Bay Area adopts first-step Transit Priority Policy
The Bay Area’s regional transportation body adopted its first Transit Priority Policy for Roadways. The policy sets new requirements for cities and counties to coordinate with transit agencies when they plan MTC-funded changes to streets and roads. MTC will now create a Transit Priority Network for the region, seek to provide financial incentives for these projects, and encourage more cities to adopt transit priority policies. The adopted Transit Priority Policy represents a first step, and there are many further steps available to enhance its effectiveness.
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VICTORY! Parks accessible by transit will be on the Regional Transit Connections map
New regional mapping and wayfinding updates demonstrate the ability for seamless transit to inspire and help riders understand what’s possible. Here’s how we got it on the map.
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BART outlines severe service cuts if Connect Bay Area transit ballot measure fails
If the regional transit funding measure does not pass, BART is looking at severe cuts beginning in 2027, including reducing service by more than 60%, closing 10+ stations, ending service at 9pm, and eliminating entire lines. Help pass the Connect Bay Area transit initiative to prevent cuts.
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Service-Led Planning: A key to rider-friendly, cost-effective transit
This blog post will provide an overview of what Service-Led Planning is and why it has been so successful in generating ridership in the places where it’s been deployed effectively. Then we’ll summarize in greater detail the steps the Bay Area has taken toward more coordinated service, and what additional steps are needed to get to Service-Led Planning that can make transit significantly more convenient and cost-effective. Finally, we’ll share how riders can speak up for these changes in 2026.
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$590M loan secured to help stave off one year of Bay Area transit service cuts.
Advocates fought throughout all of 2025 to make this victory possible. This loan will keep transit running in the immediate short-term, but to save transit service and ensure stable finances will require passing both a regional and a San Francisco transit funding measure in 2026.
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The Long Road to Free Transfers ✅
As of December 10th, 2025 Bay Area transit riders no longer need to pay extra when they transfer between two or more agencies. This is a big moment worth celebrating! Getting to this moment took nearly a decade of advocacy. In this post, we’ve compiled a summary of the years’ long battle that led to this victory - but also some remaining issues that still aren’t resolved, and where rider advocacy will be needed to make this long-awaited improvement permanent and as impactful as possible.
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SMART launches multi-agency signs for better connections
The primary goal was to provide North Bay riders with real-time information for their connecting transit to and from SMART. A related goal was to show information about connecting service for new and occasional riders of SMART to discover and understand potential transit connections to and from the station. The connecting information will become even more useful when North Bay transit service is reorganized under the MASCOTS plan.
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LOSSAN Corridor Resiliency Subcommittee Panelists Propose Groundbreaking Reforms for Iconic Rail Line
In 2025, the LOSSAN Corridor Resiliency Subcommittee brought together panelists from various fields to suggest reforms to the Southern California rail corridor that will address challenges and increase ridership. Fare and schedule integration, capital project streamlining, and governance were discussed as potential solutions.
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State Task Force issues report setting stage for progress on funding, coordination, capital reforms
In December, the State Transit Transformation Task Force issued its final report (which still isn’t posted on the website). The Task Force had been established as part of the 2023 budget agreement with goals to consider long-term strategies to fund rail and transit, increase ridership and improve cost-effectiveness to achieve the state’s goals.
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2025 Seamless Transit - Year in Review
Looking back on 2025, we’re seeing steady progress toward more seamless transit across the region - a direct result of Seamless Bay Area’s effective advocacy over the last six years. Here’s a summary of what we’ve accomplished this year and the opportunities in 2026 that will need your help and support.
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New “mobility wallet” programs for residents of San Mateo County, East San Jose, and West Oakland
New “mobility wallet” programs are offering subsidies for low-income people to use transit along with other transportation modes. Innovation is welcome, but also the proliferation of programs adds inconvenience for low-income people.
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New polling shows promise for ballot measure that supports seamless transit
The Bay Area transit funding measures can pass with a signature-gathering effort, according to new polling. Voters highly value public transit and perceptions have improved since 2023.
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Caltrain outlines severe service cuts without regional measure
Funding shortfalls threaten to reverse Caltrain's dramatic ridership boom following the start of faster, more frequent electric train service. The agency could be forced to run only hourly service, run no weekend service, and more.
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Changes to an East Bay Bus route should focus on frequency, improved connections
County Connection's 4 bus from Walnut Creek BART to downtown has an opportunity to improve service and seamless transfers. Seamless Bay Area supports local advocacy for improvement.
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Streamlining Paratransit Recertification: Why AB 1250 Matters for People with Disabilities
The governor recently signed AB1250 (Papan), a new bill to streamline the paratransit recertification process. This bill reduces a longstanding inconvenience for paratransit users. By simplifying the recertification process, people with disabilities won't have to go through lengthy processes to prove their disability over and over again.
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Clipper 2.0 launches in December: Here’s why it’ll change how you get around the Bay
Getting around the Bay Area by transit is about to become simpler, cheaper, and more convenient. Starting December 10th, transit agencies are rolling out Clipper 2.0, upgrading the decades-old Clipper Card with a modern and effective fare payment system.
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Notes from Sweden: How Clear Separation of Responsibilities Between Governments Enables Seamless Transit
Sweden’s division into 21 metropolitan regions, each with its own elected government, plays a critical role in delivering excellent and widely used public transportation. Sweden’s diverse regions have different transportation needs, and its region-led system of governance allows for significant variation in approaches to public transportation, while maintaining consistent integration of fare, schedule, and wayfinding within regions.
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Governor signs SB63, paving way for transit funding regional measure and signature gathering campaign
If approved by voters at the November 2026 ballot, this measure will prevent deep service cuts to BART, Caltrain, Muni, AC Transit, and other transit services, fund regional transit integration initiatives, and generate flexible funds for counties to spend on other transit-related priorities. Now, the work begins to kick off a massive signature gathering effort to get this measure on the November 2026 ballot and then the work of getting voter approval.
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