tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37238271468031670762024-03-05T07:20:32.765-08:00Free Public Transit So CalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-3250844612129093482020-03-10T16:46:00.002-07:002020-03-10T16:46:46.799-07:00Three Assembly bills for various versions of #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li><a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1350">Assembly Bill 1350</a>, Free Youth Transit Passes, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez: would require transit agencies to offer free youth transit passes to any rider age 18 years or under in order to be eligible for state funding.</li>
<li><a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2176">Assembly Bill 2176</a>, Free Student Transit Passes, authored by Assemblymember Chris Holden: would require transit agencies to provide free transit passes for community college and university students of public institutions state-wide in order to be eligible for state funding.</li>
<li><a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2012">Assembly Bill 2012</a>, Free Senior Transit Passes, authored by Assemblymember Kansen Chu: would require transit agencies to provide free transit passes to any rider over 65 years of age in order to be eligible for state funding.</li>
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<a href="https://www.ccair.org/free-transit-for-young-and-old-a-good-idea-is-coming-of-age-in-the-legislature/">https://www.ccair.org/free-transit-for-young-and-old-a-good-idea-is-coming-of-age-in-the-legislature/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-15768095672536120422020-03-03T08:27:00.002-08:002020-03-03T08:27:56.861-08:00UCSD -- faculty task force calls for #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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• Make public transportation free for UCSD faculty, staff and students, while incentivizing carpooling and bus use.<br />• Work with the Metropolitan Transit System to create express bus service to and from neighborhoods that are filled with university workers. UCSD is one of the county’s largest employers.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-02/ucsd-faculty-scold-the-university-over-its-climate-change-response">https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-02/ucsd-faculty-scold-the-university-over-its-climate-change-response</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-1797705509748209742020-03-02T17:33:00.001-08:002020-03-02T17:33:30.502-08:00RainForest Alliance supports #freepublictransit<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well done <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Luxembourg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Luxembourg</a>!! 👏👏👏 Free public transport is a great way to help people to lower their daily <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/carbonfootprint?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#carbonfootprint</a>. <a href="https://t.co/ysiJQae8du">https://t.co/ysiJQae8du</a></p>— Rainforest Alliance (@RnfrstAlliance) <a href="https://twitter.com/RnfrstAlliance/status/1234599366087696384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-40344736728711831022020-02-24T16:08:00.000-08:002020-02-24T16:08:03.976-08:00Free public transit for K-12 in LA, passed Assembly unanimously #AB1350<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“I live 12 miles from the ocean, and I have young people in my neighborhood who have never been to the beach,” she [Gonzalez] said.<br /><br />...Kathryn Phillips, director of Sierra Club California, agrees. She says the bill would reduce localized air pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions because fewer people would drive their kids to school.<br />“If you’ve ever gone by a school, you know that it can get pretty crowded in the morning — there’s a lot of idling, and idling creates a lot of pollution,” Phillips said. “The (programs) that work the most are when you just do an across the board, every kid, every student gets free transit.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://calmatters.org/transportation/2020/02/free-transit-kids-california-climate-change/">https://calmatters.org/transportation/2020/02/free-transit-kids-california-climate-change/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-13378727624848441172020-02-19T15:26:00.005-08:002020-02-19T15:26:55.554-08:00In the US, there are 8 parking spaces per car, one space can cost over $100,000 to create<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In 2015, the city looked at taking over a now-popular restaurant to build a <a href="http://www.gazettes.com/news/parking-commission-will-consider-feasibility-study-for-belmont-shore-parking/article_88697da0-0419-11e5-a06e-0f07376dd724.html">64-space parking structure</a> in Belmont Shore for $7.4 million, or $115,600 per space. Small, expensive structures like this are the kind that would be built in residential neighborhoods. To get 1,000 spaces, you would need 15 structures that size, at a total cost more than $100 million. That’s about a quarter of all the <a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/measure-a/about-measure-a/">money the city expects</a> from Measure A during its 10-year lifetime. </blockquote>
<a href="https://lbpost.com/news/replacing-homes-businesses-parking-hurts-everyone">https://lbpost.com/news/replacing-homes-businesses-parking-hurts-everyone</a> </div>
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There is a very good chance that California taxpayers will be on the hook for $500 million in future costs of plugging so-called “orphan” oil and gas wells, and a good chance the number could be as high as $5.7 billion, <a href="https://ccst.us/reports/orphan-wells-in-california/">according to a new report</a>. </blockquote>
