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The Antelope Valley Line WILL be electrified by CA High-Speed Rail, which could be funded almost entirely by an EIFD without raising taxes. Electrify the AVL to accelerate high-speed rail! data.streetsforall.org/blog/cahsr_e...
How LA County can fund High Speed Rail projects in the County with no new taxes
By building an in-house EIFD model, we show how LA County could capture tens of billions in new revenue to fund high speed rail to Union Station while being revenue positive.
data.streetsforall.org
September 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The Antelope Valley Line WILL be electrified by CA High-Speed Rail, which could be funded almost entirely by an EIFD without raising taxes. Electrify the AVL to accelerate high-speed rail! data.streetsforall.org/blog/cahsr_e...
As with @metrolosangeles.bsky.social so with @marylanddot.bsky.social, so frustrating. Reality: Fare & toll evasion hurts riders and drivers who actually do pay, and forgoes badly needed revenue. D'oh! Kudos to @marylandmatters.org marylandmatters.org/2026/09/01/m...
Maryland Transportation Authority failed to collect $818.1 million in tolls, penalties - Maryland Matters
The agency that oversees the state's toll roads and bridges has failed to collect more than $818 million in tolls and fees it was owed, according to a new audit. State officials say they are aware of...
marylandmatters.org
September 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
As with @metrolosangeles.bsky.social so with @marylanddot.bsky.social, so frustrating. Reality: Fare & toll evasion hurts riders and drivers who actually do pay, and forgoes badly needed revenue. D'oh! Kudos to @marylandmatters.org marylandmatters.org/2026/09/01/m...
Great take from Reece Martin. open.substack.com/pub/thetrans...?
Why transit suddenly costs so much.
The English-speaking world’s cost crisis.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Great take from Reece Martin. open.substack.com/pub/thetrans...?
Very excellent. www.reddit.com/r/LAMetro/s/...
From the LAMetro community on Reddit: FY2026 Metro Ridership by Station
Explore this post and more from the LAMetro community
www.reddit.com
August 28, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Very excellent. www.reddit.com/r/LAMetro/s/...
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fare check fact check
August 19, 2026 at 5:48 AM
fare check fact check
My op-ed today in the Pasadena Star-News on the misguided @mayor.lacity.gov #karenbass free fares proposal for @metrolosangeles.bsky.social: Give riders what they actually say they prioritize: a safer, more frequent system. www.pasadenastarnews.com/2026/08/08/l...
LA Metro: Free fares for all? Or safe, world class service?
Bass has already achieved a fare free system. But at the cost of discouraging ridership and depriving the system of revenue that could be used to pay for system enhancements.
www.pasadenastarnews.com
August 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
My op-ed today in the Pasadena Star-News on the misguided @mayor.lacity.gov #karenbass free fares proposal for @metrolosangeles.bsky.social: Give riders what they actually say they prioritize: a safer, more frequent system. www.pasadenastarnews.com/2026/08/08/l...
@mayor.lacity.gov pls listen to what a vast majority of @metrolosangeles.bsky.social riders said when surveyed about their top priorities for LA Metro: safety, security, cleanliness, frequency, and reliability. Not free fares. Secure and speed up the system: fare enforcement, signal prioritization.
July 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM
@mayor.lacity.gov pls listen to what a vast majority of @metrolosangeles.bsky.social riders said when surveyed about their top priorities for LA Metro: safety, security, cleanliness, frequency, and reliability. Not free fares. Secure and speed up the system: fare enforcement, signal prioritization.
Yes!! Prop 13 truly broke California. States w/o income taxes, like Texas and Florida, tend to really tax property. They also tend to build, baby, build. CA could learn something and tax property again at realistic rates, paired with lower income tax for working people. #FixCalifornia
Prop 13 shields commercial properties from fair taxation, costing CA $6.5–11.5B/yr in foregone revenue, while cities charge developers sky-high fees to compensate.
@mnolangray.bsky.social argues split roll could fund fee relief and unlock a building boom.
www.ocregister.com/2026/06/21/n...
@mnolangray.bsky.social argues split roll could fund fee relief and unlock a building boom.
www.ocregister.com/2026/06/21/n...
