Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Governor Greenhouse

California is Setting the Stage for a Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled

By Matthew Roth | Mar 31, 2009 | 9 Comments

A sign of the times? When USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood last month suggested that the country should consider replacing the gas tax with a tax on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to compensate for the dwindling Highway Trust Fund, which is primarily supported from gas taxes, the White House immediately rebuffed him, assuring the public and […]

Gov. Talks Transportation Financing and Expansion on Meet the Press

By Damien Newton | Mar 24, 2009 | 3 Comments

This week Governor Schwarzenegger joined Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Meet the Press. A partial clip of the Governor’s statement on transportation can be found above and the full segment can be viewed at the Meet the Press website; but for those at work, here’s what the governor […]

Final CA Budget Cuts Gas Tax Increase, Still Nothing for Transit

By Damien Newton | Feb 19, 2009 | 11 Comments

In other words, the passage of the budget was so important to legislative leaders, they were willing to shake-up the electoral system that put them in office in the first place. And yet...not one legislature from Los Angeles or any other metropolis was willing to stand up for transit operating funds.

What Metro and Its Riders Will Lose in State Budget “Deal”

By Damien Newton | Feb 17, 2009 | 16 Comments

Two articles written over the weekend highlight just how grim the new state budget is to transit riders, especially those in Los Angeles County. For those of you that took off early on Friday, the Governor and legislature’s compromise budget, the one that continaully falls one vote away from passing, would completely eliminate the state’s […]

Cal Transit Association on State Budget: Armageddon Is Here

By Damien Newton | Feb 13, 2009 | 12 Comments

Yesterday, transit advocates from around the state strove to grapple with the new reality that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legislature’s "compromise" on the state budget completely abolished the State Transit Assistance (STA) and the $536 million that it dedicated to subsidizing transit operations. There are multiple villains in this story, but the blackest […]

State Budget: Higher Fees Won’t Lead to Better Transportation

By Damien Newton | Feb 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

For those of us awaiting our tax return from the State of California, the news from Sacramento concerning yesterday’s budget compromise comes as welcome news. For just about everyone else, the news isn’t good. That’s especially true for anyone that has a commute that isn’t either a pedestrian or cyclist. You’re not going to catch […]

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