Seamless Bay Area
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Working towards a unified, world-class transit network in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area.
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure design framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and inter-city passenger rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area.
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
At VTA board members are expressing frustration with the botched Clipper 2 rollout. Margaret Abe Koga asks about whether VTA should go off on its own to develop new technology, maybe working with Caltrain. This would be 30 year backwards to every agency with their own payment...
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
At VTA board members are expressing frustration with the botched Clipper 2 rollout. Margaret Abe Koga asks about whether VTA should go off on its own to develop new technology, maybe working with Caltrain. This would be 30 year backwards to every agency with their own payment...
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BART's newly released concepts for what they'll do if Connect Bay Area transit funding measure fails are terrifying.
Phase 1: 63% train hours cut & 10 station closures
Phase 2: Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures
Phase 3 (if required): END BART SERVICE
We must pass the measure!
🧵
Phase 1: 63% train hours cut & 10 station closures
Phase 2: Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures
Phase 3 (if required): END BART SERVICE
We must pass the measure!
🧵
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
BART's newly released concepts for what they'll do if Connect Bay Area transit funding measure fails are terrifying.
Phase 1: 63% train hours cut & 10 station closures
Phase 2: Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures
Phase 3 (if required): END BART SERVICE
We must pass the measure!
🧵
Phase 1: 63% train hours cut & 10 station closures
Phase 2: Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures
Phase 3 (if required): END BART SERVICE
We must pass the measure!
🧵
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Transit officials and members of the public had some choice words for Cubic, the contractor responsible for Clipper, over the ongoing glitchy rollout of a new version of the fare payment system.
www.kqed.org/news/12071026
www.kqed.org/news/12071026
‘A Hot Mess:’ Transit Riders, Officials Skewer Contractor Over Flawed Clipper 2.0 Rollout | KQED
As glitches continue to plague a new version of Clipper, transit officials and advocates across the Bay Area are running out of patience with the company contracted to operate it.
www.kqed.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Transit officials and members of the public had some choice words for Cubic, the contractor responsible for Clipper, over the ongoing glitchy rollout of a new version of the fare payment system.
www.kqed.org/news/12071026
www.kqed.org/news/12071026
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> Structured Query Language (SQL) servers need to be clustered (currently standalone instances) (2/11)
come on, man, people do that in their garage or closet for fun
come on, man, people do that in their garage or closet for fun
For people with tech background concerned about the Clipper 2 upgrade/migration, check out the Cubic slides being presented today at Clipper Executive Board. Many of the problems are failures of basic scaling and QA missing predictable corner cases. mtc.legistar.com/LegislationD...
Metropolitan Transportation Commission - File #: 26-0162
Title: Next Generation Clipper Implementation and Transition Update
Update on Next Generation Clipper System implementation, transition of current Clipper cardholders to the Next Generation Account-b...
mtc.legistar.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
> Structured Query Language (SQL) servers need to be clustered (currently standalone instances) (2/11)
come on, man, people do that in their garage or closet for fun
come on, man, people do that in their garage or closet for fun
This is a huge win for the Bay Area. Thanks to hard work and persistence with allies including @spur-urbanist.bsky.social @transbaycoalition.bsky.social @transformca.bsky.social, Bay Area transit will keep moving as we work on the Connect Bay Area ballot measure to keep transit moving and improving
Last night Gov. Newsom and MTC agreed on a $590 million loan for Bay Area transit! This move averts major service cuts at AC Transit, BART, Caltrain and SF Muni in the next year. mtc.ca.gov/news/agreeme...
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
This is a huge win for the Bay Area. Thanks to hard work and persistence with allies including @spur-urbanist.bsky.social @transbaycoalition.bsky.social @transformca.bsky.social, Bay Area transit will keep moving as we work on the Connect Bay Area ballot measure to keep transit moving and improving
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utterly insane for Cubic to have a "we're still working on the most utterly basic scaling" slide a month and a half after launch
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 AM
utterly insane for Cubic to have a "we're still working on the most utterly basic scaling" slide a month and a half after launch
For people with tech background concerned about the Clipper 2 upgrade/migration, check out the Cubic slides being presented today at Clipper Executive Board. Many of the problems are failures of basic scaling and QA missing predictable corner cases. mtc.legistar.com/LegislationD...
