December 2004 - Transpo - list.sfgreens.org

[info@mtc.ca.gov: Transportation 2030 Survey: You Make the Call!]
by John-Marc Chandonia 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

----- Forwarded message from MTC info <info(a)mtc.ca.gov> ----- Here's your chance to step into the shoes of a transportation policymaker and take the Transportation 2030 Web Survey. Log on to www.mtc.ca.gov/T2030 and voice your priorities for the San Francisco Bay Area's transportation future. Would you* * allow solo drivers to pay a toll to travel in underused carpool lanes - with the toll revenues going toward completion of the carpool-lane network? * require localities to cluster homes and businesses by public transit stations in order to qualify for regional transit expansion funds? * streamline the region's two-dozen-plus public transit operators to improve customer service and reduce costs? The Draft Transportation 2030 Plan lists five dozen potential policy and funding ideas for ensuring mobility in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area over the next 25 years. Visit www.mtc.ca.gov/T2030 by January 7, 2005, and choose the ideas that make the most sense to you. The future of the Bay Area depends on the choices we make today. MTC Public Information ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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MTA Hearing Tomorrow Regarding Muni Budget Crisis
by John-Marc Chandonia 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hi, I got this notice from Rescue Muni, but of course we should go to promote the items that are part of our platform as well, especially increasing garage/parking rates and parking ticket fines. JMC ----- Forwarded message from dkrausemuni <dankrause(a)rescuemuni.org> ----- Please attend the MTA Board Meeting tomorrow regarding the Muni budget crisis and what they plan to do about it: WHEN: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2004 WHERE: ROOM 400, CITY HALL (1 CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE) TIME: 4:00PM (CLOSE DOOR SESSION WILL START AT 4:00 AND THEN REGULAR MEETING WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS) We are urging our members to attend this public hearing and make comments. Please urge the MTA board to make it their #1 priority to adopt creative funding solutions which will increase revenue rather than cutting service and increasing fares, such as increases in parking fees and fines. We also don't want Muni to eliminating the BART access from the Fast Pass, which they are considering. This will simply decrease transit ridership in the City and we feel it is a great program. BACKGROUND: Muni is facing a large budget shortfall for the remainder of this fiscal year as well as FY2006 because of the failure of Prop K & J on Nov. 2. Muni was depending on revenue from these two propositions to balance its books. Now that those have failed the MTA staff will be considering a variety of strategies on closing the budget gap, which includes service cuts, fare increases, an increase in parking garage rates and parking ticket fines, and elimination BART usage as part of the Fast Pass. For a detailed list and description of the proposals being considered go to http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/rptpub/documents/FY2005FY2006Budgetpolicymemo_v4.… Thanks. Dan Krause Managing Director, Rescue Muni You have received this email because you are a member of (or a subscriber to) Rescue Muni, a transit riders' association for San Francisco. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rescuemuni-announce/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: rescuemuni-announce-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Re: [Transpo] GG Park Road Widening Protest Sunday
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

I will try to find the TWG letter on the internet when next I go into Jake's office. My computer is old and slow and cannot accommodate anymore Adobe Acorbat reader upgrades because it doesn'thave enough memory. Sue On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:04:28 -0800 John-Marc Chandonia <jmc(a)sfgreens.org> writes: > ----- Forwarded message from Bruce Wolfe <brucew(a)fongha.com> ----- > _ _ _ _ _ _ _n_e_x_t_ _ _ _ _ _ _s_t_e_p_s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ > If you are mad as hell about the planned widening of > MLK Dr. in Golden Gate Park, don't just take it lying > down! Come out and join the Inner Sunset Merchants > and others opposed to this outrageous plan this > weekend: > > Protest GGPark Road Widening > Sun., Dec. 5 | 11am 9th Ave. and Lincoln Way (near Irving St.) > > Despite over 600 letters opposing the, the Recreation > and Park Commission voted to widen MLK Drive from 9th > Avenue to the Music Concourse from two lanes to four > lanes for a second entrance to the underground garage > under construction in Golden Gate Park. Neighbors and > merchants in the Inner Sunset area are outraged. We > need everyone possible to attend a rally this Sunday, > December 5th at 11am at 9th Ave and Lincoln. The press > will be there and it is crucial that we have as many > people as possible there to object to making Golden > Gate Park more dangerous and more hostile to > pedestrians. > > The road widening was opposed by a diverse array of > groups and individuals, including the > WalkSF, > Transportation for a Livable City, > SFBC, > Senior Action Network, > Sierra Club, > SF Greens, > HANC, > CVIA, > Inner Sunset Merchants, > SPEAK, > Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, > SF Bay Guardian, > San Francisco Tomorrow, > and many residents and local business owners near the park. > > -- > John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) > http://www.dolorespark.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Transpo mailing list > Transpo(a)sfgreens.org > https://list.sfgreens.org/mailman/listinfo/transpo > >

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GG Park Road Widening Protest Sunday
by John-Marc Chandonia 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

----- Forwarded message from Bruce Wolfe <brucew(a)fongha.com> ----- _ _ _ _ _ _ _n_e_x_t_ _ _ _ _ _ _s_t_e_p_s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ If you are mad as hell about the planned widening of MLK Dr. in Golden Gate Park, don't just take it lying down! Come out and join the Inner Sunset Merchants and others opposed to this outrageous plan this weekend: Protest GGPark Road Widening Sun., Dec. 5 | 11am 9th Ave. and Lincoln Way (near Irving St.) Despite over 600 letters opposing the, the Recreation and Park Commission voted to widen MLK Drive from 9th Avenue to the Music Concourse from two lanes to four lanes for a second entrance to the underground garage under construction in Golden Gate Park. Neighbors and merchants in the Inner Sunset area are outraged. We need everyone possible to attend a rally this Sunday, December 5th at 11am at 9th Ave and Lincoln. The press will be there and it is crucial that we have as many people as possible there to object to making Golden Gate Park more dangerous and more hostile to pedestrians. The road widening was opposed by a diverse array of groups and individuals, including the WalkSF, Transportation for a Livable City, SFBC, Senior Action Network, Sierra Club, SF Greens, HANC, CVIA, Inner Sunset Merchants, SPEAK, Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, SF Bay Guardian, San Francisco Tomorrow, and many residents and local business owners near the park. -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Beyond Chron Editorial: Supes Must Stop Golden Gate Park Highway
by Jym Dyer 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

=v= Randy Shaw at BeyondChron.org gives a rundown on the garage and highway project and calls on Ross Mirkarimi and the Supes to intervene: http://www.beyondchron.org/default.asp?sdetail=1181 <_Jym_>

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