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No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
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- 07 Sep 2004
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, California. On September 11th and 12th The Campaign for Sensible Transportation will be holding a two day, fundraising book sale, benefiting the No on Measure J- "Widening 1 Won't Work" campaign.
No on Measure J is opposed to Meaure J, the highway widening sales tax initiative. The initiative will be on the ballot in November. If passed it will raise the county's sales tax primarily to widen Highway One from Santa Cruz to Watsonville.
[ Campaign for Sustainable Transportation I No on Measure J I People Power ]
No on Measure J is opposed to Meaure J, the highway widening sales tax initiative. The initiative will be on the ballot in November. If passed it will raise the county's sales tax primarily to widen Highway One from Santa Cruz to Watsonville.
[ Campaign for Sustainable Transportation I No on Measure J I People Power ]
Widening One Won't Work!
SANTA CRUZ, California. On September 11th and 12th The Campaign for Sensible Transportation will be holding a two day, fundraising book sale, benefiting the No on Measure J- "Widening 1 Won't Work" campaign.
Although there are already hundreds of books to choose from, additional book donations are accepted and encouraged up to the date of the sale. To arrange a drop off call 425-0665.
Book Sale Dates:
Day one: Saturday, Sept. 11, from 7 AM to 3 PM
Day two: Sunday, Sept. 12, from 7 AM to 4 PM
WHERE
The Hub for Sustainable Transportation will host the book sale in its parking lot at 224 Walnut Ave., in Santa Cruz.
WHO
No on Measure J is opposed to Meaure J, the highway widening sales tax initiative. The initiative will be on the ballot in November. If passed it will raise the county's sales tax primarily to widen Highway One from Santa Cruz to Watsonville.
The campaign has these goals:
• To educate our community on the ineffectiveness of highway widening as a method for reducing traffic congestion.
• To promote alternatives to the widening of Highway 1 by researching and publicizing the practical merits of various methods of transportation.
• To convince the decision makers of the value of multiple means of transportation, including bus, rail, bicycle, pedestrian and car, so as to provide a balanced, workable system that serves all county residents and reduces our dependence on the automobile.
Organizations currently participating in the Campaign include Aptos Neighbors Board of Directors, Fishhook Neighbors, Sierra Club, Mission Pedestrian, National Bicycle Greenway, The Santa Cruz Friends Meeting, The Coalition for the Environment and Jewish Life, and People Power.
For further details and information contact: Micah Posner at (831) 425-0665 (office), (831) 426-2453 (cell), or email to: micah (at) peoplepowersc.org
More can be learned about The Campaign for Sensible Transportation at: SustainableTransportation.org
SANTA CRUZ, California. On September 11th and 12th The Campaign for Sensible Transportation will be holding a two day, fundraising book sale, benefiting the No on Measure J- "Widening 1 Won't Work" campaign.
Although there are already hundreds of books to choose from, additional book donations are accepted and encouraged up to the date of the sale. To arrange a drop off call 425-0665.
Book Sale Dates:
Day one: Saturday, Sept. 11, from 7 AM to 3 PM
Day two: Sunday, Sept. 12, from 7 AM to 4 PM
WHERE
The Hub for Sustainable Transportation will host the book sale in its parking lot at 224 Walnut Ave., in Santa Cruz.
WHO
No on Measure J is opposed to Meaure J, the highway widening sales tax initiative. The initiative will be on the ballot in November. If passed it will raise the county's sales tax primarily to widen Highway One from Santa Cruz to Watsonville.
The campaign has these goals:
• To educate our community on the ineffectiveness of highway widening as a method for reducing traffic congestion.
• To promote alternatives to the widening of Highway 1 by researching and publicizing the practical merits of various methods of transportation.
• To convince the decision makers of the value of multiple means of transportation, including bus, rail, bicycle, pedestrian and car, so as to provide a balanced, workable system that serves all county residents and reduces our dependence on the automobile.
Organizations currently participating in the Campaign include Aptos Neighbors Board of Directors, Fishhook Neighbors, Sierra Club, Mission Pedestrian, National Bicycle Greenway, The Santa Cruz Friends Meeting, The Coalition for the Environment and Jewish Life, and People Power.
