The state recently approved an emergency loan to financially-distressed Bay Area transit agencies, but the loan doesn’t solve long-term funding woes. A proposed regional sales tax measure could help - but only if it gets placed on the ballot and is approved by voters.
The Newsom Administration has convened a task force to make progress on a decades-long policy that has not delivered much measurable long-term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled
Transit California interviewed April Chan, GM/CEO San Mateo County Transit District, the Executive Director of the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, and the Vice Chair of the Association’s Executive Committee.
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