Ian Griffiths
Recent Posts
Op-ed: Consolidate the Bay Area’s Transit Agencies
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Legislators considering allocating funding are right to be asking for a plan for financial sustainability and ridership growth. It is also reasonable to question whether Bay Area transit, which is delivered by 27 transit independent operators with no requirements for coordination, is optimally structured to deliver the best possible, most efficient service to the public in the near- and long-term.
Op-ed: Seamless Transit Bill Fails — Yet it Succeeds
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Like many bills before it, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act has pushed forward change - even though it didn’t become law.
Op-Ed: Funding & Reforms Needed to Prevent Bay Area Transit Going off a Cliff
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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 - Bay Area transit may never be able to recover, let alone thrive.
Op-Ed: A Case for Seamless Transit
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A new report from Seamless Bay Area outlines key governance reforms that could transform Bay Area transit.
Guest Commentary: BART’s New Manager Could Save Bay Area Transit
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...or oversee its continued decline
Guest Commentary: MTC’s Upside Down Approach to Regional Planning
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Advocate with Seamless Bay Area takes Metropolitan Transportation Commission to task for failing to lead region towards an integrated transportation vision