Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

State Avoids Blame As Metro Prepares Service Cuts

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
The public process is over, and now the cuts can begin. Tonight marks the first meeting of Metro’s Regional Service Sector Council where local boards are expected to endorse the staff recommended service cuts. State Senators, advocacy groups and Metro’s riders have all panned the service cuts, calling them everything from "inconvenient" to "racist." However, […]

Alarcón to Metro: I Don’t Trust You Guys

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
Public comment for Metro’s planned service cuts ended nearly two weeks ago, but that didn’t stop the City Council from taking its turn yesterday questioning the cuts. The results weren’t pretty. During a pointed discussion of the impact cutting bus routes would have on ridership on Metro’s rapid lines, Councilmember (and former Metro Board Member) […]

Bush Budget "Bad for Transit"

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
My old friends at Mobilizing the Region have crunched the numbers on President Bush’s FY09 budget, and the news is not good for transit. Even in a year where Transporation Secretary Mary Peters is arguing that the federal government should think about getting out of the transportation funding game, Bush continues to set a new […]

Sector Board Also Against Service Cuts

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
Residents Get on the Bus in the Valley Just before last night’s hearing was gaveled to a close, Board Member Kymberleigh Richards stopped the chairman before the meeting was ended. It was a good thing she did, because each board member took a turn discussing their views on the service cuts (all were negative in […]

San Fernando Valley Service Cuts Hearing Report

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
Francisca Sanchez didn’t testify but made her opinion known. More than 60 people showed up to ask Metro to cancel or modify some of their proposed service cuts in San Fernando Valley earlier this evening (Wednesday). What wasn’t surprising was that so many members of the public came out on a Christian religious holiday, but […]
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