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Transit NewsWatch | May 28, 2009
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BART eyes 6.1 percent fare hike
BART administrators will urge the transit board today to adopt higher fares that would make all riders pay more for tickets on July 1 … BART managers say the district needs a fare increase to cope with sharply declining sales tax revenues, cuts in state transit funding and rising costs for worker pension and health benefits.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/localnews/ci_12459789?nclick_check=1
Riders, many disabled, protest bus service cuts
Dozens of riders – many of them disabled young adults – packed a meeting today to protest cuts in bus service. The Orange County Transportation Authority is looking to cut about 22 percent of its service by dropping bus lines, reducing the frequency of service and limiting the hours of bus routes.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bus-transit-county-2424665-service-octa
Supes OK Muni budget - fare hikes, route cuts
Most Muni fares will go up beginning July 1 and some bus lines will be eliminated or scaled back as part of a controversial budget-balancing proposal that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors threw their weight behind Wednesday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/28/BAMC17S559.DTL
Caltrain riders face costlier commute
Caltrain's board of directors will meet June 4 in San Carlos and will likely declare a fiscal emergency. They will also consider various options, such as service reductions and fare hikes, that would take effect in October in an effort to close a $10.1 million budget deficit…Some Caltrain riders said Thursday they would go back to their cars rather than deal with costlier tickets.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/traffic/ci_12443319?nclick_check=1
Sacramento transit looks at cuts in bus routes
Faced with a grim revenue outlook, Sacramento Regional Transit may cut up to 10 percent of its bus service in September. The bus cuts would be the transit agency's third – and deepest – in three years. Officials said they will decide next month where to cut. Preliminarily, officials said half of the agency's 77 bus lines could be affected.
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1866428.html
Governor Finds a New Way to Rob Transit Even More
How much more damage could be done after [the governor] abolished state subsidies to transit in his most recent round of budget cuts? According to the California Transit Association…there was more damage he could do. An unexpected budget surplus created a lifeline for transit, and Schwarzenegger was there with the scissors to cut it: Schwarzenegger…announced that the surplus is going to pay off bond debt and all of the $336 million [from spillover] was going to the general fund.
http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/15/governor-finds-a-new-way-to-rob-transit-even-more/
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www.caltransit.org // p. 916.446.4656 // f. 916-446-4318
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