A seamless-rider first transit system is one step closer to reality after SB 917 (Becker), the Seamless Transit Transformation Act, was unanimously approved by the Senate Transportation Committee.
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Lace up your running shoes and put on your best transit-themed costume — it’s time for the first Bay to Breakers in three years, and Seamless Bay Area is calling on everyone who loves transit to join the fun! The countdown is on for one of San Francisco’s most iconic races across the city on May 15, 2022 and we need the help of the Seamless community to represent all 27 transit agencies that operate across the Bay Area.
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A recently announced state bill from Assembly Transportation Committee Chair Laura Friedman, AB 1938, would establish a new statewide task force to recommend reforms and potentially new funding sources for public transit and intercity rail.
This blog post is the third and final post in a three-part series that discusses key learnings from each session of the SwissCal Virtual Conference on the Swiss Public Transportation Ecosystem.
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The region’s first big step toward integrated fares - a two-year all-agency transit pass pilot for organizations - is being prepared for rollout in August 2022 in time for the school year. The first participants will be public colleges and universities and affordable housing developments that already provide more limited passes to students and residents.
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New York implements a new fare capping policy to recover ridership from the pandemic and make transit more affordable and predictable. The new policy includes a 4-month pilot using the OMNY contactless tap-and-pay program, available through June 30.
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This blog post is the second in a three-part series that will discuss key learnings from each session of the SwissCal Virtual Conference on the Swiss Public Transportation Ecosystem.
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This blog post is the first in a three-part series that will discuss key learnings from each session of the SwissCal Virtual Conference on the Swiss Public Transportation Ecosystem.
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Members of both the BART and AC Transit boards clearly stated that they want to thoughtfully consider all of the options; and they want the outcome to be a system and process that puts riders first.
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This morning, Senator Josh Becker introduced SB 917, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act, a new bill to create a more coordinated and integrated Bay Area transit system while improving the rider experience. This legislation a major step forward in our work to build a more seamless, accessible transit system across the nine-county Bay Area.
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Seamless Bay Area is excited to host a unique virtual conference and workshop for California transportation professionals and policymakers to glean best practices from Switzerland’s highly effective public transportation ecosystem.
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UC Berkeley Master of City Planning student Kenji Anzai analyzes how different German regions developed different forms of network managers, or verkehrsverbünde, and what lessons these regions can provide for the Bay Area.
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On Monday, December 13 at 2pm, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission convened a “listening session” to start to consider the potential for a regional funding measure for public transportation in 2024.
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If our region doesn’t act quickly to both identify a major new sustainable source of funding - and introduce governance reforms to create a seamless system - we could lose transit forever.
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This October, the Austrian government released KlimaTicket Ö, or the Austrian Climate Ticket, an annual transit pass that can be used on any transit service in the country, for the price of €1,095 per year. With the new Fare Policy Vision approved in the Bay Area, our region may be on a path to follow Austria toward a more affordable and universal regional transit pass.
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WETA’s 2021 fare and schedule changes have enabled many new riders - including lower income riders - to use the ferry, and to be able to choose a ferry when it’s the right mode for a particular trip. These changes have also had a clear impact on overall ridership.
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On Monday, November 15, the region’s Fare Integration Task Force — composed of transit agency general managers and the executive director of MTC — voted in favor of a Fare Policy Vision that includes a pilot all-agency pass for organizations starting in 2022, free transfers in 2023, and standardized regional fares as soon as 2024. This is a major step forward for the future of seamless transit and integrated fares in the Bay Area.
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