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about the proposed transportation sales tax measure, and the past measures. 2022 proposed: full | TEP2020 Measure A+ withdrawn: full | TEP2016 Measure B failed: full | TEP2004 Measure A passed: full | TEP
Tag: Measure B 2016
report on STAR’s 2018 top issues
In January of 2018, STAR developed its top three issues for the year. See STAR's top issues post. Route optimizationLight rail extension and expansionCoalition work to improve “Measure B” and support if sufficiently improved We spent much of the year working on route optimization, much less on the other two issues. Route optimization, renamed SacRT … Continue reading report on STAR’s 2018 top issues
STAR’s top issues
Our meeting yesterday developed our list of top issues for 2018. Route optimization Light rail extension and expansion Coalition work to improve "Measure B" and support if sufficiently improved Route optimization: SacRT is undertaking a route optimization study for the bus network. A contract was let to Jarrett Walker Associates, which we view as a … Continue reading STAR’s top issues
Will SB 1 fix your street? Not likely.
The benefits of the recently passed SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, has been touted far and wide as the solution to our deferred road maintenance woes, and to some degree it is. But the bill allocates the most funds to the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP), $1.9B (billion) … Continue reading Will SB 1 fix your street? Not likely.
Timing of transportation measure = 2020
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) requests that the next transportation measure be on the November 2020 ballot, and not be on the 2018 ballot. We believe that a robust public engagement process, involving the Sacramento Transportation Authority along with the county, cities, and Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT), is absolutely critical to developing a transportation … Continue reading Timing of transportation measure = 2020
Whither “Son of Measure B”?
When the Measure B transportation sales tax failed, the staff and several board members of the Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) suggested that all it needed to pass was better marketing. False! STAR and many others immediately starting working with SacRT for a better transit component, and Sacramento Transportation Choices formed to come up with a … Continue reading Whither “Son of Measure B”?
Come to the STA board meeting May 11
Glenda Marsh, of the Transit 101 education program of 350 Sacramento, has invited the transportation advocacy community to come to the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA or SacTA) board meeting on May 11 at 1:30PM, in the Sacramento County supervisors board room on H Street. Glenda's email is included below, for those of you not on … Continue reading Come to the STA board meeting May 11
May 13 Community Forum on Carbon Zero
Please save the date of Saturday, May 13 for the Community Forum: Leading the Way to Carbon Zero. This event, led by 350 Sacramento, will take place at McGeorge School of Law, 9:00am to 3:00pm. The keynote will be by Alex Steffen, author of Carbon Zero: Imagining Cities That Can Save the Planet. The 350 Sacramento … Continue reading May 13 Community Forum on Carbon Zero
Measure B fails
Measure B failed, with 64.81% of the vote, when it needed 66.67% of the vote to pass. So, more people voted for than against, but not enough to overcome the 2/3 requirement for tax measures. The SacBee has a map with its article on Measure B: Sacramento and Placer transportation taxes fail to pass (SacBee 2016-11-08) & … Continue reading Measure B fails
watchdog or straw dog?
One of the glossy mailers you have received from the deep-pockets MeasureB-Yes group, the fold-out one, has a section devoted to accountability, led by a photo of a cute dog. This is supposedly a watchdog, but it is a straw dog. Straw men are arguments raised and then answered, but which were never an issue, … Continue reading watchdog or straw dog?
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 