How Will South Bay Transit Change if Tax Increase Fails?

How will South Bay transit change if tax increase fails?

Santa Clara County transportation projects could be hurt if a regional tax measure to fund public transit is rejected by voters on Nov. 3, but the impact would be less than other parts of the Bay Area — and the details of service reductions are unclear. Senate Bill 63, also known as the Regional Transit Measure,... The post How will South Bay transit change if tax increase fails? appeared first on San José Spotlight.

Bay Area to vote on transit tax measure

November brings to the ballot a proposal to raise the sales tax to fund BART and Caltrain.

If transit tax fails, local riders say BART and bus service cuts will hurt

If transit tax fails, local riders say BART and bus service cuts will hurt If Prop. RTM fails and BART closes the red line at 9 p.m., west Contra Costa commuters fear they’ll be stuck shelling out money for on-demand rides. AC Transit and others are also planning reductions.

Bay Area transit tax divides residents by age and homeownership, poll finds

A Bay Area poll finds 48% support for November’s Regional Transit Measure, with younger adults and renters more supportive of the proposed sales tax.

Voters are split on whether or not to save Bay Area public transit

The Bay Area’s public transit systems are at risk of being decimated as soon as next year, and voters are divided on whether to help salvage them by approving a sales tax increase, according to a poll released this week. Only 48% of respondents said they would vote for November’s Regional Transit…