STAR has explored a number of ideas for transit funding. Geographically, we've looked at regional transit district (probably the same boundary as SACOG) with some funding to encourage projects of regional significance and ridership potential, and at the other end of the spectrum, a transit district focused on either the existing service area of SacRT, … Continue reading A transit-only funding measure?
Tag: transportation sales tax
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.
What the Measure B poll said
STAR member Steven Bourasa has spent time tracking down the information on polling that was done by a private company on behalf of Sacramento Transit Authority to judge support for the Measure B transportation sales tax. Some of his analysis is below. What seems surprising is that while polling indicated very high support for fixing … Continue reading What the Measure B poll said
Transit 101 November: ballot measures
350 Sacramento Transportation Committee is hosting another in its series of Transit 101 events on November 30, on Measure B in Sacramento County and various measures in the East Bay. Measure B, the Sacramento County transportation sales tax, failed. The East Bay measures were: Measure C1, a parcel tax to fund AC Transit (AC = Alameda … Continue reading Transit 101 November: ballot measures
sales tax for transit
One of the options that STAR and our collaborators have been talking about since our establishment, and even more so now, is a sales tax dedicated to transit. Before this last election, there were five locations, seven counties, in California that had a permanent dedicated sales tax for transit. Los Angeles County: 0.875 cents BART … Continue reading sales tax for transit
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 