new development -- with an exception carved out for just about any non-profit organization. That means that even massive developments like hospitals, university campuses, or museums -- which generate thousands of daily trips -- may pay nothing to help the city's transportation agencies accommodate them.
November 28, 2012
SFMTA Board’s Final Vote Expected to Grant Free Muni for Low-Income Youth
With backing from the Board of Supervisors yesterday, free Muni for low-income youth may finally come to fruition if approved by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors on December 4.
November 21, 2012
Livable City: With Smarter Land Use, SFCTA Could Avert “Total Gridlock”
San Francisco's South of Market district will be crippled by gridlock within a generation unless the city makes major improvements to its transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure and implements policies that entice commuters to travel by means other than driving.
November 13, 2012
East Palo Alto Begins Design Process for Bike/Pedestrian Overcrossing
This is part two of our series on the proposed bike and pedestrian overcrossing in East Palo Alto. You can read part one here.
November 5, 2012
With Turnover at the Top of C/CAG, an Opportunity for Change in San Mateo
San Mateo County has the third highest rate of driving mileage per capita in the Bay Area, behind Marin and Sonoma counties. Eighty-two percent of residents drive as their primary mode, due in part to a built environment that keeps people stuck in their cars. Low-income and transit-dependent populations who take the bus face dwindling service, while those who ride their bikes and walk face hostile street conditions, enduring dangerous highway overpasses to get to their jobs or school.
October 31, 2012
A Critical Change in Leadership Faces San Mateo County’s Planning Agency
As San Mateo County’s congestion management agency, the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), is supposed to be responsible for reducing auto congestion. It also controls the purse strings on transportation projects, doling out millions of dollars in state and federal grants to the region’s 20 cities, whose appointed representatives make up the agency’s governing board.
October 30, 2012
On the Ballot: A Key to Alameda County’s Sustainable Transportation Future
Alameda County could usher in a new era of progressive transportation projects if voters pass a proposed half-cent sales tax increase known as Measure B1 on November 6.
October 24, 2012
SamTrans Poll Shows Strong Support for Tax Measures to Support Caltrain
The Green Caltrain blog has some promising news today for moving Caltrain toward a stable funding solution. Adina Levin from Friends of Caltrain reports:
October 12, 2012
SF Transit, Street Improvements Could Get a Boost From Vehicle License Fee
San Francisco may be on course to receive significant new revenue for transit and street improvements in the coming years following the passage of SB 1492, which specifically permits the city to vote on restoring its local vehicle license fee to historic levels.
October 12, 2012
Alameda County’s Bike/Ped Plans Take Local Approach, But Short on Targets
In theory, the East Bay has nearly perfect terrain for bicycling. Streets slope gently east for miles from the Bay, and once over the hills, pedaling conditions are almost idyllic -- that is, if you feel safe enough to ride.
September 26, 2012