http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/ Transportation and urban planning in the San Francisco Bay Area Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-9730 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:44:07 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-9730 [...] case.  And yet also logical — in that the conditions collectively recognize the longstanding mismatch in California planning, where state leaders in one breath encourage the construction of transit-oriented development, and [...]

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-7693 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:25:04 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-7693 [...] worst fare hikes. California, despite passing landmark climate change legislation, has repeatedly robbed supposedly safeguarded transit funds to balance the state budget, and the effect is pronounced, as [...]

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-6603 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:05:49 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-6603 [...] yet inevitable, conclusion; if not now, then just around the corner. We have spoken before of the mismatch in California, in which our elected officials are more than happy to heap praise in broad strokes [...]

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-6515 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:49:15 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-6515 [...] to transit — not to new infrastructure, but assistance to operations. On this site, we have chronicled the one-way drain of funds away from California’s cash-strapped transit agencies, forcing [...]

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-6387 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:55:14 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-6387 [...] funding for new infrastructure is both needed and welcome, but the State has been continually withdrawing money from the public transportation fund — money that would otherwise be applied to system [...]

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-6180 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:15:03 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-6180 [...] 2008 Election: Yes on Measure VV (AC Transit Parcel Tax) There has been an hypocrisy underlying the conversation in California concerning transit and sustainability. On the one hand, [...]

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-5827 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:58:14 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-5827 The State is actually hoping to fund ITOD: Imagined Transit Oriented Development. If you image in the transit……it *might* happen.

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-5821 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:46:48 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-5821 For years I have advocated placing a wind turbine in the State Capitol dome–it should be able to generate several megawatts with all the hot air created in that building.

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/09/22/the-mismatch-of-california-planning/#comment-5818 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:29:50 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=1530#comment-5818 The next time any legislator or arnie talks about how “green” they are, can someone PLEASE toss a cream pie in their face to get ‘em to shut up?

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