Transit Advocacy

A "whistle-stop tour" and protest this Saturday will call attention to the decision (with a fun day out), and the SJJPA will hold a board meeting on September 20 to hear public comment. Maybe for the first time.

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The San Francisco Transit Riders, Seamless Bay Area, and other advocates celebrate buses, trains, ferries, and the people who make them run

The goal was to raise money and to galvanize attention on the least weird thing around: good public transit. 

September will be chock-full of activities celebrating all things transit

Ann Arbor advocates helped get a destructive and wasteful highway expansion thrown out — and they have some ideas on how you can, too.

Setback for Bay Area transit

The letter comes a day before Governor Newsom is scheduled to announce his May Budget Revision

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Transit agencies were caught off guard by a 60-day funding freeze announced on the day they were expecting the allocations

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Despite our region’s long-standing support for public transit, it’s frustrating that Bay Area transit doesn't work well for more people. Ridership was stagnant prior to the pandemic, and is now at about 70 percent of pre-pandemic levels—one of the weakest recoveries in the nation—creating a financial crisis for Bay Area transit agencies that threaten a future ‘downward spiral’ of cuts.