Archive for Transportation Funding

July 2008

7/01: Maryland Senator Ben Cardin: America Needs Transit, Now 6

7/01: Metro’s $40 Billion Plan 27

June 2008

6/24: Metro: Sales Tax Proposal Has Overwhelming Support 11

6/18: Bill Seeking to Reduce VMT Moves Through State Senate 1

6/13: Metro Makes the Case for Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase 26

6/10: Westsiders Vent at Last Night's Expo Meeting 10

6/06: Republicans Stop Feuer’s Efforts to Lower Sales Tax Threshold 2

6/05: Schwarzenegger "Peppered" with Questions about Vehicle Licenses 2

May 2008

5/28: Feuer’s Greenhouse Gas Tax Bill Passes Assembly 3

5/23: Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail 4

5/20: Get Involved with Half Cent Sales Tax Project List 7

5/08: Metro's Plans for 2009: No Fare Hike, Completed Gold Line 1

5/08: Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word "Transit" 0

5/05: Sign the Petition at GasTaxScam.com 1

5/05: Sneak Peak at Subway to the Sea Alternatives (Updated) 20

5/02: How Much Would You Actually Save With a Gas Tax "Holiday"? 1

April 2008

4/30: Fix Expo: We’re Going to Court 5

4/24: Metro Rejects Service Cuts, Approves Congestion Pricing and Much, Much More 6

4/24: Today, Metro Talks Cuts. Tomorrow, Metrolink Talks Hikes 3

4/24: Desert Dispatch Letter Defends SUV's and Attacks Carbon Fees 9

4/18: Paper: We Love Our Cars! Defeat the Climate Change Bills! 9

4/17: Legislators Pushing for Green Line Extension to LAX 2

4/15: Mayor's State of LA Not Just About Gangbangers 2

4/14: Feuer’s Sales Tax and Climate Change Bills Pass Committee 2

4/11: Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez Calls for Snoble to Resign 4

4/10: Metro Wants Developers to Pay Congestion Mitigation Fee 2

4/08: The City Council’s 25 Ways to Improve Transportation 2

4/08: Desert Dispatch and OC Register Add to Anti-Feuer Editorials 4

4/07: Daily Breeze Joins the Anti-Feuer Editorial Movement 10

4/07: Papers Ganging Up on Feuer Legislation 0

4/03: Investor’s Magazine: Hooray for Highways! Boo for Gas Taxes! 5

4/02: City Council Backtracks on Free Parking for Hybrids 4

March 2008

3/31: Feuer's Funding Bills Head to Hearings Next Week (Updated) 2

3/28: March Madness: Bruins, O’Connor Both Win During TV Showdown 1

3/27: WeHo to Metro: We Want Subways 14

3/25: Metro Takes to the Airwaves to Tout LRTP 0

3/20: LADOT Questions Metro's Bus Cuts 5

3/18: Blogs Are Buzzing on Metro's Long Range Plan 3

3/17: Metrolink Next Up for Fare Hikes 6

3/13: Westside Rejects Some Service Cuts 1

3/12: A First Look at Metro’s Long Term Transportation Plan 15

3/05: State Avoids Blame As Metro Prepares Service Cuts 1

February 2008

2/28: Turnstiles Needed to Protect Us From Terrorists 14

2/28: Alarcón to Metro: I Don't Trust You Guys 2

2/08: Bush Budget "Bad for Transit" 0

2/07: Sector Board Also Against Service Cuts 2

2/07: San Fernando Valley Service Cuts Hearing Report 1

2/06: Expo Board Talking Dorsey High Tomorrow 2

January 2008

1/25: Feds Cut Light Rail Language from STC Report 2

1/24: Turnstile Plan Delayed 5

1/17: Metro Considers Raising "Senior Discount" Age to 65 1

1/12: Feuer Seeks To Help LA County Help Itself 0

1/12: Professor Donald Shoup: How About Congestion Parking? 2

1/11: Overview of "It's Time to Move LA" 0

1/09: State of the State: Here Come Public-Private Partnerships 0

1/08: Bad Idea of the Year: Taxing Cyclists by the Mile 1

1/07: SoCATA Backs Prop 91 0

1/04: Transportation Luminaries to Speak on Funding Crunch 2

December 2007

12/20: LADOT's Press Release on Downtown Fare Changes Probably Too Late to Control Blame 0

November 2007

11/29: Going to a Really Long Metro Board Meeting So You Don't Have To 6

11/28: City Council: Its Time To Think About Our Future Together 0

11/26: Times Claims Mayor's Affair Cost City $336 Million in Transportation Funds 0

11/21: Support the Bridges, End the War! 0

11/14: Update on Two Transit Fare Increases... 0

11/01: Reminder: Last Foothill Transit Fare Hike Meeting 0

October 2007

10/31: What are (aren't) our Senators doing about Transportation Funding 1

10/30: Our Friend, The Transportation Engineer 0

10/25: Councilman Bill Rosendahl...not an east coast politician... 0