Nolan Gray: The YIMBY case for split roll
Across California, unsightly strip malls and office parks sit aging and undeveloped, purely because of the perverse incentives created by this fluke in state tax law.
www.ocregister.com
July 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Yes!! Prop 13 truly broke California. States w/o income taxes, like Texas and Florida, tend to really tax property. They also tend to build, baby, build. CA could learn something and tax property again at realistic rates, paired with lower income tax for working people. #FixCalifornia
Trains magazine on #Metrolink woes. Gotta keep up our advocacy. Good on @calelectricrail.org and all the riders who are speaking up. @metrolosangeles.bsky.social won't find $ for decent regional rail but #LA finds $ for vanity @la28games.bsky.social, unlike #Paris which could do both. Embarrassing!
July 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Trains magazine on #Metrolink woes. Gotta keep up our advocacy. Good on @calelectricrail.org and all the riders who are speaking up. @metrolosangeles.bsky.social won't find $ for decent regional rail but #LA finds $ for vanity @la28games.bsky.social, unlike #Paris which could do both. Embarrassing!
Washington Post makes a good point, for once. When politicos want to make buses free (or stop fare enforcement), it too often shows a bias that views transit = welfare for poor people, rather than transit = frequent service for all. Almost never does free = frequent. wapo.st/4oSryaC
Opinion | Kansas City ditches another failed experiment with ‘free’ buses
A bus that rarely comes isn’t much of a bargain.
wapo.st
June 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Washington Post makes a good point, for once. When politicos want to make buses free (or stop fare enforcement), it too often shows a bias that views transit = welfare for poor people, rather than transit = frequent service for all. Almost never does free = frequent. wapo.st/4oSryaC
My letter to the Pasadena Star-News on recent #Pasadena action to delay SB79 and #abundanthousing. @urbanizela.bsky.social @cayimby.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yshf2r7k
tinyurl.com/yshf2r7k
June 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
My letter to the Pasadena Star-News on recent #Pasadena action to delay SB79 and #abundanthousing. @urbanizela.bsky.social @cayimby.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yshf2r7k
tinyurl.com/yshf2r7k
@urbanizela.bsky.social How about #LA return a big chunk of land for TOD to the #Tongva?
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
Opinion | One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
@urbanizela.bsky.social How about #LA return a big chunk of land for TOD to the #Tongva?
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
In case of any interest, on Tuesday (6/16) the LA County Board will consider Revenue Bonds for three affordable housing projects. assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/0234f496-d2b... Agenda items 47-49, also 2D-4D. Submit written comments to support by 4pm Monday. publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
Request to Address the Board of Supervisors
publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
June 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
In case of any interest, on Tuesday (6/16) the LA County Board will consider Revenue Bonds for three affordable housing projects. assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/0234f496-d2b... Agenda items 47-49, also 2D-4D. Submit written comments to support by 4pm Monday. publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
All the money lost to fare evasion that could be funding improved service for all....
When will @mayor.lacity.gov as new @metrolosangeles.bsky.social board chair lead and resume routine fare checks to collect all that badly needed foregone revenue?
www.moneydigest.com/2065713/surp...
When will @mayor.lacity.gov as new @metrolosangeles.bsky.social board chair lead and resume routine fare checks to collect all that badly needed foregone revenue?
www.moneydigest.com/2065713/surp...
The Surprising Cost Of Fare Evasions In These 5 US Cities - Money Digest
Fare evasion has led to multi-million-dollar budget shortfalls across the board, especially in major cities such as New York and Washington D.C.
www.moneydigest.com
June 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
All the money lost to fare evasion that could be funding improved service for all....
When will @mayor.lacity.gov as new @metrolosangeles.bsky.social board chair lead and resume routine fare checks to collect all that badly needed foregone revenue?
www.moneydigest.com/2065713/surp...
When will @mayor.lacity.gov as new @metrolosangeles.bsky.social board chair lead and resume routine fare checks to collect all that badly needed foregone revenue?
www.moneydigest.com/2065713/surp...
www.fresnobee.com/news/local/h...
