Tell Your Local Representatives to fund our Public Transit & make biking and walking safer for all!

The Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) Board is considering a ballot measure for November 2020 asking voters to approve a half-cent sales tax to fund countywide transportation projects and programs. If approved, the new local Measure A would generate an additional $8 billion in local transportation funds over 40 years - $200 million annually. The proposed sales tax measure will shape our transportation system for generations, and it should be spent so that Sacramento County residents have the option of living and working within walking distance of a transit stop from everything they need.

The SacMoves and SMART coalitions are a growing group of business, labor, transportation, environment, public transit and community leaders. We have presented a forward-looking plan to STA that supports this vision by prioritizing expanding rail and transit service, fixing our existing neighborhood roads, while making them safer and connected for bicycles and pedestrians. This will relieve congestion while addressing our air quality, traffic congestion, and creating economic opportunity that will guarantee Accountability, Transparency and Public Participation. Transportation is Sacramento County’s #1 contributor to climate pollution, primarily from the tailpipes of cars and trucks.

It’s important that you let STA board members know you support the SacMoves and SMART Coalitions, along with the Sierra Club in immediately tackling congestion and air quality by investing first in major improvements and expansion of transit, and fixing our local surface streets. Under our plan, transit expansion can eliminate 4 million metric tons of greenhouse gas each year from going into our atmosphere. And, to ensure that local streets and roads provide more types of transportation choices for local trips and getting to transit, 10% of funding should be clearly dedicated for bike, pedestrian and complete streets projects, making local streets safer. Focusing on these two priorities alone will move Sacramento County in the right direction.

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Support a safe, green, affordable, congestion-reducing transportation plan

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Our Sacramento region is growing, and it is time for Sacramento County to build transportation that is safe, green, affordable, and convenient. It’s critical we reduce congestion and improve air quality by investing first in expanding mass transit and in fixing our existing roads so they are safe and usable by all transportation modes. The proposed new Measure A ½ cent sales tax gives us the opportunity to promote high-quality and stable jobs while keeping more money in our communities to make transportation better and safer for transit-users, bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles. Local and state mandates establish sustainability goals, which include a commitment to cut use of fossil fuels, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce vehicle miles traveled. Business as usual, where we prioritize vehicles over people, means Sacramento County and its cities will be stuck with growing traffic congestion, bad air quality, and ever-worsening road quality. I support a plan that prioritizes improving and expanding mass transit and making our existing local roads and streets safe for all. As your constituent, I ask you to support the guiding principles and plan presented to the STA Board by the SMART and SacMoves coalitions. These principles will improve rail and transit and fix our existing neighborhood roads, while making them safer and better connected for bicycles and pedestrians. This will relieve congestion. improve our air quality and create economic opportunity. These guiding principles also guarantee accountability, transparency, and public participation.

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