Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Arnold Schwarzenegger

Why You Should Be Angry About CA’s “Highest Gas Tax in the Country”

By Damien Newton | Jul 1, 2013 | No Comments

I know it’s tempting to gloat. Today, newspaper headlines are blaring the news that with the newest increase in the state’s gas tax, that California now has the highest gas tax in the country. As I said, I know it’s tempting. But, it’s the result of bad policy. None of the money from that increased […]

Coalition of California Advocates Headed to Sacramento to Save Transit

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

Members of a broad coalition hailing from throughout California are headed to Sacramento next week to push policymakers to save transit funding and enact sustainable transportation planning reforms. The Oakland-based transit advocacy group TransForm has amassed about 150 advocates to descend on the capitol for its two-day Transportation Choices Summit, the first known event of its […]

State Legislature Bill Could Restore Millions in STA Funds to Struggling MTA

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 4, 2010 | 6 Comments

Rare good news out of Sacramento. But will the Governor approve it? Flickr photo: The Junk Last minute legislation to send some State Transit Assistance (STA) funds back to local transit agencies could prove a huge boon for Muni if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approves it. The bill, ABX8 9, was approved by the California State […]

White House Awards $2.3B for California High-Speed Rail

By Elana Schor | Jan 28, 2010 | 6 Comments

California’s bid for a federal high-speed rail network with top speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour is often called the "only true" bullet train proposal on the table — and the Obama administration agreed today, bestowing $2.34 billion on the Golden State to the delight of lawmakers and rail advocates. The largest share of the […]

High Court Rejects Appeal of Ruling Declaring Transit Fund Raids Illegal

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

Muni has lost $180 million over three years because of PTA fund raids. Flickr photo: skew-t In what the California Transit Association called a resounding victory for transit providers and riders, the California Supreme Court has rejected Governor Schwarzenegger’s appeal of a lower court ruling declaring raids on transit funds illegal. "The Supreme Court has […]

Governor Schwarzenegger Finds Another Way to Rob Transit

By Damien Newton | May 15, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Trinity County California Republican Party This morning when I saw the L.A. Times headline about new budget cuts announced by Governor Schwarzenegger, I wasn’t worried. After all, I knew this time there wasn’t anything else he could do to hurt transportation and transit. How much more damage could be done after he abolished state […]