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The report, released Friday by the California Council on Science and Technology, an independent, state-commissioned body, exposes yet another massive cost the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry is attempting to <a href="https://www.ciel.org/reports/plastic-health-the-hidden-costs-of-a-plastic-planet-february-2019/">pass off onto the public</a> — and another <a href="https://www.ciel.org/reports/trillion-dollar-transformation-fiduciary-duty-divestment-fossil-fuels-era-climate-risk/">risk to investors</a> in the industry should the state act to force industry to internalize these costs, as justice and the existential threat of climate change demands.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.ciel.org/oil-and-gas-gift-to-california-a-5-billion-cleanup-bill/">https://www.ciel.org/oil-and-gas-gift-to-california-a-5-billion-cleanup-bill/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-44440987720538750952020-02-12T03:30:00.001-08:002020-02-12T03:30:40.225-08:00Bill proposed for #freetransit for students of California community colleges, state universities and the UC campuses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposed California bill would provide free transit passes to students attending state's community colleges, state universities and the UC campuses. </blockquote>
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Assemblymember Chris Holden (D - Pasadena), who proposed the bill, said in a news release the reason why he introduced it was to come up with a solution to tackle climate change.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-assembly-bill-offers-free-public-transit-college-students/103-93381a14-cda8-4c39-9bb1-7e0c26cf9564?">https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-assembly-bill-offers-free-public-transit-college-students/103-93381a14-cda8-4c39-9bb1-7e0c26cf9564?</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-1431795066610835842020-02-10T15:36:00.001-08:002020-02-10T15:36:05.334-08:00LA school district considering #freepublictransit for K-12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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LOS ANGELES — The public transit system serving the second-largest city in the U.S. is looking into providing free transportation to all K-12 students.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/news/737294/l-a-transit-agency-to-consider-offering-free-k-12-transportation">https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/news/737294/l-a-transit-agency-to-consider-offering-free-k-12-transportation</a> </div>
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Our AB1350 to require local public transit agencies to provide free youth transit passes for all young people 18 & under just passed the Assembly floor on a bi-partisan 71-0 vote. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TransportationJustice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TransportationJustice</a> <a href="https://t.co/CO9LelNQr8">pic.twitter.com/CO9LelNQr8</a></div>
— Lorena (@LorenaSGonzalez) <a href="https://twitter.com/LorenaSGonzalez/status/1221926027884056576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Metro could potentially see an immediate increase in ridership while training the next generation of bus and rail riders to use the expanding transit system. Research shows that people who ride public transportation at a young age are more likely to use it as adults. There are traffic benefits too.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-23/free-transit-lausd-students?">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-23/free-transit-lausd-students?</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-85971869558052614102020-01-13T15:59:00.001-08:002020-02-02T00:43:26.856-08:00Free public transit for youth takes a step forward in CA Assembly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our approach to combating <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatechange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#climatechange</a> has to include empowering young people to choose public transportation. The Assembly Transportation Committee today unanimously PASSED our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AB1350?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AB1350</a> with bipartisan support to give Californians aged 18 & under access to free public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#transit</a>! <a href="https://t.co/6ncjehQtjA">pic.twitter.com/6ncjehQtjA</a></div>
— Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaAD80) <a href="https://twitter.com/LorenaAD80/status/1216862511229620224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-69079526066230765652019-11-30T05:35:00.002-08:002019-11-30T05:35:33.091-08:00LA Times: Climate change prevention is losing to sprawl in San Diego County<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The San Diego plan ignores restraints on sprawl “in favor of providing an easy solution for developers that kicks the can down the road and saddles a future generation of Californians with the cost of climate change,” Becerra’s office wrote in the filing.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-87885044816473052752019-11-30T05:26:00.002-08:002019-11-30T05:26:51.830-08:00Family saves $84,000 riding bike and taking buses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are a number of reasons that transit SE likes to support and use transit:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;">
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<li>Cost savings</li>
<li>Reduced environmental impact</li>
<li>Social unity / exposure</li>
<li>Etc</li>