For further details and information contact: Micah Posner at (831) 425-0665 (office), (831) 426-2453 (cell), or email to: micah (at) peoplepowersc.org
More can be learned about The Campaign for Sensible Transportation at: SustainableTransportation.org
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Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
Of course if the highway is already *over* capacity, it runs no faster than if it is *at* capacity. It will however serve many more people.
And commute times WILL decrease - for those who can now use the highway thanks to the increase in capacity, instead of slugging it along on the bus or trying to drive Soquel.
You ever try to get around town on the bus? A 15 minute trip becomes 45 minutes or more. How about that commute time?
Your argument cites the influx of these other commuters as the cause of failure, when in fact it is proof of success.
To say nothing of the increased SAFETY for pedestrians and *bicyclists* on those side roads. Have you ever seen Soquel during rush hour, with all the people trying to avoid the highway?
Get those drivers on 1 where they belong, *where they would rather be*, and where we would rather they be!
How many more bicyclists must be run down on Soquel because you want to punish drivers as an ecological Great Satan, and because you care more about spotted owls and scrub brush than other people?
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
This is illogical. A widened highway will attract more traffic. You'll still see cars overflowing onto local roads. You'll still have a congested highway.
People have to get OUT OF THEIR CARS.
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Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
No matter how you spin it, that's increased capacity, which means shorter driving time, or less congestion on ancillary roads.
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Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
business, the sentinal, and developers
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
As for attracting more cars - they're going to come anyway, I don't generally plan on where I go depending on how many lanes the highway has.
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
How? More housing? more businesses? more development? population explosion? Why are they going to come anyway?
"I don't generally plan on where I go depending on how many lanes the highway has."
So why tax yourself and build something that will not get you there any faster in the end and will make it impossible to fund alternative transportation?
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
"more businesses?" Yes
"more development?" Yes
"population explosion?" Yes
There's more to this county than UCSC.
"So why tax yourself and build something that will not get you there any faster in the end and will make it impossible to fund alternative transportation?"
Why one or the other? What solution do you have that will get Americans out of their cars?
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
'Why one or the other?'
Because the windening funding sucks the county transportation resources dry.
Keeping Americans in their cars brings to mind cannibalism.
Someone suffers for us to have oil, be it Iraqis, Venezuelans, Nigerians, etc.
This entire society has been built around the consumption of oil. Why keep feeding the beast.
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
I mean, is there a comprehensive study that shows a wider highway increases population growth?
I support the widening via a gas tax, and making the new lane a carpool lane - two methods proven to reduce congestion and pollution, and it doesn't infringe upon people who don't utilize the highway - leaving a sales tax for other mass transportation options.
However, it's just not realistic to think that we can build more busses and less people willd rive.
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
We'll all be paying for that in the form of a sales tax (drivers and non-drivers) if J passes.
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
It'd be nice if the population didn't grow, but it does...
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
An elite few get the benefit of something that everyone was forced to pay for.
When I see 4 lanes of highway 85 crawling at rush hour and the diamond lane mostly empty, I see an additional 25% of highway capacity being denied to the thousands who need it then and there.
How ironic is it to build extra capacity, then take it away from 99% of the people who could benefit from it?
Carpool lanes are fine on paper, but in reality they have only increased congestion which lowers efficiency and wastes more gas creating more pollution.
Those stupid diamonds should have been painted over 15 years ago, but everyone around here is so in love with the religion of conservation that they either refuse to even consider that carpool lanes are a failure for *the democractic tax-paying majority*, or they see it but refuse to openly admit that they favor increased traffic as a way to punish people for the sin of driving a car, because then the public wouldn't be so tolerant of environmentalists.
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
should read "but everyone around here is so in love with their metal boxes, privacy, privilege, selfishness..."
Re: No on Measure J Book Sale Fundraiser
What people love is freedom, independence, and getting something for their tax dollars other than a sore ass from the ramming they just got once again from the self-proclaimed do-gooders.
Freedom and independence, coupled with privacy, are civil rights and 3 of the cornerstones of America. However Im not surprised you have a problem with that. I recommend Communist China, you will love it there.
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