BART, AC Transit and Muni Are All-in on a November Sales Tax. Will Voters Bite?

BART, AC Transit and Muni are all-in on a November sales tax. Will voters bite?

BART, AC Transit and Muni are all-in on a November sales tax. Will voters bite? June saw tax measures fail at the ballot across the Bay Area. Transit advocates are betting that a mass transit tax will be different.

Bay Area transit systems can't afford to park the bus

OAKLAND, California — Thousands of soccer fans from around the world will funnel around the windy San Francisco Bay area by train, bus, and light rail to watch the U.S. take on Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday in an elimination game at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium. But operators of the region’s interlocking mass transit systems are more likely to be concerned with the opinion of local riders than visiting ones. In November, voters across San …

Bay Area transit sales tax measure certified to go on November ballot

A proposed tax to support Bay Area public transit was certified Tuesday to go on the California general election ballot this November.  The Connect Bay Area initiative, if approved by a majority of voters, would implement a half-cent sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara, as well as a one-cent sales tax in San Francisco to help fund local transit agencies.  A petition for the measure collected an estimated 241,964 valid s…