Bill to Reduce Bay Area Pollution and Boost Public Transit Hits High Speed | Senator Leland Yee, Ph.D.

Bill to Reduce Bay Area Pollution and Boost Public Transit Hits High Speed | Senator Leland Yee, Ph.D.: "“Public transit should be playing a much larger role in helping meet our clean air goals,” said Josh Shaw of the California Transit Association. “SB 1339 creates an incentive for employers and employees by allowing for lower payroll taxes while providing several cost-effective options to help people get out of their car and using public transit.”

“We'll never have clean air in this state until we make it easier for people who want to take transit or ride a bike to work to do so,” said Kathryn Phillips, Director of Sierra Club California. “This bill is one way to do that. It will give people more commuting options and it will move the Bay Area another step closer to healthy air and lower global warming pollution.”"

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Tri Delta Transit offers free commuter bus passes - ContraCostaTimes.com

Tri Delta Transit offers free commuter bus passes - ContraCostaTimes.com: "Contra Costa County public transit officials have a message for East Contra Costa commuters: Give riding the bus to work a shot.
Tri Delta Transit and 511 Contra Costa are providing free bus passes through May 11 for commuters who do not use the bus in their daily trips. Each applicant will receive four free days worth of rides."

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S.F. agency OKs free Muni for low-income kids

S.F. agency OKs free Muni for low-income kids: "Low-income youths could soon ride San Francisco's Muni for free, while drivers who park in the city on Sundays might have to pay up.

Those controversial proposals were approved Tuesday by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Board of Directors, which unanimously passed the budget for Muni, parking, traffic and taxis over the next two years."

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A 1% shift from autos to #publictransit = a 5% reduction in heavy congestion

Sacramento plan sets the standard for sustainable communities | Amanda Eaken's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC: "Transit service nearly doubles. Modeling shows that a 1% shift in travel from driving to transit results in a 5% reduction in heavy congestion—making investing in transit a lasting strategy for congestion relief."

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Free public transit for young people possible in San Francisco - #freetransit #ows

Free Muni for S.F. kids could hit a few bumps: "San Francisco's Muni could be the first major transit system in the nation to offer free and unrestricted rides to youths."

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