Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Westsiders Vent at Last Night’s Expo Meeting

By Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2008 | 10 Comments

Last night the Expo Construction Authority held a community meeting in the Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services Gymnasium, right in the heart of a community that has historically been opposed to construction of Phase II of the Expo Line. As expected, it was hard to find a supporter of extending light rail […]

Republicans Stop Feuer’s Efforts to Lower Sales Tax Threshold

By Damien Newton | Jun 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

Assemblyman Mike Feuer finds himself back in the news this week. All four of his legislative bills written to help L.A. County raise transit funds have cleared the Assembly and he was featured in a recent story aired nationally on National Public Radio. However, when partisan politics becomes involved with policy, bad things can happen. […]

Schwarzenegger “Peppered” with Questions about Vehicle Licenses

By Damien Newton | Jun 5, 2008 | 2 Comments

See? He Used to Ride in a Bus… Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is touring the state to raise support for his "no new taxes" budget reform plan. The Oakland Tribune reports that attendees at his Bay Area Town Hall asked about reinstating the Vehicle License Fee as one of his first acts as Governor. Repealing the […]

Feuer’s Greenhouse Gas Tax Bill Passes Assembly

By Damien Newton | May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments

Yesterday the State Assembly passed Asm. Mike Feuer‘s A.B. 2558, the controversial piece of legislation that would allow voters to increase fees on drivers whose vehicles produce the greatest amount of pollution, despite unanimous opposition by the Republican caucus. The bill now moves to the Senate where it needs to be passed by committee and […]

Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail

By Ben Fried | May 23, 2008 | 4 Comments

Here’s a great way to support transit before we head in to another traffic-snarled Memorial Day weekend. H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, is currently in need of co-sponsors in the House (a version has already passed the Senate). The bill "authorizes Amtrak for the five years Fiscal 2008-2012, provides for capital […]

Get Involved with Half Cent Sales Tax Project List

By Damien Newton | May 20, 2008 | 7 Comments

If you want to see more projects such as the Downtown Connector, Tell Metro It seems more and more likely that a half cent sales tax measure is going to appear on this fall’s presidential election ballot. This measure would increase the sales tax throughout LA County by a half cent per dollar spent with […]

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