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Measure B is mainly roads, with little for transit. Does anyone trust VTA to manage mass transit development? Funds for transit should come from fuel taxes, ve
by scharfstevenm 10y ago
Measure B is mainly roads, with little for transit. Does anyone trust VTA to manage mass transit development?
Funds for transit should come from fuel taxes, vehicle license fees, and development fees. Sales tax increases are very regressive and a terrible way to pay for transit. But that's always what the Silicon Valley Non-Leadership Group favors because it avoids their members having to ante up for the transportation problems they create.
Glad the NYT article author at least quoted me correctly. He was going to characterize me as "anti-growth," which is completely false. Growth is just fine as long as it's sustainable growth with transportation, housing, and school impact taken into consideration. But developers don't want to take a systems view and look at the long-term impact of their projects.