Bay Area voters just made history by passing the Regional Transit Measure and Prop H to save our public transit. Passing these ballot measures is the culmination of years of work put in by Seamless Bay Area, Transbay Coalition, and allies to save and improve transit. This massive victory was only possible because of the robust, diverse coalition that is the Bay Area transit movement. Thousands of people and hundreds of organizations put in the work to defend and improve transit.
Read MoreSeamless Bay Area endorses three great candidates for Transit board seats for this November 2026 election. Adriana Valencia, AC Transit Ward 3, Sara Barz, BART Board of Directors District 8, Rober Raburn BART Board of Directors District 4.
Read MoreYou are not alone. AC Transit riders all across the East Bay are noticing that their bus is cancelled, arriving very late, or too full to board, and it has been getting increasingly worse over the past year. When a bus that is supposed to arrive every 20 minutes is cancelled, that creates a 40-minute gap in service, and sometimes a 60-minute gap when buses are cancelled in a row! Delays that long mean you miss work, school, and appointments, and so many other important things in your life.
Read MoreMicrotransit services have grown increasingly common in the Bay Area. Today, there are some 14 different services operating in all nine Bay Area counties covering approximately 1 million residents. But these services are not promoted in the region's trip planning tools. It’s time for the Bay Area to start publishing open data for microtransit so they can become an integrated part of the region's transit services.
Read MoreVote YES on the Regional Transit Measure, San Francisco Prop H, and Prop 1.
Vote NO on Prop 43 and Prop 45.
Read MoreOver the course of several months I had captured 3 photographs of crash aftermath at a single intersection, encountered while biking to and from downtown San Mateo. A few months later, a hit-and-run driver struck an electric scooter rider at that intersection in the middle of the day. 2 days later I sent Public Works an email, giving them notice of “dangerous condition of public property.”
Read MoreElected officials at every level of government in the Bay Area can play a vital role in making it easier, safer, and greener for more people to get in and around our communities. Over 250 candidates responded to this questionnaire about transit, traffic violence, and bike/pedestrian infrastructure. This includes candidates for the US House of Representatives, State Assembly, State Senate, County Supervisor, City Council, Mayor, and BART and AC Transit Board positions in all 9-Bay Area Counties. See what the candidates vying for YOUR vote have to say about transportation issues.
Read MoreThis is your quick guide for all the fun taking place across the Bay Area including 80+ excited and interactive events, the Ride Contest, nominating your Transit Heroes of 2026, and more!
Read MoreThis year, the Bay Area’s transit system is taking stock of progress toward a more well-coordinated, rider-friendly system among its 27 agencies, and setting a course toward the next steps of improvement. In five years since the approval of a Transit Transformation Action Plan in 2021, the Bay Area has made significant strides toward a more well-coordinated, rider-friendly system.
Read MoreLeaders of the Bay Area’s major transit agencies were strongly in favor of moving forward with next steps toward more integrated and affordable fares, at the most recent meeting of the region’s primary transit coordination forum, the Regional Network Management Council.
Read MoreOn August 10th, Transbay Coalition and Seamless Bay Area, along with over 30 co-sponsors and 200 attendees from across the state, rallied and lobbied for transit, affordable housing, clean air, and clean water. This is a historic achievement; to our knowledge, this is the largest Transit lobby day ever organized in Sacramento.
Read MoreProp 43, a ballot measure that will be on voters' ballots in November will make it harder to fund transit and other public services in the future, but will not directly impact the 2026 Bay Area transit measures that together are essential to prevent cuts and fund rider improvements.
Read MoreIn June, Monterey Salinas Transit purchased a system for reloadable open payment cards that can be used by low-income riders who are unbanked or underbanked. Of interest in the Bay Area, SFMTA participated in the RFP for the reloadable open payment cards. SFMTA’s initial focus is to use the cards specifically for parking, to provide payment options for individuals who are unbanked at parking meters and garages.
Read MoreThe Newsom Administration executive order on transit and rail would be a good start toward accelerating and coordinating improvements to rail and transit in the state – if the Newsom Administration wasn’t at the same time proposing to slash critical state fund programs for rail, transit, and affordable housing near transit.
Read MoreStarting on August 15, all 35,000 SJSU students will receive BayPass, the all-agency transit pass. And this May, employees at Caltrain, SamTrans, and SMCTA have been offered BayPass after moving to the agencies’ new headquarters at the Millbrae transit center.
Read MoreOn June 23, the California Senate Transportation Committee is expected to hear and vote on a good bill to standardize bus stop data, making transit more convenient for riders and enabling smarter planning. AB1599 (Ahrens), sponsored by Seamless Bay Area allies Move LA, AARP, and StreetsforAll, would implement one of the recommendations of the State Transit Transformation Task Force to make transit more seamless across the state.
Read MoreLast week, the SamTrans and VTA decided on their priorities for locally controlled funding from the regional transit ballot measure, with high priorities on maintaining and improving local transit service for riders. And next week, the Alameda County Transportation Commission will be making their decision about priorities for locally controlled funding. Read this blog to learn more and take action.
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