Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

BRU ‘Blowsback’ at Metro’s Sales Tax Proposal

By Damien Newton | Jul 31, 2008 | 27 Comments

One week after Metro moved a half cent sales tax to the fall ballot, the Bus Rider’s Union launched it’s first attack in the press against what it terms, "The MTA’s sales-tax boondoggle" in today’s on-line "Blowback" section of the Times. The BRU breaks their attack into two arguments: that the funds generated by the […]

Politicians Threaten High Speed Rail Ballot Proposal

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2008 | 7 Comments

High Speed Rail in Taiwan What is it with the State Senate and not wanting to let voters have their say on transportation infrastructure? The Sacramento Bee reports that Senators from both parties and Governor Schwarzenegger cannot reach accord on how best to conduct oversight of the proposed project, and now the legislation needed to […]

Cleveland’s Health Line Setting a National Example for Bus Rapid Transit

By Damien Newton | Jul 14, 2008 | 14 Comments

The Tribune reports that the Chicago Transit Authority is studying Cleveland’s new Bus Rapid Transit service, called the Health Line, as it prepares to launch its own BRT lines next year. Four miles of the Health Line are currently operational along Euclid Avenue, a major downtown thoroughfare that was once packed with streetcars, buses and […]

Metro Postpones Decision on LRTP to November. Advances Sales Tax.

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2008 | 9 Comments

Unwilling to anger any key constituencies before turning around and asking them to support a sales tax increase, the Metro’s Board of Directors voted to postpone a final vote on their Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), the document which outlines what projects will and won’t be funded in the next 30 years, until the first […]

Coming Soon:Free Bus Rides to Dodger Stadium

By Damien Newton | Jun 23, 2008 | 15 Comments

The #4 Metro Bus Currently Rides Close to the Stadium, but There’s Still the Walk up the Hill The LADOT and the Los Angeles Dodgers have struck a deal to bring transit back to Dodger Stadium on game day. Starting with the first game after the all-star break and continuing through the rest of the […]

Georgia Governor Comes Around on Commuter Rail

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2008 | 2 Comments

Display of Georgia progress at the Welcome Center on I-85, near the South Carolina border Big news out of Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue, who in the past would have been about as likely to advocate for transit as to take his iced tea without sugar, is suddenly interested in commuter rail links between Atlanta and […]

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