Join the second annual Bay Area transit cohort running Bay to Breakers on Sunday May 21st, 2023! All transit fans, friends, and family are welcome for this fun event - a 12k fun run through San Francisco.
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In a promising sign for an integrated regional fare system, early data from the Clipper BayPass Program finds that users are taking on average 40% more trips than their peers who only have access to single-agency “institutional passes”.
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A $16M expansion of the Bay Wheels bike-share contract was approved by the MTC Operations Committee at their February 10th meeting. The contract will increase the range and quality of the bike-share service while lowering the cost for riders. This is an important first step toward using public funding to provide affordable, easy-to-access bikeshare as part of a well-integrated public transportation system.
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Riders pushing for a seamless transit system have the opportunity to speak up for free and reduced cost transfers for trips between agencies this Monday 3/27.
In recent weeks, transportation policy and budget committees in the California legislature have held several hearings focused on the fiscal cliff facing public transportation in the state. 72% of agencies - serving 80% of the state’s current transit riders - will be facing budget shortfalls in the next several years as federal Covid relief funding runs out.
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In late February, the BART board held its annual board workshop. Major themes this year were financial stability and improving customer experience. The need for a sustainable funding strategy including new funding was front and center given the change in work patterns affecting BART revenue.
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A new bill, AB 761, seeks to identify statewide reforms and possible new funding that can transform public transit in California into more effective, integrated networks that can attract more riders and support climate goals.
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MTC’s proposed “Network Management Framework” is an incremental step toward better voluntary coordination, but we still don’t have a coherent plan for a governance that can deliver a transformed, seamless system with new funding from a regional ballot measure.
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Initial data shows that students with BayPass have been taking significantly more transit trips (now 40% as a percentage of their total commute). Riders with BayPass use even more AC Transit service than students who have a single-agency AC Transit pass, showing how Clipper BayPass in this time period has broadened access to other transit systems.
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New information from transit agencies and MTC is bringing into sharper focus the crisis that is looming as federal relief funding runs out while ridership is slower to recover.
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Seamless Bay Area is growing - and we’re hiring a paid transportation policy & advocacy intern! Learn more about the position and how to apply.
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At Transportation Camp in DC, about thirty activists and transportation professionals from across the US came together to brainstorm a coordinated national strategy for federal advocacy to promote seamless regional integration - and found numerous opportunities to be working together to advance shared goals.
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On January 10, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2023-24 state budget proposal, which grapples with deficits in part by slashing funding for public transportation capital projects (and other climate investments) while ignoring the fiscal cliff facing transit agency operating budgets.
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What can be done to help transit megaprojects be designed better, delivered faster and more cost-effectively? This week, join Seamless Bay Area, Transbay Coalition, and SPUR for the second part of a two-part workshop series focused on faster, more cost-effective, more rider-focused transit megaprojects.
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On Friday, January 13, the MTC Legislation Committee will receive an update about preparations for a regional transit funding measure, which is being developed in partnership with transit agencies. The presentation was also given at MTC’s Policy Advisory Council on Wednesday January 11.
The movement for regionally integrated fares for public transit has gone national. Eighteen members of Congress, led by Representatives Mike Quigley of Chicago and Mark DeSaulnier of Contra Costa County, submitted a letter to the Federal Transit Administration last month calling on the federal government to provide support for regions seeking to to integrate transit fares.
On Wednesday, January 11, the MTC Policy Advisory Council will receive updates bout next steps on regional bikeshare, and next steps to start preparing for a regional transportation funding measure. These two items should be considered together.
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At its January 12 board meeting, VTA will consider providing transit passes to people who live in apartments on land owned by the agency, as part of a Transportation Demand Management program. This is a promising development that VTA and other agencies in the Bay Area could build on.
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