TransForm in the News
September 24, 2008
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Public transit officials and advocates say there's nothing to
celebrate in the new state budget.
Big money set aside for BART extension to South Bay
September 24, 2008
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San Jose Mercury News
"Why
not wait until after November, when we know the vote in Santa Clara
County?" said Stuart Cohen, executive director of the Oakland-based
Transportation and Land Use Coalition. "Instead, they're giving money
to a project that is still a long shot in getting all the funding it
needs."
September 20, 2008
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Transit advocates lobbied hard to keep
funding intact but again came up short. "With gas prices rising, we're
seeing a tremendous increase in transit ridership," said Carli Paine,
transportation program director for the Transportation and Land Use
Coalition. "It's the exact wrong time to take away any funding for
public transportation."
Is it worth accepting traffic congestion in Alameda?
August 21, 2008
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San Jose Mercury News
The
big question is this: Is it worth accepting possible congestion for 45
to 60 minutes a day at fewer than 10 intersections throughout the city
to have fewer cars traveling through our neighborhoods?
Transportation commission approves financing of toll lanes
July 24, 2008
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Oakland Tribune
The
Oakland-based Transportation and Land Use Coalition urged the
commission to remove funding for several freeway projects, including a
car-pool lane on Highway 4 in Antioch.
Making connections between quality of life and transportation
July 17, 2008
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Contra Costa Times
John Knox White is chairman
of the Alameda Transportation Commission and TravelChoice program
director for the Transportation and Land Use Coalition. He blogs
regularly at Alamedans.com.
July 16, 2008
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"Anybody's
budget should be a reflection of their values, whether it's an
individual or an agency," said Carli Paine, transportation program
director for the Transportation and Land Use Coalition. "The state is
saying, 'We value public transportation as a climate friendly choice.'
July 7, 2008
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Other groups supporting
the bill include the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, Los Angeles
Business Council, Coalition for Clean Air and the League of Women
Voters of the Bay Area.
July 5, 2008
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"At many parking lots, they were filling up very early in the
morning and forcing anybody who wasn't able to get there often to keep
on driving and drive all the way to work," Cohen told me, explaining
why his coalition lobbied BART to begin slapping a charge on their lots.
June 27, 2008
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The plan said improved land use and transportation planning could
cut emissions by an additional 2 percent by 2020 and 4 percent by 2030,
it said. An earlier report had put that reduction closer to 6 percent
by 2020, said Stuart Cohen, executive director of the Transportation
and Land Use Coalition in Oakland.
Stronger emissions plan urged
June 27, 2008
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Sacramento Bee
Californians
drive about 830 million miles each day, a figure projected to grow to
roughly 1 billion by 2020. The board's proposal would reduce that to
roughly 985 million miles daily, according to Stuart Cohen, executive
director of the Oakland-based Transportation and Land Use Coalition.
June 26, 2008
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"...I think it will save us a lot of money and
allow us to invest that money for a future that's actually coming, not
for the future that we thought was coming 10 years ago," says Carli
Paine with the Transportation and Land Use Coalition.
Transit crunch may spark new vision
June 6, 2008
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People's Weekly World
In revised 2009 budget
projections announced May 15, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
proposed taking $1.4 billion from public transportation to help redress
a $15 billion shortfall in the nearly $102 billion general fund budget.
That translates into a 72 percent cut in state funds for Bay Area
transit operations, Carli Paine of the Transportation and Land Use
Coalition told the World.
Transportation group seeks to expand program for kids' safety
June 5, 2008
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Oakland Tribune
In a report released Thursday at a news conference at Chabot Elementary School, the Transportation and Land Use Coalition
asked for the money to spread its Safe Routes to Schools program to
more campuses. The program aims to help reduce car emissions around
schools and decrease child obesity by encouraging students and parents
to walk or bike to school.
Add 3 cent fee to gas prices to fund climate protection
April 13, 2008
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San Jose Mercury News
The costs of inaction are simply too high. Bay Area residents should be
able to decide for themselves whether it is time to join together and
do our part to stop this global experiment. Passing AB 2744 would do
just that; it would let the people decide.