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SamTrans > News Archive > SamTrans Board Supports ACA 4 to Protect Transit Funds
SamTrans Board Supports ACA 4 to Protect Transit Funds
The Transit District board is sending a message to California’s governor to preserve
public transportation funding by supporting Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4.
ACA 4 would amend the state constitution to prevent the suspension of Proposition 42
and would help guarantee a stable long-term funding source for the state’s
transportation infrastructure. If passed by the legislature, the amendment would go
before voters during the next election.
For the third year in a row, Governor Schwarzenegger is attempting to balance the
budget on the back of the state’s transportation network by again suspending Prop. 42.
The proposition is a gas tax, passed in 2002 by more than two-thirds of California’s
voters, to provide funding for the state’s public transportation network. But public
transportation hasn’t seen any of this funding because the governor has used gas tax
proceeds to help balance the general budget each year since its inception.
“If the governor’s proposed budget is adopted, California’s transportation
infrastructure would lose more than one billion dollars in funding,” said County
Supervisor Jerry Hill, chair of the SamTrans Board of Directors. “Whether you use
Caltrain, SamTrans or Highway 101 to get to work or school, we will all be impacted by
the lost funds for rail corridor and highway improvements or the possibility of
service reductions and fare increases.”
The San Mateo County Transit District manages the SamTrans fixed-route bus and
Redi-Wheels paratransit services; administers the Caltrain rail service which is
governed by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board; operates a shuttle program; and
is a partner in operating the BART-SFO extension. It also provides funding for
Redi-Wheels.
The transit district also manages the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, the
agency formed to administer the proceeds of a countywide half-cent sales tax. Measure
A provides capital funds for Caltrain, grade separation projects, and street and
highway improvement projects.
2/11/05
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