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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

Antioch Amtrak Station May Go Away

A "whistle-stop tour" and protest this Saturday will call attention to the decision (with a fun day out), and the SJJPA will hold a board meeting on September 20 to hear public comment. Maybe for the first time.

September 11, 2024

It’s Officially Transit Month

The San Francisco Transit Riders, Seamless Bay Area, and other advocates celebrate buses, trains, ferries, and the people who make them run

September 9, 2024

Alliance for Community Transit Activates Koreatown Bus Stop, Gathers Rider Input for Vermont Bus Lanes

Shade, refreshments and engagement were welcomed by bus riders, looking to get out of the hot August sun

August 23, 2024

Calling Out In Transit: ‘Train Lovers for Harris-Walz’ Raise $12K in One Zoom Room

The goal was to raise money and to galvanize attention on the least weird thing around: good public transit. 

August 19, 2024

‘A Petition, a Website, and a T-shirt’: Ann Arbor Advocates Share Tips for Fighting Highway Expansions

Ann Arbor advocates helped get a destructive and wasteful highway expansion thrown out — and they have some ideas on how you can, too.

June 10, 2024

More than 30 Organizations Ask the Governor to Lift Transit Funding Freeze

The letter comes a day before Governor Newsom is scheduled to announce his May Budget Revision

May 10, 2024

Sudden State Funding Freeze Leaves Transit Agencies Hanging

Transit agencies were caught off guard by a 60-day funding freeze announced on the day they were expecting the allocations

May 3, 2024