[Carfreeliving] higher MUNI fares & MTA scenario 2

[Jason Henderson]

Can someone post a quick explanation of MTA's scenario 2?


 From today's Chron, quoting the mayor:

"They've got to make tough choices,'' he said. "We have scoured, and we 
have looked beneath the surface to find alternatives. We'll try to get 
creative.''

However, he added, "We don't have $57 million of creativity.''

-jh



Dave Snyder wrote:

> I'm glad there's such support for stop consolidation -- Mike 
> Sallaberry, Andrew Sullivan, John-Marc Chandonia. We're going to need 
> your help, Steve, in promoting these politically difficult changes 
> because right now many, but not all, members of the Transit Justice 
> coalition equate stop consolidation with service cuts. Their effective 
> opposition to the stop consolidation on Geary cost Muni several 
> hundred thousand dollars a year while preserving slower service. Since 
> I think that the Transit Justice coalition has more credibility on the 
> Board of Supervisors than Rescue Muni, the role of the Bay Guardian to 
> educate the left and support stop consolidation is critical. I hope we 
> can count on you for that, Steve.
>
> I think that Andrew is wrong about the impossibility of balancing the 
> budget without a fare increase or service cuts. MTA's scenario 2 would 
> have accomplished that, albeit with a near doubling in parking fees. 
> Even those increases could have been lessened through the inclusion of 
> stop consolidation, increasing the hours of operation of meters and 
> operating meters on Sundays, "block your driveway" permits, etc.
>
> Dave
> President, Transportation for a Livable City
>
> P.S. I have a title again. (Got elected president of the board last 
> night). My office is still at Zeitgeist, however.
>
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-- 
Jason Henderson 
San Francisco CA 
(415)-255-8136
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