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Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign
San Francisco Streetsblog
Transit advocates, transit riders, politicians, and religious figures mourned the continual underfunding of transit operations by staging a mock funeral for public transit above the 12th Street/Oakland BART station today. "Operating funds are desperately needed," said Rev. Scott Denman, Rector at St. John's Episcopal of Oakland and President of Genesis, which helped organize the Oakland event with Public Advocates, Urban Habitat, TransForm, CALPIRG, and BOSS. "It's time to understand and remember the grief that is in our communities because of what is happening to transit, the impact that transit cuts are having on our poor, the impact that it's having on our economy, the impact it's having on our environment."
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Cuts to Dial-A-Ride service for seniors, disabled proposed
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Beverly Bonano doesn't know what she would do without someone driving her to doctor's appointments. Unable to drive or wait for buses on hot summer days, she needs others to take her where she needs to go. It's why she is so happy Riverside Transit Agency's Dial-A-Ride exists, and offers her a door-to-door trip from her Temecula home to doctor's offices and local stores. But some seniors reliant on door-to-door bus service could pay more and have a tougher time coordinating access to Dial-A-Ride, if bus agency officials adopt the ideas suggested in a recently released report.
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Improving access to healthcare by improving transportation options
Transportation 4 America
The ability to reliably and affordably make it to doctor’s visits or healthcare appointments is...a matter of transportation equity. Minorities, households in rural areas, the disabled, and low-income Americans face even greater hurdles because many cannot drive and public transportation is often unavailable, inaccessible or unreliable. (Not to mention public transportation, paratransit or dial-a-ride programs being cut left and right).
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Extensive bus, light-rail cuts coming to VTA
San Jose Mercury News
Faced with an economic crisis that gets worse with each day, the Valley Transportation Authority will slash bus and light-rail service to levels not seen in nearly a decade. The budget follies in Sacramento are perhaps the most critical element facing transit agencies across California. The California Legislature will eliminate $306 million in state funding for transit this year, and it appears likely that those funds will disappear for the next four years.
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SamTrans proposes fare increases, service reductions
San Mateo County Times
SamTrans officials have unveiled proposals to raise fares for the second time this year and reduce bus service from a list of 22 routes, which may result in the elimination of some express lines. The San Mateo County Transit District, which operates SamTrans buses, proposed the service reductions and fare increases as it grapples with a $28.4 million deficit.
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City council to review bus service reductions
Elk Grove Citizen
E-tran riders might have to wait a little longer for a bus in the future, as the Elk Grove transit agency will ask the Elk Grove City Council to choose a plan to reduce service in hopes of closing a $1.7 million deficit during their July 22 meeting. The city’s transit manager, Tiffani Fink said the four options her staff will present to the council range from offering less frequent service on some routes to completely eliminating service on holidays and weekends. Fink said that E-tran “rebuilt (its) entire budget” when fares were increased last April and is running out of places to save money.
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