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(CA) - Fare increase, major service cuts coming to SF Muni

 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:05 am    Post subject: (CA) - Fare increase, major service cuts coming to SF Muni Reply with quote

MTA Releases Revised Budget Proposal, List of Muni Service Cuts

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The Municipal Transportation Agency has released a revised budget proposal for the 2009-2010 fiscal year that calls for eliminating up to eight bus routes, and scaling back service on as many as 29 routes, including some popular lines, in a series of cost-cutting moves that would help Muni close a $129 million budget gap.

The document, released late Thursday, narrows down the list of options to be presented to the MTA Board at its meeting on Tuesday. It proposes a 50 cent fare hike for adult single rides beginning September 1st, from the current $1.50 to $2.00, eliminating the option for a lower 25 cent increase. The cost of a monthly fast pass is already scheduled to go up from $45 to $55 on July 1st, and the latest proposal would tack on another $5, making it $60 beginning in January 2010.

In addition, a proposal is on the table to charge 50 cents for all transfers, an option brought up by some members of the MTA Board.


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Many of the routes proposed for elimination in Options 2 and 3 mirror options that have already been outlined in the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). Those routes are the 3-Jackson, 7-Haight, 16AX Noriega A Express, 20-Columbus, 26-Valencia, 53-Southern Heights, 74X-Culture Bus and 89-Laguna Honda. The 4-Sutter would be eliminated in Options 1 and 2 but the 3-Jackson would remain.

"The proposed service cuts do not represent the implementation of the TEP, which was designed to increase service on the busiest corridors in the Muni system," said True. "The proposals, though, are informed by data and public input collected in the planning phase of the TEP. These are more informed cuts than any previous cut package developed by Muni."

In addition, segments of routes would be eliminated on some lines, including the N-Judah (weekend service on the Embarcadero), 1-California (south of Market on weekdays only), 2-Clement (between Park Presidio and 33rd), 29 Sunset (in the Presidio north of Baker Beach), 36-Teresita (Monterey/Forester to Balboa Park BART), 41-Union (between Lyon and Steiner), 67-Bernal Heights (on portions of Crescent and Mission), 88-BART Shuttle (west of I-280), and 108-Treasure Island (between Transbay Terminal and Caltrain).


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The MTA Board will consider declaring a fiscal emergency in order to implement the cuts and service reductions this year, a formality that would allow the agency to get around environmental review.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RailBus63 -

Let the games begin? Why, oh, why must it be all these endless games from these agencies? There is a presumption there is known,
classic "public convenience and necessity" for each of the routes and runs...

Why can't they do it the easy way? That is, simply announce along lines of,"Here's what it is going to take to maintain the present
services..." and proceed to explain specific fare levels thereby mandated...

BTW. Did MUNI ever get its house in order with the widespread "fare beating" known as happening?

Sidenote: Gotta' love the brief item in the last quoted statement. Quite literally, it says a transit agency can do whatever it needs to do,
as long as the circumstances are declared as an emergency. That can work! Old time, pragmatic management...

...................Vern............


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

HwyHaulier wrote:
BTW. Did MUNI ever get its house in order with the widespread "fare beating" known as happening?



I've never seen anything in the media about it. It was certainly rampant when I visited SF in July 2007 - I've never seen it so brazen in any other city.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RailBus63 -

Thanks! And, Sigh! One would think by now the Bay Area locals would have entirely forgotten the infamous, Summer Of Love of the late 1960s...

Recall how that worked? Zanies everywhere, and babbling how this, that and the other thing had to be, "Free, free, free". Yes, many of them were
on controlled substances, and incapable of much of any rational thought...

..................Vern................
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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Muni board of directors approved a set of fare increases. The base fare will increase from $1.50 to $2.00 on July 1st, and various pass prices will go up in January.

Unfortunately, the additional revenue is not enough to avoid service cuts:

To be eliminated - three trolley coach routes and five bus routes:

* 4-Sutter
* 7-Haight
* 16AX-Noriega “A” Express
* 20-Columbus
* 26-Valencia
* 53-Southern Heights
* 74X-CultureBus
* 89-Laguna Honda

Route segments being cut back include:

* N-Judah on The Embarcadero and King Street (weekends only)
* 1-California south of Sacramento (weekdays only)
* 2-Clement west of 14th Avenue
* 10-Townsend north of Broadway and to Transbay Terminal
* 12-Folsom/Pacific along The Embarcadero
* 18-46th Avenue along Geary and Point Lobos
* 21-Hayes west of Stanyan
* 29-Sunset in the Presidio north of Baker Beach
* 36-Teresita from Monterey/Foerster to Balboa Park BART
* 38-Geary Ocean Beach branch
* 41-Union between Lyon and Steiner
* 67-Bernal Heights on portions of Crescent and Mission
* 88-BART Shuttle west of I-280
* 108-Treasure Island between Transbay Terminal and Caltrain

In addition, some routes will end earlier in the evening. Certain routes will be extended and/or modified to replace some of the routes being cut back.
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