Board of Supervisors Vote for Fare Hikes, Service Cuts, LayoffsAlison Stevens Rodriguesbyline‚ May. 25‚ 2005At a meeting yesterday to decide the fate of $4.6 million in newly discovered transit funds, Supervisors McGoldrick and Sandoval led five of their colleagues in voting to cut parking fees rather than stopping layoffs, fare hikes, and service cuts. For anyone questioning whether San Francisco is indeed a transit-first city, as MUNI officials keep insisting it is, the Board's decision serves as a response in the negative. As one community member put it, "We are a world class city without a world class public transportation system." |