Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill

By Elana Schor | Jan 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Senate Democrats huddled behind closed doors this afternoon to assess their options for a new job-creation bill, with one option of around $80 billion making headlines even second-ranked leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) warned that no details are set in stone. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) (Photo: STLToday) But as Democrats debate the wisdom of […]

SO.CA.TA Wants Your Help Gathering Signatures to Get Transit Protections on the Ballot

By Dana Gabbard | Jan 15, 2010 | 7 Comments

Help put our money where his mouth is. Sick of transit funding being stolen by the state and want to do something about it? You can help gather signatures for placing on the November ballot the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Act. A packet of petitions can be requested via this online form. They […]

Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table

By Elana Schor | Jan 13, 2010 | 5 Comments

Transportation reformers and members of Congress have long clamored for changes to the federal government’s major transit grant program, otherwise known as "New Starts," and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood answered today with an announcement of sweeping changes in the works. LaHood made his announcement today at the Transportation Research Board conference. (Photo: AP) The first […]

How Google and Portland’s TriMet Set the Standard for Open Transit Data

By Matthew Roth | Jan 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

Photo: Steve Rhodes With national data transparency efforts like President Obama’s Open Data Initiative and municipal projects like New York City’s Big Apps or San Francisco’s Data SF, government agencies across the country have been opening their raw data sets, some more reluctantly than others. With the debut of City-Go-Round and media coverage generated about […]

Statewide/Local Advocates Slam Schwarzenegger’s Rumored End-Around Cut on Transit Funding

By Damien Newton | Jan 7, 2010 | 19 Comments

If the BRU is willing to protest Obama, I can’t wait to see what they have to say about another operating cut from the State. Photo: Streetsblog/Flickr Local transit advocates are reacting with fury to the Governor’s rumored plan to skirt a court ruling requiring that the state stop robbing transit funds dedicated in the […]

Troubling Silence on Transit in Gov’s State of the State Address

By Matthew Roth | Jan 7, 2010 | No Comments

Photo: Justin Short, Office of the Governor Despite continued cash flow crunches facing nearly every transit operator in the state, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said absolutely nothing about transportation or fixing transit’s woes in his State of the State address today. Transit operators are still bracing for the expected budget proposal this Friday that would thwart […]

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