San Diegans will probably be asked in coming years to pay for an expensive but world-class public transit system — complete with a San Diego Grand Central, potentially new trolley lines and commute times that rival driving.
Elected officials are now looking at putting not one but two tax increases before voters in the next few years to help pay for a dramatically expanded public transportation system — complete with a San Diego Grand Central and commute times that rival driving.
Political and transportation experts have said the move could be risky, potentially confusing voters and stretching thin their patience for new taxes. “It’s making people who don’t think of themselves as transit riders now, envision themselves as riding,” he added. “At the moment, I don’t know that SANDAG has been exploring a measure, but I do know that MTS is,” she said. “I, we, are working very closely with SANDAG. If they are to explore a measure … I don’t think this is competing to that, but that’s if they ever go back to the ballot, to the voters, in the future.”
Ikhrata — a widely lauded transportation expert who left his position as the head of the Southern California Assn. of Governments in December to lead SANDAG — has repeatedly said his goal is to develop a public transit system that’s at least as fast as driving.“If you really want to make transit work better, there’s really two key ingredients, make it goes faster, make it go more frequently,” MTS CEO Paul Jablonski said at a recent event.
“I will credit Hasan in being relentless in his public outreach in conveying a big vision,” said Nicole Capretz, executive director of the San Diego-based Climate Action Campaign. “We’re going to be very intentional on how we’re going to be gathering information and very transparent,” she said. “We’re going to be inclusive, transparent and we are going to be making sure that we are held accountable to our riders.”
Voters serviced by L.A. County’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority have approved four half-cent sales tax measures since 1980, all of which included some funding for highway infrastructure.
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