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On the cost savings front we estimated that over the last 10 years we saw approximately $84,000 of savings for our family.<br /><ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>$200 per month parking x 10 years = $24,000 (Comparison from co-workers)</li>
<li>$6000 per year vehicle cost x 10 = $60,000 (About 1/3 less than the <a href="https://newsroom.aaa.com/auto/your-driving-costs/">average cost per year from AAA </a>since Cali is hella expensive but we’re cheap. Results may vary.)</li>
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<a href="https://bikesd.org/voices/10-years-riding-the-bus-84000-saved/">https://bikesd.org/voices/10-years-riding-the-bus-84000-saved/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-60361941472460081952019-11-05T19:07:00.004-08:002019-11-05T19:07:39.976-08:00One more lane will fix it<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1970: One more lane will fix it.<br>1980: One more lane will fix it.<br>1990: One more lane will fix it.<br>2000: One more lane will fix it.<br>2010: One more lane will fix it.<br>2020: ?<a href="https://t.co/NjS1IPORG2">pic.twitter.com/NjS1IPORG2</a><br>via <a href="https://twitter.com/avelezig?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@avelezig</a></p>— Urban Planning & Mobility (@urbanthoughts11) <a href="https://twitter.com/urbanthoughts11/status/1191295205187686400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-68895245426301054472019-09-18T16:51:00.002-07:002020-02-02T00:45:02.870-08:00Public transit difficulties a major barrier to youth education<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What we really want now is for <a href="https://twitter.com/metrolosangeles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metrolosangeles</a> to do a better job of serving our young people too. Our students have had enough obstacles in their lives keeping them from graduating high school; we don't need public transit to be another one. 16/16 [End Thread]</div>
— YouthBuild Charter (@YBCharter) <a href="https://twitter.com/YBCharter/status/1174440025011847169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-33118506184508931632019-09-16T01:16:00.002-07:002019-09-16T01:16:34.824-07:00Streetsblog, after long last, promotes #freetransit advocacy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Compared to public transportation, a single car throws vastly more carbon into the atmosphere, fits fewer people, and isolates us from our communities. Like any other essential program, say healthcare or college, we need free public transportation. Until transit is free, every city without it will be plagued by the dominance of cars – and car companies – which destroy an environment already under siege. </blockquote>
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As a young person, and a lifelong Los Angeles resident, it’s not just a choice between free and priced, it’s a choice between growing up in a city that is accessible to all and a city where one of our biggest infrastructure projects is more of a luxury than a basic entitlement. No matter how low the cost, someone always gets left on the margins, as with any means-tested policy or other anti-poverty measure that isn’t universal. </blockquote>
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So let’s make public transit fare-free. It’s a public good, and all of us who constitute the public should be able to use it.</blockquote>
<a href="https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/09/13/youth-perspectives-on-transportation-free-public-transit-for-a-more-just-equitable-and-sustainable-urban-l-a/">https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/09/13/youth-perspectives-on-transportation-free-public-transit-for-a-more-just-equitable-and-sustainable-urban-l-a/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-56020039275072348842018-12-06T18:01:00.001-08:002018-12-06T18:01:57.787-08:00#freetransit in LA?<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's 55 degrees outside, rain's been falling for hours, and the head of our transportation agency just recommended charging drivers to pay for countywide free transit within a decade AM I REALLY IN LA???? <a href="https://t.co/ZDdcd1feTO">https://t.co/ZDdcd1feTO</a></p>— Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/awalkerinLA/status/1070785678546370560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-31083244206374391382018-09-10T19:06:00.002-07:002018-09-10T19:06:44.909-07:00Poor workers are trapped by car culture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://calmatters.org/articles/california-transportation-safety-net-could-prevent-homelessness/">calmatters.org </a><br /><br />A 2015 study by Harvard University found access to transportation is the single biggest factor in the odds of escaping poverty and avoiding homelessness.<br /><br />“There are so many people that just cannot make ends meet before you even get to the concept of transportation,” said Veronica Lewis, a director at Homeless Outreach Programs Integrated Care System, or HOPICS, one of the largest homeless service providers in Los Angeles. “Honestly, it’s one of the biggest barriers for some of our clients.”</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723827146803167076.post-63962171503139378182018-07-07T16:41:00.003-07:002018-07-07T16:41:47.704-07:00Mother nature sending powerful heat message<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hot-weather-fire-20180707-story.html#">latimes.com </a> Temperatures remained around 100 degrees as the fire fight moved into the night. Powerful evening winds were pushing the blaze, which authorities said began as a structure fire, in different directions.</span></blockquote>
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