It’s probably no surprise that I support the county’s Transit Now initiative. It’s not perfect (and Lord knows I’m no policy expert), but I support anything that will help get people out of their cars.

At this point (other than fares, which provide only 20% of Metro’s revenue) the sales tax is Metro’s only source of funding (MVET, as you know, is no more). I want the measure to pass, but I also want to find more progressive and sustainable ways to fund public transportation–especially since, after this increase, Metro will have raised the sales tax as much as the law allows.

The state should revisit the requirement that gas taxes only be used to fund roads. And what about all those people getting tickets for driving on 3rd Avenue (at $105 a pop) since they closed the bus tunnel? That’s money that we didn’t have a year ago. Let’s turn those people’s pain into some transportation gain.