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Category: transportation funding
transportation funding update
Prop 5 bonding for transportation?
Transit Equity Day, February 5
February 5, Monday, is Transit Equity Day. The day, organized by Labor Network for Sustainability, is a celebration of Rosa Parks birthday (actually February 4), and the power of transit and transit workers in our lives. Transit Equity Day Principles (from the Transit Equity Day website) Public Transit provides basic mobility for many in our … Continue reading Transit Equity Day, February 5
transit cliff avoided, for now
The legislature passed and Governor Newsom is expected to sign a budget deal, which includes money for transit. The best explanation as of today is that by CalMatters: What you need to know on the California budget deal; scroll way down to A lifeline for public transit. From this article, "The deal includes a total … Continue reading transit cliff avoided, for now
what does transit cliff mean?
Their term 'transit cliff' has become common, particularly in the Bay Area, to describe the coming crisis for transit agencies as the supplemental federal money supplied for operations during the pandemic are running out. Agencies such as BART and Caltrain that were heavily dependent on farebox recovery are probably in the worst crisis, other transit … Continue reading what does transit cliff mean?
AB-1052 SacRT property tax
AB-1052 (McCarty) Sacramento Regional Transit District: taxes. (2023-2024) has been introduced to the legislature. It has been referred to the Committee on Local Government, but has so far not been scheduled for a hearing. The bill would change Public Utilities Code to allow SacRT to offer a property tax measure which includes only part of … Continue reading AB-1052 SacRT property tax
Measure A fails!
Measure A, the transportation sales tax for Sacramento County, failed in the November election. Yah! Measure A had a few things good about it, and many things bad. STAR was opposed to the measure (see Measure A 2022 for the reasons why) and in fact was the first organization to declare opposition. The information provided … Continue reading Measure A fails!
transit reasons against Measure A
We have posted a number of reasons that Sacramento County residents should vote NO on the Measure A transportation sales tax. You can see the individual posts on Measure A 2022. The #MeasureANotOK citizen campaign against Measure A is at https://measureanotok.org. Here is a summary of STAR's reasons for being against Measure A. If the … Continue reading transit reasons against Measure A
twitter posts against Measure A
In case you are interested, and/or not on Twitter, these are posts that STAR has made on the subject of Measure A, with the hashtag #MeasureANotOK. STAR's twitter handle is @startransitsac. Existing #SacramentoCounty Measure A transportation sales tax allocates 3.5%, increasing to 5.5% for disabled and senior transportation, including paratransit. Proposed Measure A allocates just … Continue reading twitter posts against Measure A
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 