10/18/24: Where do Bay Area candidates stand on transportation issues?
As you prepare to vote this November, we want to make sure you know what the candidates running at the local, state, and federal level have to say on transportation issues. See what 160+ Bay Area candidates have to say about improving and funding our transit system, reducing emissions from the transportation sector, and making streets safer for all.
Additionally, join us for the Rider First Awards TONIGHT, from 6:00-8:00pm in San Francisco and read our latest blog posts on free transfers and transit in San Mateo County.
Happening today! Rider First Awards
Join us and San Francisco Transit Riders to close out Transit Month by celebrating some of the people who have gone above and beyond to improve transit in the past year. The Rider First Awards caps off a month of events, rallies, and our Ride Contest.
We'll honor bus operators, transit planners, and advocates alike who help us build a more equitable, growing and accessible public transit system and culture for all.
Food and refreshments will be provided.
What do the candidates vying for your vote say about transportation?
As millions of Bay Area residents prepare to vote this November, we want to make sure you know what the candidates running to represent you at the local, state, and federal level had to say on transportation issues.
Over 160 candidates running for town/city council, Mayor, transit board, County Supervisor, Assembly, State Senate, and House of Representatives across the Nine-County Bay Area responded to the “Sustainable Transportation Questionnaire” and you can view all the responses here and by region here:
We asked candidates questions about improving our transit system to meet more people’s needs, reducing emissions from the transportation sector, and making streets safer for all. Check out what they had to say!
The “Sustainable Transportation Questionnaire” for the 2024 General Election project was cosponsored by Transbay Coalition, Seamless Bay Area, SPUR, Transform, 350 Bay Area, Friends of Caltrain, San Francisco Transit Riders, Santa Clara County For Transit, East Bay Transit Riders Union, Sustainable Marin, Bike East Bay, BikeSV, Center for Independent Living Hayward, Climate Resilient Communities, El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll, Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning, San Antonio Station Alliance, Traffic Violence Rapid Response, Sonoma County Transportation and Land Use Coalition, and Walkable Walnut Creek.
Stay tuned for more detailed analysis of key races such as BART and AC Transit Board of Director elections.
Call your MTC Commissioner today to fund transit!
A select committee of Bay Area stakeholders, including many elected officials, are crafting a regional transit measure. They will be deciding on the final plan to submit to the legislature at their last meeting this upcoming Monday. We need you to call in and tell your MTC Commissioners that they need to listen to transit riders and the voices of the people who will vote for the measure!
Volunteer for a Transit Rider Story Project
Do you have social media, graphics, and/or video skills and want to share the stories of transit riders? Then we need your help! Our community partners across the Bay Area are hosting workshop events to educate residents about MTC’s Transit 2050+ planning effort and get local feedback. At these events, we will be collecting stories from transit riders about their current needs and how a vastly improved transit system would impact their life. We need folks with video skills to help edit clips and social media folks to help spread these videos.
New from our blog
Convenience and affordability improvements of Clipper 2 delayed
After three years, riders are still waiting for free transfers, thanks to the latest Clipper delay. It didn’t have to be this way.
Transit interdependence in San Mateo County
The region’s network management initiative has a goal to work on and improve communications about the region’s transit system as a system, rather than the current piecemeal picture that is available agency by agency. Questions at recent board meetings reveal critical opportunities to fill the information gaps in order to help transit leaders and the public support the region’s interdependent transit system.