January 4, 2023 – The California legislature, recognizing that its recent funding bump for public transportation is not enough to address the many critical issues faced by transit agencies, called for the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to convene a task force to find solutions. On December 19, 2023, the first Transit Transformation Task Force meeting was held in Sacramento. Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice, Laurel Paget-Seekins, who is also one of the 25 members of the Task Forces writes about three of the most pressing issues in her op-ed, “Task Force Meets to Address the Future of California Transit.”
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