October 16, 2024—San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies face service cuts and budget shortfalls if they do not put a regional measure that will create funding for these agencies on the California 2026 ballot. Despite this impending budget shortfall and service crisis, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) special committee tasked with creating this ballot measure is approaching their October deadline without a framework in place. At this critical juncture, local elected officials need to work together on what is best for the collective good, writes Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice Laurel Paget-Seekins in Streetsblog San Francisco in her op-ed “The Bay Area Needs Transit Funding, but Future of Regional Measure Is Unclear.”

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