@WarrenMobility UPDATE - West Oakland BART's Mandela development received about $4M from REAP 2.0 HIT state planning funds on July 6. BART received $3.6M for Lake Merritt TOD.
@seamlessbayarea@SFBART @RebeccaForBART @SenJoshBecker BART staff worked hard with Sen Becker to amend SB917 into a law that will lead to regional coordination of transit.
Episode 364: Creating a Better Transit Board https://t.co/YfhFrL7KYR Tune in for a peek behind the scenes of transit board representation of the public.
@SpeakerPelosi@RepSpeier@RepDeSaulnier I echo BART Director @lateefahsimon in sharing BART's gratitude for your hard work to enable BART to continue serving essential workers throughout the pandemic. With IIJA we are poised to Build Back Better!
Join @RepSpeier, @RepDeSaulnier, Bay Area public transit and rail leaders and me at the Salesforce Transit Center for an event celebrating the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which invests $4.5 billion in Bay Area rail, highway and public transit. https://t.co/zCwRWFtfZ1
@graue Calvin Gladney addressed a ballroom of transit pros at #caltransit56 this morning and noted the inequity of focusing on the commute peaks while transit dependent passengers suffer during the nights and off peaks.
AMAZING turnout today for the East Bay Transit month rally. Exciting to see so much support for sustainable transportation. Let’s make it happen!
Thank you for organizing, @TransitRidersEB@GenesisCali@seamlessbayarea 🌎🚴♀️🚌🚊
BART RIDERSHIP for Thursday, June 3 was 72,558, representing 18% of pre-COVID-19 budget projections for a weekday in June. As of 6/4/21, it was the highest ridership day since the start of the pandemic.
On Monday, BART will increase service levels. Please wear a mask on transit.
SENATE PROPOSES TO DROP BART TO SAN JOSE from American Recovery Act. Move would create costly delay and impact delivery of passenger access and safety.
@AliciaTrost EMERGENCY TRANSIT RELIEF - Congress approved the bill late Monday night including $14B that will almost certainly help BART balance the budget, avoid workforce reductions beyond retirements, and prepare to restore service to benefit the public. Yea!
BARBARA LEE SPEAKS FOR ME - I thanked her. You can join me or urge your representative to support funding transit and highways equally! https://t.co/XeyzmF3rRx
COLISEUM POLLING ACCESS FROM BART - I have engaged Supervisor Miley to join BART's appeal for the A's to open the pedestrian bridge gates. Station Agents had been asked to direct passengers to walk to 66th Ave.