The San Francisco Bay Area is facing a funding crisis for many of its public transit programs. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which serves riders across five of the area’s most populous counties, is considering cutting 70 percent of its service and closing up to 15 of 50 stations, some 30 percent. Caltrain, the area’s leading local commuter rail system, could discontinue weekend service and shutter up to a third of its stations. Two major local transit systems, San Francisco’s Muni and AC Transit in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, could also shut down lines. Paratransit would also be impacted, even beyond the potentially longer wait times and fewer slots that transit cuts will inevitably cause.
“The biggest thing about paratransit [that] people don’t realize is it’s tied to our fixed route,” said Michelle Rousey, a member of the East Bay Paratransit Access Committee. “So if you cut fixed-route [lines], you’re inevitably cutting paratransit users too.”
The chosen headline here and OP’s summary are kinda counter productive and misleading. There are two ballot measures on the ballot to fix funding. The cuts will probably happen if they don’t pass. But the way this post is written implies that the cuts will happen and there is nothing that can be done about it. Which is kinda dangerous during an election. Unsurprisingly the comments section mirrors the post.
In an area of such incredible wealth, they first cut funding for the most needing it.
Sounds like the people of the Bay Area need to dunk a lot of Neoliberal politicians in the bay. They can join their worthless hero Milton Friedman out there.
Neolibs cosplaying as libertarians seem over represented in tech.
And underrepresented in crime victim statistics.
That’s the problem with Democrats, most if not all are neo liberals that believe in the same economics as Republicans. Literally a shit situation and why California is an absolute SHITHOLE to live in. I know, it’s depressing here.
Democrats are left of republicans, but globally they’re on the right. The USA has fundamental issues with democracy as there’s no proportional representation leading to a two party state.
Because they just can’t resist more traffic? People commute from across the Bay and shit, this would be a disaster I think.
Makes sense, its not like there’s any money in the area. Sometimes it’s just impossible to pay for things…
stop fixing roads and divert the funds here
