There was a Twitter Town Hall on #MeasureANotOK today. Apologies for not posting ahead of time so that our members and supporters could follow along. You can review the tweets by going to @ClimatePlan or searching for #MeasureANotOK on Twitter. Click on each question below to view the retweets, likes, and comments.
Category: transportation funding
Measure A: shortchanging senior and disabled transportation
The 2004 Measure A Transportation Expenditure Plan for 2009-2039 sets aside funds for senior and disabled transportation. This is largely for the paratransit program, but may be used in other ways to support seniors and disabled. "The sales taxes dedicated in support of the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA) shall be 3.5% for years 1-10. … Continue reading Measure A: shortchanging senior and disabled transportation
Measure A: mitigating with transit
In the Congestion Improvement Projects, Transit and Rail Congestion Improvement Projects section, the text of the Measure A 2022 Transportation Expenditure Plan says: "In coordination with the Capital Southeast Connector Joint Powers Authority, design, plan and construct a transit component, such as a bus rapid transit service, along the Capital Southeast Connector corridor to mitigate … Continue reading Measure A: mitigating with transit
half cent for transit is the goal
SacRT, and some supporters of transit, have said that the Measure A transportation sales tax on the November 2022 ballot is 'better than nothing'. STAR is opposed to Measure A, because it will lock in a too-low level of funding for transit for the next 40 years. STAR has believed since it's inception that transit … Continue reading half cent for transit is the goal
Measure A: how much for transit?
A recent SacBee opinion article by Yousef Baig on the Measure A 2022 transportation sales tax measure being proposed quotes Henri Li, General Manage of SacRT, that there is $3.3B in funds for transit in the measure. That is an interesting amount, but is it real? The measure's Transportation Expenditure Plan, in section "II. Measure … Continue reading Measure A: how much for transit?
TIRCP grants for Sac region
Cross-posted from Getting Around Sacramento, grants for rail and bus realignment at Sacramento Valley Station, and eight additional low floor light rail cars.
letter to SACOG on the sales tax measure
STAR has sent a letter to the SACOG Board of Directors and James Corless, Executive Director of SACOG, restating our opposition to the proposed transportation sales tax measures, and expressing doubt that a side agreement being worked on by SACOG, SMAQMD (Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District), and Mayor Steinberg would actually mitigate the impacts … Continue reading letter to SACOG on the sales tax measure
STAR opposes 2022 sales tax measure
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) is opposed to the proposed transportation sales tax measure for the November 2022 ballot. The proposed measure was developed without public engagement by a private group called A Committee for a Better Sacramento, and is sponsored primarily by greenfield developers who will benefit from the traffic-inducing Capital Southeast Connector.The … Continue reading STAR opposes 2022 sales tax measure
sales tax measure documents
People have asked about the proposed transportation sales tax measure, and the past measures. 2022 proposed: full | TEP2020 Measure A+ withdrawn: full | TEP2016 Measure B failed: full | TEP2004 Measure A passed: full | TEP
sales tax allocations to transit
STAR's Action Team member DD Cathcart compiled a table showing the percentages allocated to transit in the current proposed measure, and past measures, offered here with some additional information. Since the 2020 measure was never placed on the ballot, the percentage for that one is based on the best information available to us. YearNametaxtermtransitparaequivnotes1988A1/2 cent?38.3%1/6 … Continue reading sales tax allocations to transit
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 