Tax
One Win, One Loss
11/10/16 Filed in: Transportation
Planning
The sales tax measure for Santa Clara County passed,
while the one for Contra Costa County failed.
TRANSDEF’s ballot arguments were printed in the
Contra Costa Voters’ Guide, so we helped defeat an
ill-conceived measure.
TRANSDEF Opposes CCTA Sales Tax Measure X
09/04/16 Filed in: Transportation
Planning | Climate
Change
The TRANSDEF Board has voted to formally oppose
Contra Costa Transportation Authority’s (CCTA’s)
transportation sales tax measure. Our ballot
arguments were selected to be the Oppose position in
the Voter Guide. Our
campaign website
was posted today.
TRANSDEF Opposes VTA Sales Tax Measure B
09/04/16 Filed in: Climate
Change |
Transportation
Planning
The TRANSDEF Board has voted to formally oppose the
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA’s)
transportation sales tax measure. We have No
Confidence in VTA. Check out the websites of our
allies
Sierra Club
and
BayRail Alliance!
Measure B would double VTA’s sales tax. This is intolerable, when the Measure fails in three distinct policy areas:
Measure B would double VTA’s sales tax. This is intolerable, when the Measure fails in three distinct policy areas:
- BART to San Jose and Santa Clara is a horribly wasteful and ineffective response to the commuting challenges of Santa Clara County residents.
- The continued funding of highways is ultimately futile, as congestion will merely continue to get worse. See this study to learn how highway widening increases greenhouse gases over the long run.
- While Silicon Valley desperately needs great transit, VTA continues to operate a hopelessly ineffective transit system. Its plans allocate little of the Measure A proceeds to an Santa Clara County transit network.
Opponents of BB Hold Press Conference
10/14/14 Filed in: Climate
Change |
Transportation
Planning
Opponents of Alameda
County’s Measure BB transportation sales tax held a
press conference today at the Asian Cultural Center
in Oakland. It was covered by three TV crews and print
press, including the Chinese language press.
TRANSDEF’s President made these remarks: Read More...
TRANSDEF’s President made these remarks: Read More...
TRANSDEF Opposes Alameda County Transportation Tax
08/22/14 Filed in: Climate
Change
The Transportation
Solutions Defense and Education Fund, TRANSDEF,
announced its opposition to the proposed 2014 Alameda
County Transportation Sales Tax, which will be
Measure BB on the ballot in November. The measure
would lock in funding for the next thirty years,
precisely the critical time when humanity needs to
severely reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases
(GHGs), if we are to preserve a climate hospitable to
life as we know it.
Alameda County, like other transportation agencies, finds it more comfortable and less controversial to continue doing what it has always done: focus its efforts on a network of roads and highways that predominantly serve single-occupant vehicles. While the current proposal has funding for transit and bike facilities, the underlying focus hasn’t changed at all. The County’s Transportation Plan predicts a 46% increase in Vehicle Miles Travelled in 2035, with a slight increase if the tax measure passes. (A later ACTIA document adjusted that figure downwards to “only” a 26% increase, but that drop had little or nothing to do with the tax. Most of that adjustment had to do with correcting the assumptions for modeling.) Single-occupant driving is barely affected by the Transportation Plan and tax.
Until TRANSDEF sees a serious effort to make carpooling, transit and biking the predominant ways to get around, we will oppose such measures. Read More...
Alameda County, like other transportation agencies, finds it more comfortable and less controversial to continue doing what it has always done: focus its efforts on a network of roads and highways that predominantly serve single-occupant vehicles. While the current proposal has funding for transit and bike facilities, the underlying focus hasn’t changed at all. The County’s Transportation Plan predicts a 46% increase in Vehicle Miles Travelled in 2035, with a slight increase if the tax measure passes. (A later ACTIA document adjusted that figure downwards to “only” a 26% increase, but that drop had little or nothing to do with the tax. Most of that adjustment had to do with correcting the assumptions for modeling.) Single-occupant driving is barely affected by the Transportation Plan and tax.
Until TRANSDEF sees a serious effort to make carpooling, transit and biking the predominant ways to get around, we will oppose such measures. Read More...