[Carfreeliving] SPUR and Transportation Reform

[Andrew Sullivan]

I don't work for SPUR.
On Mar 1, 2005, at 10:43, Steve Jones wrote:

> No, that you're flaking for downtown.
>
> Steven T. Jones
> City Editor
> San Francisco Bay Guardian
> (415) 487-2552
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sullivan [mailto:andrew at sulli.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:43 AM
> To: Steve Jones
> Cc: carfreeliving at livablecity.org; Joshua Hart
> Subject: Re: [Carfreeliving] SPUR and Transportation Reform
>
>
> That SPUR can do math?
>
> On Mar 1, 2005, at 10:42, Steve Jones wrote:
>
>> Why am I not surprised?
>>
>> Steven T. Jones
>> City Editor
>> San Francisco Bay Guardian
>> (415) 487-2552
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrew Sullivan [mailto:andrew at sulli.org]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:34 AM
>> To: Joshua Hart
>> Cc: carfreeliving at livablecity.org
>> Subject: Re: [Carfreeliving] SPUR and Transportation Reform
>>
>>
>> I think SPUR was just being realistic about the budget.  They support
>> alternative revenue sources for Muni (as does Rescue Muni, as do most
>> other alt-transportation types) but they also understood that with a
>> $57 million deficit there's no realistic way to make up the difference
>> without a fare hike this fiscal year.  Longer term revenue sources 
>> like
>> sales tax, parking tax, downtown assessment, vehicle environmental
>> impact fee, and congestion charging will NOT be implemented in time to
>> address this year's deficit, and there's no extra money in the General
>> Fund.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2005, at 10:29, Joshua Hart wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dave and all-
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for setting up this valuable list.   I have a question to 
>>> pose-
>>>  It seems like the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research
>>> Association  has consistently been on the pro-car, pro-development,
>>> pro- downtown business, pro-wealth side of many issues lately.   
>>> Their
>>> lonely stand in support of widening MLK in GG Park, and in support of
>>> yesterday's Muni fare increase clearly illustrates this bias.
>>>
>>> My question is- has SPUR always supported these policies?  How have
>>> other pro-environment, pro-ped/ bike/ transit organizations dealt 
>>> with
>>> this? (did SPUR's transportation committee actually vote to support a
>>> Muni fare hike?)
>>>
>>> Just wondering,
>>>
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Chappell, president of the nonprofit think tank San Francisco
>>> Planning and Urban Research Association, said Muni's three-pronged
>>> budget was fair and should lead to more efficient transit service.
>>>
>>>  "The social and economic health of San Francisco depends on a strong
>>> Muni, '' he said. "Your proposed budget has everyone sharing the 
>>> pain.
>>> That is correct."
>>>
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