[Carfreeliving] higher MUNI fares & MTA scenario 2

[Andrew Sullivan]

I think the MTA board decided that $100 street cleaning fines weren't 
possible with the current board.  We pushed for $50, which would have 
prevented some deferred maintenance, but were not successful.

On Mar 2, 2005, at 7:22, Jason Henderson wrote:

> 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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