Comments on: Alarcón to Metro: I Don’t Trust You Guys http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/02/28/alarcon-to-metro-i-don%e2%80%99t-trust-you-guys/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/02/28/alarcon-to-metro-i-don%e2%80%99t-trust-you-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Damien Newton Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:51:17 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/02/28/alarcon-to-metro-i-don%e2%80%99t-trust-you-guys/#comment-280 Thanks to the Councilmember's staff for catching that he was indeed a Senator when earmarking funds for a San Fernando Rapid Bus line. Thanks to the Councilmember's staff for catching that he was indeed a Senator when earmarking funds for a San Fernando Rapid Bus line.

]]> By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/02/28/alarcon-to-metro-i-don%e2%80%99t-trust-you-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-277 ubrayj02 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:55:20 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/02/28/alarcon-to-metro-i-don%e2%80%99t-trust-you-guys/#comment-277 You've got to wonder where the billions spent by the MTA each year go. Since I have not studied the issue too deeply, I am often left scratching my head. They already get one whole cent of sales tax in L.A. County - which equals billions of dollars every year. The prime directive in their bi-annual Call For Projects is "move cars", so perhaps these service cuts are not much of a surprise. Building and maintaining car infrastructure is expensive. The MTA measures a bus holding 90 people and a single occupant car as equals (i.e. both are equal to "one vehicle" in their traffic measures). This reduction in service is likely predicted to "relieve congestion" because it is taking a "vehicle" off the road. You've got to wonder where the billions spent by the MTA each year go. Since I have not studied the issue too deeply, I am often left scratching my head. They already get one whole cent of sales tax in L.A. County - which equals billions of dollars every year.

The prime directive in their bi-annual Call For Projects is "move cars", so perhaps these service cuts are not much of a surprise. Building and maintaining car infrastructure is expensive.

The MTA measures a bus holding 90 people and a single occupant car as equals (i.e. both are equal to "one vehicle" in their traffic measures). This reduction in service is likely predicted to "relieve congestion" because it is taking a "vehicle" off the road.

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