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Transit Advocacy

Advocates and Agencies Celebrate Progress Towards Funding Transit

Funding measure advances to the governor's desk. But it's not over yet.

September 15, 2025

New Leadership at Transform

Changes at one of the Bay Area's most formidable transit, safe-streets, and affordable housing advocacy groups.

September 10, 2025

Emergency Rally: Advocates Demand Gov. Newsom ‘Fund Transit Now’

All the major transit advocacy groups assembled Monday morning in downtown San Francisco to demand the city's former mayor (Governor Gavin Newsom) intervene and stop the cancellation of a vital $750 million state loan intended to keep the city moving.

September 8, 2025

Call to Action: Tell Governor Newsom (Again) to Support Transit

A crucial $750 million loan for transit funding is in jeopardy with the Dept. of Finance and needs the governor's intervention.

September 5, 2025

If it’s September, it Must be Transit Month

Take the city’s survey and help set priorities for the project’s proposed mix of improvements for cyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, and drivers.

September 2, 2025

Bay Area Transit is Not Out of the Woods

Sacramento gave BART, Muni, Caltrain, AC Transit, and others a lifeline, but the struggle to keep the trains and buses running is far from over.

July 16, 2025

Richmond to Formalize Citizen Bus Benches

Will the city of Richmond show how to stop bad actors in city bureaucracies from destroying transit and Vision Zero installations?

June 2, 2025

The State of the Transit Strike in Silicon Valley on Its Tenth Day

The ATU wants higher wages and worker protections. The VTA is appealing to the courts. 100,000 transit riders are caught in the middle.

March 19, 2025

Op/Ed: The Bay Area Needs Transit Funding, but Future of Regional Measure Is Unclear  

Time is running out for the MTC to come up with a framework that has enough regional agreement to pass.

October 17, 2024

Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Themed Rock Music

Meet a band that writes exclusively about the car-free life on public transit. And it rocks!

October 16, 2024