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08/11/10 - Save $9,381 Annually by Riding Public Transportation
Riding public transportation saves individuals, on average, $9,381 annually and $782 per month based on the August 10, 2010 average national gas price ($2.78 per gallon- reported by AAA) and the national unreserved monthly parking rate. [Link]
08/09/10 - Draft 2010 Public Participation Plan Available for Comments
MTC's Draft 2010 Public Participation Plan catalogs strategies employed by the agency to deliver information to the public and solicit feedback on plans, programs and funding decisions. The plan includes a continued role for face-to-face public meetings as well as electronic communication tools. It also describes steps MTC takes to involve low-income communities and communities of color, along with limited-English speakers. [Link]
07/07/10 - Temporary open-air SF Transbay Terminal to open August 7
A temporary Transbay Terminal will open August 7 as construction crews begin
demolition of the existing terminal. [Liink]
05/17/10 - Bridge toll hike, new HOV & congestion tolls coming July 1
Bridge tolls go up July 1, and introducing new carpool and congestion tolls. [Liink]
05/03/10 - Save Local Services Coalition
Californians to Protect Local Taxpayers and Vital Services. [Liink]
04/23/10 - State budget accord provides $108m for Bay Area transit
State budget accord provides funding relief for public transit operators. [More]
01/11/10 - TJPA Unveils New Transbay Transit Center Project Website
Site Features Interactive Media, New Videos of “Grand Central of the West.” [More]
01/08/10 - Governor Proposes Yet Another Scheme To Raid State Transit Funding
Latest Budget Plan Circumvents Recent Court Rulings
That Funding Diversions Are Illegal; $1.5 Billion in Jeopardy for 2010-11. [More]
12/03/09 - Assembly Transportation Committee to Address California's Public Transit Funding Crisis
Ongoing discussions between the California Transit Association and Assembly Transportation
Committee Chair Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) have culminated in the scheduling of two
legislative field hearings to address the public transit funding crisis. [More]
09/25/09 - Grisly details of state cuts compiled online
‘Aftermath Archive’ catalogs consequences of transit funding crisis. [More]
09/11/09 - State Appeals Transit Ruling to Supreme Court
Lower Court Ruled Funding Raids Violate Repeated Demands of Voters. [More]
04/16/09 - Transit Providers Join the Call for Budget Reform
Association advises panel charged with modernizing state revenue laws. [More]
02/20/09 - Transit to see service cuts, fare increases
The revised budget cuts state assistance for public transit operations for the remainder of the fiscal year, leaving just $76 million of the $306 million promised to operators in California when the original budget was adopted. [More]
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