Comments on: U.S. Transit Measures + Cali HSR Prop 1A

By: Nate Cole-Daum

Nate Cole-Daum — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:50:04 +0000

The Bart extension to Silicon Valley seemed doomed to fall just short, until now: http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_11007805

By: Here Comes Reality | hugeasscity

Here Comes Reality | hugeasscity — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:41:14 +0000

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By: Matt the Engineer

Matt the Engineer — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:23:35 +0000

It looks oddly like MetroLink’s Prop M was going to buy… BRT. The measure seems to mostly be a reaction to budget problems, and they’re threatening to remove well over half of their bus service. They claim the cause of the budget problem to be that federal startup funds dried up and their state and cities have cut taxes. I’m not sure why they didn’t plan for start-up fund ending, especially considering 67% of their budget goes to drivers (not really what you’d call a start-up cost).

My uninformed outsider opinion: “let’s fix our system that’s failing due to too many bus drivers by adding more buses!” didn’t win many hearts and minds. If they have good ridership they should have just asked to tax to make up for the budget. If they don’t, then maybe cutting empty buses isn’t a terrible idea.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:07:15 +0000

Yes. We’ll be talking about that soon. :)

By: Trayton

Trayton — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:15:53 +0000

I was born in St. Louis, so I’m sad to see Proposition M fail. I checked out the website http://www.moremetrolink.com/ and it’s a travesty of support. I never found exactly what would be added by passing Prop M. Coming up 4% short is disheartening after seeing the supporters’ website.

By: litlnemo

litlnemo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:07:19 +0000

I cannot believe it. I really thought, after losing the monorail and last year’s measure, that this would fail too. So many naysayers. I am so happy it passed… now, is there any way to get it finished sooner? :)

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:17:14 +0000

Light rail getting a yes; I-985 is going down

-Lindbloom’s piece

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:50:21 +0000

12:49AM

Now it’s official!

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:32:29 +0000

I hope high speed rail passes. If that gets built, we’ll see a new era of transportation in the united states.

By: Oran

Oran — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:23:06 +0000

Here are results for transit measures in our northern neighboring counties.

Skagit County Public Transportation Benefit Area Proposition No. 1
Completed Precincts: 0 of 94
Vote Count Percentage
Yes 15,712 51.4%
No 14,832 48.6%

PTBA (Community Transit) ANNEXATION (Maltby, Clearview area)
43/43 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
APPROVED 3,326 44.51%
REJECTED 4,146 55.49%
Total 7,472 100.00%

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:24:55 +0000

Honolulu is good

Kansas City, erm… yeah, no comment.