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Statewide/Local Advocates Slam Schwarzenegger’s Rumored End-Around Cut on Transit Funding

By Damien Newton | Jan 7, 2010 | 19 Comments

If the BRU is willing to protest Obama, I can’t wait to see what they have to say about another operating cut from the State. Photo: Streetsblog/Flickr Local transit advocates are reacting with fury to the Governor’s rumored plan to skirt a court ruling requiring that the state stop robbing transit funds dedicated in the […]

For Metrolink It’s a 6% Fare Hike vs. Major Service Cuts

By Damien Newton | Dec 4, 2009 | 48 Comments

This was one of four cars on an Orange County Line run leaving Los Angeles Union Station to Orange County and Oceanside. It gets busier in Orange County. Photo and description: LA Wad/Flickr Two weeks ago, I celebrated that the Metrolink Board agreed to "look into other options" rather than raise fares by 6%. Maybe […]

The Week in Livable Streets Events: Explore Metrolink with So.CA.TA.

By Dana Gabbard | Nov 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

The day after Thanksgiving is a unique day. It is not a holiday but many people get it off. Yet regular weekday transit service generally operates. It presents a rare chance to explore transit in far flung areas and ride services that only operate Monday to Friday without having to take a day off from work. […]

The View from a Folding Chair

By Dana Gabbard | Oct 14, 2009 | 71 Comments

So.CA.TA in Fullerton in 2005 Photo: Trainweb.com It is important from time to time as an advocate to expose yourself to the broader universe of perceptions and experience beyond the universe of fellow advocates, agency staff, officials, etc. populating the policy sphere. We all have a stake in transportation issues and it is educational to […]

Streetsblog Responds to City Watch Columnists Attack on Bus-Only Lanes

By Dana Gabbard | Oct 14, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo: LA Wad/Flickr (editor’s note: A couple of weeks ago Joe Linton wrote an update on Los Angeles’ support for the Wilshire Bus-Only Lane. A City Watch Columnist, Harold Katz, responded with an article attacking the project.) I’d like to begin by stating I have nothing but admiration for activist Harold Katz’s nearly 40 years […]

Today’s Guest Writer: Dana Gabbard

By Damien Newton | Oct 14, 2009 | No Comments

Many people think of So.CA.TA. as train advocates, but Gabbard got his start as a bus rider. Photo: LaWad/Flickr Dana Gabbard has written several stories for Streetsblog over theyears helping to advance issues such as the passage of Measure R and the advancement of many of the transit expansion projects being proposed. Gabbard has been […]

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