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    The Wall Street Transportation Tax: Predictably Unpopular On Wall Street

    ...  industry. As the chief lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable told the Financial Times in August: We vigorously ...  industry. The financial services industry is a leading sector around the world in producing jobs and providing people with goods and ...

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    This Week in Livable Streets Events

    ...  Before the Wednesday hearing in 90210, the Westside Service Sector Council will hold a community meeting on buses.  For more ...

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    Metro Moves Forward with Confused “Congestion Pricing”

    ...  June 17, 2009 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Metro San Gabriel Valley Service Sector Council Chambers 3449 Santa Anita Ave. 3rd Fl. El Monte Saturday, ...

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    Streetsblog Interview: Michael Woo

    ...  emissions here in California, which is the transportation sector.  40% of all of the Greenhouse Gas emissions produced in ...  cable television you can sometime see these public service announcements for the World Wildlife Fund with a sad polar ...

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    What Metro and Its Riders Will Lose in State Budget “Deal”

    ...  and a Board Member of Metro's San Fernando Valley Service Sector for the Daily News.  Richards points out that California voters, ...

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    Today’s Headlines

    ...  a Sacramento Bike Trail (SacBee) Opinions on Metro Service Changes for San Fernando Valley (Metro Rider) DASH to Eliminate ...

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    Metro Proposes More Changes to Bus Routes and Schedules

    ...  In this landscape, Metro has released it's proposed bus service changes that would go into effect in June. For a full list of the ...  week on February 4th at the San Fernando Valley Service Sector meeting.  A full schedule of service sector meetings can be found ...

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    Uncertainty About Federal and State Funds Tempers Measure R Enthusiasm

    ...  Direct the CEO to solicit feedback through the Service Sectors on what type of bus service improvements are wanted by the public by February 2009B. Provide to the ...

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    Metro Board Approves Late Night Trains on Weekends

    ...  the Metro Board approved a plan to run late night train service from November 14 to January 3 on Friday and Saturday nights along the ...  who is both a member of the Sen Fernando Valley Service Sector Council and a Board Member for the Southern California Transit ...

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    Late Night Train Service on Metro’s Agenda After All

    ...  a month and a half pilot program of late night train service on Metro's Red Line.  The proposal is almost identical to the Los ...  Much of that funding is expected to come from the private sector and putting together the funding during a state budget crunch could ...

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    Metro Imagines More Buses Running on Time

    ...  two new transit operating supervisors to each of their service sectors. But is it fair to blame Metro for buses' performance? After all, ...

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    Today, Metro Talks Cuts. Tomorrow, Metrolink Talks Hikes

    ...  will vote on whether or not to cut over 200,000 hours of service to its Class 1 bus fleet ending a nearly half-year public process. ...  with the changes to the original proposal voted on by the Sector Councils and the information Mayor Villaraigosa requested concerning to ...

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    Villaraigosa Frets That Service Cuts Will Cause More Crime

    ...  to a "deluge of constituent concerns about these service cuts," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared himself not ...  have to go through the public process at the service sectors again. Such a process would take six months from start to finish and ...

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    LADOT Questions Metro’s Bus Cuts

    ...  requiring staff to prepare a memo outlining total service cuts from 2007 and expected cuts for 2008 and 2009. Board Members wanted to put the proposed bus service changes for this June into a larger context to better understand the ...  While the report was written before the sector councils met to vote on changes, LADOT did mention that the local ...

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    Westside Rejects Some Service Cuts

    ...  Last night, the Westside Service Sector Council rejected some of Metro's proposed bus line cuts sparing owl service on Route 14 along Beverly Boulevard and the complete elimination of a ...

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    Sylmar To City: No More Sprawl

    ...  roads, sidewalks, bike lanes, horse paths and transit service.  With some access to mountains and rivers, Sylmar has an active ...  when they aren't." The San Fernando Valley Service Sector will be meeting tonight to vote on Metro cuts that will affect Sylmar.  ...

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    State Avoids Blame As Metro Prepares Service Cuts

    ...  Tonight marks the first meeting of Metro’s Regional Service Sector Council where local boards are expected to endorse the staff recommended ...

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    Less People, Same Passion at Westside/Central Sector

    ...  Planned Westside and Central Sector Changes Last night the Westside/Central Sector Council for the Metro Board held their public hearing on Metro's planned service cuts. The meeting wasn't as well attended as the one I attended last ...  due for elimination was the 220, and the entire night owl (service between 11:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.) cuts planned for the 10, 14, 37 and ...

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    Sector Board Also Against Service Cuts

    ...  board member took a turn discussing their views on the service cuts (all were negative in some way,) and those statements offered a ...  Richard Arivzu called on greater involvement by the public sector, "we need more of you to come to these meetings to help us send a ...

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    San Fernando Valley Service Cuts Hearing Report

    ...  up to ask Metro to cancel or modify some of their proposed service cuts in San Fernando Valley earlier this evening (Wednesday). What ...  religious holiday, but that the members of the Service Sector Board (more on that tomorrow) seemed as aghast at the proposed cuts as ...

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    Transit Coalition Blasts Service Cuts

    ...  Sylmar. The bus essentially connects a whole bunch of bus service with the Sylmar Metrolink station and it shuttles people up to Mission ...  they make. Between the Board and the citizens lie Sector Government Councils, which are supposed to have autonomy to make ...

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    Next Week’s Meeting Schedule…

    ...  12/105 P.M.Metro San Gabriel Valley Service Sector Council Meeting**San Gabriel Valley Sector Office3449 Santa Anita Ave., ...  Works Committee5 P.M.Metro Westside/Central Service Sector Council MeetingLa Cienega Tennis Center, Sunset Room325 S. La ...

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    On Deck for Next Week…

    ...  and events. Blame the holidayMondaySan Gabriel Valley Service Sector Governance Council's Regular Meeting, 5 P.M.Bike Oven, 6-10 pm, 3706 ...