Important progress, hopefully. But we still need more public money for the #hsr project. Maybe start tolling the SR99?
Important progress, hopefully. But we still need more public money for the #hsr project. Maybe start tolling the SR99?
CA High-Speed Rail reveals private group that could help build past Central Valley
“There was skepticism ... that there would be interest from the private sector. We do have it, and they are on board.”
www.fresnobee.com
June 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
www.fresnobee.com/news/local/h...
Important progress, hopefully. But we still need more public money for the #hsr project. Maybe start tolling the SR99?
Important progress, hopefully. But we still need more public money for the #hsr project. Maybe start tolling the SR99?
What Housing Crisis? On 5/13 #Pasadena's Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend the City Council approve an ordinance to delay until 2031 implementation of eligible sites within three central Pasadena #SB79 Transit Opportunity Zones. That Pasadena #redlining spirit still very alive + well.
May 14, 2026 at 6:47 AM
What Housing Crisis? On 5/13 #Pasadena's Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend the City Council approve an ordinance to delay until 2031 implementation of eligible sites within three central Pasadena #SB79 Transit Opportunity Zones. That Pasadena #redlining spirit still very alive + well.
@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social questions California governor candidates (Dems) on housing.
www.youtube.com/live/6HETwu7...
www.youtube.com/live/6HETwu7...
Ezra Klein Grills CA’s Possible Governors | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social questions California governor candidates (Dems) on housing.
www.youtube.com/live/6HETwu7...
www.youtube.com/live/6HETwu7...
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Tonight, something incredible happened because of advocates like @henryfung.bsky.social and @brownpa.bsky.social. The SGV Service Council sent a letter to the LA Metro Board urging them to bring back fare checks. (Though the final version replaced "take immediate action" with "consider".)
May 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Tonight, something incredible happened because of advocates like @henryfung.bsky.social and @brownpa.bsky.social. The SGV Service Council sent a letter to the LA Metro Board urging them to bring back fare checks. (Though the final version replaced "take immediate action" with "consider".)
SB 868 is a bill in the California Legislature that would let consumers lower their utility bills by using portable Balcony Solar panels, without having to go through utility red tape and without paying fees. We need to get this bill across the finish line. solarrights.org/plug-in-call/
Help Bring Plug-In Solar to California
Help pass the Plug Into the Sun Act
solarrights.org
May 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
SB 868 is a bill in the California Legislature that would let consumers lower their utility bills by using portable Balcony Solar panels, without having to go through utility red tape and without paying fees. We need to get this bill across the finish line. solarrights.org/plug-in-call/
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A Line trains are creating buzz from Pomona westward. Riders discuss the pluses and minuses of the new Metro service (cheap, frequent, foothill cities, no bathrooms) in comparison to Metrolink (comfortable, straight shot downtown, bathrooms). www.dailybulletin.com/2026/05/10/a...
A Line trains are creating buzz from Pomona westward
Riders discuss the pluses and minuses of the new service compared to Metrolink in comments to columnist and transit fan David Allen.
www.dailybulletin.com
May 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
A Line trains are creating buzz from Pomona westward. Riders discuss the pluses and minuses of the new Metro service (cheap, frequent, foothill cities, no bathrooms) in comparison to Metrolink (comfortable, straight shot downtown, bathrooms). www.dailybulletin.com/2026/05/10/a...
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Absolutely WILD that California regulators appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom are planning on taking billions away from affordable housing, public transit, and high speed rail and giving it to the biggest polluters in California.
Tell them hell no
actionnetwork.org/letters/carb...
Tell them hell no
actionnetwork.org/letters/carb...
Don't let big polluters weaken one of the best greenhouse gases reduction programs in the world. Tell CARB to Remove the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive mechanism now.
Last year, the California legislature passed a reauthorization of California’s Cap-and-Invest program extending this critical system that reduces pollution while shoring up funding for ratepayer relie...
actionnetwork.org
May 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Absolutely WILD that California regulators appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom are planning on taking billions away from affordable housing, public transit, and high speed rail and giving it to the biggest polluters in California.
Tell them hell no
actionnetwork.org/letters/carb...
Tell them hell no
actionnetwork.org/letters/carb...