TransForm in the News
October 29, 2008
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The transportation experts also agree SMART is a good plan, and Transportation Authority of Marin, Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC) and Sonoma County Transportation Authority all endorse measure Q.
October 23, 2008
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It's especially lamentable because all those new riders are poised to become mass transit converts. But now, crowded buses and fare hikes could send them back to their cars." This is going to mean more people out there on the road, driving, creating more congestion for everybody and keeping transportation as our No. 1 source of global warming pollution," says Stuart Cohen, executive director of Transportation and Land Use Coalition...
October 22, 2008
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...as long as politicians choose to fund wasteful projects such as a fourth bore in the Caldecott Tunnel and transferring $4 billion from transit agencies to close California budget deficits accruing since 2000. "Our leaders need to be putting our money where our collective mouth is and stop raiding these funds," Carli Paine, transportation program director for Transportation and Land Use Coalition, told us. "I'm hopeful, but I think we all need to do more."
Prop 1A: High-speed rail would connect SD and SF
October 15, 2008
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The California Aggie
California
High-Speed Rail would help achieve California's greenhouse gas
reduction goals by replacing car and airplane trips with rail trips, said Stuart Cohen, executive director of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, in a written statement.
September 30, 2008
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In
the Sierra Club's statement of endorsement for the bill, authored by
Stuart Cohen of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, the group
cited various environmental and economic potential benefits for the
plan.
September 26, 2008
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"If Proposition 1a doesn‘t pass it would be the death knell for
high-speed rail for at least a decade and probably forever because it‘s
just going to get too expensive to build," said Stuart Cohen, the
coalition‘s executive director.
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.