Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

Report: Letting Transit Tax Benefit Expire Will Throw Riders From the Train

By Noah Kazis | Nov 18, 2010 | No Comments

For many transit riders, there’s another fare hike coming down the track, one that many may not even be aware of. A provision of the stimulus bill that offered a larger tax break for some transit riders is set to expire at the end of the year. A new report by TransitCenter [PDF], a non-profit […]

Summary of the Major Decisions from Today’s Metro Board Meeting

By Damien Newton and Carter Rubin | Oct 28, 2010 | 6 Comments

Here’s a quick rundown of the major votes by today’s Metro Board. Each of these five motions were discussed at Streetsblog over the last couple of weeks, and links to those stories can be found at the end of each summary. Streetsblog will have links to all news reports on today’s meeting tomorrow. Westside Subway […]

Why Isn’t Proposition 22 a Slam Dunk with Voters?

By Damien Newton | Oct 6, 2010 | 13 Comments

It seems as though voters would find a “yes” vote for Proposition 22 to be an easy decision. After all, the proposition would end the state’s ability to decide that “we’re in a crisis” and could raid taxes dedicated to transit funding (as well as other local public services such as the police and fire […]

FTA: Transit Maintenance — Not Just Expansion — Will Grow Ridership

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Aging infrastructure across the country has become an enormous safety risk. It’s also becoming an economic hazard. Last year, the Federal Transit Administration announced that the seven largest rail transit systems had a backlog of $50 billion in maintenance needs to bring them into a state of good repair. In June, the agency determined that […]

Scared of the Subway: Beverly Hills Slams Proposal to Put Subway Under the City (Updated: 1:00 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Sep 28, 2010 | 36 Comments

There is one thing that is clear about the position of the residents of Beverly Hills when it comes to the future Westside Subway. No matter how many guarantees they receive about the negligible impacts of tunneling ninety to one hundred fifty feet below the ground, they don’t want it to run underneath their residential […]

Labor Day Homework: Play the Tom LaBonge Transit Game

By Damien Newton | Sep 3, 2010 | 18 Comments

Yesterday, the Daily News printed an odd opinion piece by 4th District City Councilman Tom LaBonge which outlined his views on how Metro should grow Los Angeles’ rail system in the coming years. I say “odd” because the former Metro Board Member has to know that Measure R transit funds have to be spent on […]

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