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Transit improvement key to state greenhouse law
The Sacramento Bee
If California's sweeping greenhouse emissions reduction law, SB 375, is to succeed, the state will have to do a better job of providing public transportation, a new report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) has determined. The report says the state must work past the current "volatile" state of transit finances, and find more stable annual revenue sources, including possibly charging drivers fees for using some roads or lanes during congested periods or charging drivers fees per mile they travel.
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OCTA Must Find Money for Bus Service
The Orange County Register
The Orange County Transportation Authority needs to find more funding for its bus system because the county's low-income residents are suffering from recent cuts in service, says a grand jury report released Wednesday. Since September 2008, OCTA has reduced bus service by 20 percent. The most recent cuts came in March, when 150,000 hours of annual service –or about 8 percent – was eliminated by the reducing frequency on some routes and restructuring or eliminating others. The cuts were made in response to a reduction in state funding, a drop in sales tax revenue, and declining ridership.
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More Service Cuts Coming Before the End of the Year
LA Streetsblog.org
Amidst the discussion of Metro's impending fare increase, previous Streetsblog postings have noted even with additional funds from the state along with the addition fare revenues Metro still has a deficit and plans to close it (in part) with service reductions.
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Caltrain will cut service in October, raise fares in January
The Oakland Tribune
Caltrain intends to cut service in October and raise fares in January and may create a "wind down plan" to prepare for a possible shuttering of the railroad in 2012, officials said Thursday. The Caltrain board unanimously declared a fiscal emergency for the fiscal year that begins in July, which will allow the agency to raise fares and cut service more easily. Immediately after, the board heard for the first time proposals to close some of the $36 million gap — out of a $100 million annual budget — the agency faces starting in July 2011.
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