Metropolitan Transportation Commission - File #: 26-0162
Title: Next Generation Clipper Implementation and Transition Update
Update on Next Generation Clipper System implementation, transition of current Clipper cardholders to the Next Generation Account-b...
mtc.legistar.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
For people with tech background concerned about the Clipper 2 upgrade/migration, check out the Cubic slides being presented today at Clipper Executive Board. Many of the problems are failures of basic scaling and QA missing predictable corner cases. mtc.legistar.com/LegislationD...
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Want to know what the looming Bay Area Transit cuts mean for people with disabilities & how we can fight back? Tune in to our webinar next week co-hosted by Community Resources for Independent Living!
actionnetwork.org/events/what-...
actionnetwork.org/events/what-...
What Looming Bay Area Transit Cuts Mean for People with Disabilities & How We Can Fight Back
Every day, people throughout the Bay Area take a million trips on transit. Paratransit, bus, BART, Caltrain, and ferry service – while far from perfect – play an essential role in helping people get ...
actionnetwork.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Want to know what the looming Bay Area Transit cuts mean for people with disabilities & how we can fight back? Tune in to our webinar next week co-hosted by Community Resources for Independent Living!
actionnetwork.org/events/what-...
actionnetwork.org/events/what-...
The campaign to save Bay Area transit kicks off this Friday! Join events happening across the region as we start collecting the 200k signatures needed to get this initiative on the November ballot.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The campaign to save Bay Area transit kicks off this Friday! Join events happening across the region as we start collecting the 200k signatures needed to get this initiative on the November ballot.
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
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Missed yesterday's webinar? Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIka... @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Missed yesterday's webinar? Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIka... @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social
THIS SATURDAY at 1:30pm, we’re putting on a South Bay vs. East Bay Postering Blitz Competition to see which team can put up posters at the most transit stations during a 1-hour period.
Come out for an afternoon of fun, friendship, and putting up posters to help save transit! More details here:
Come out for an afternoon of fun, friendship, and putting up posters to help save transit! More details here:
Save Bay Area Transit! · Events Calendar
View and subscribe to events from Save Bay Area Transit! on Luma. Organizing to pass a Bay Area transit funding measure in 2026. Your help is crucial in the fight to save transit!
Organized by Seaml...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
THIS SATURDAY at 1:30pm, we’re putting on a South Bay vs. East Bay Postering Blitz Competition to see which team can put up posters at the most transit stations during a 1-hour period.
Come out for an afternoon of fun, friendship, and putting up posters to help save transit! More details here:
Come out for an afternoon of fun, friendship, and putting up posters to help save transit! More details here:
The LOSSAN corridor is one of California's most important and iconic rail lines, but it faces major challenges.
Reforms are needed to address fragmented governance, coordinate schedules and fares, and deliver infrastructure project more effectively.
Read our recent blog by @shegabme.bsky.social.
Reforms are needed to address fragmented governance, coordinate schedules and fares, and deliver infrastructure project more effectively.
Read our recent blog by @shegabme.bsky.social.
LOSSAN Corridor Resiliency Subcommittee Panelists Propose Groundbreaking Reforms for Iconic Rail Line — Seamless Bay Area
In 2025, the LOSSAN Corridor Resiliency Subcommittee brought together panelists from various fields to suggest reforms to the Southern California rail corridor that will address challenges and increas...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The LOSSAN corridor is one of California's most important and iconic rail lines, but it faces major challenges.
Reforms are needed to address fragmented governance, coordinate schedules and fares, and deliver infrastructure project more effectively.
Read our recent blog by @shegabme.bsky.social.
Reforms are needed to address fragmented governance, coordinate schedules and fares, and deliver infrastructure project more effectively.
Read our recent blog by @shegabme.bsky.social.
Bay Area transit had some big wins in 2025 including:
- 💵 The launch of free transfers
- 🎉 Authorizing legislation for a 2026 regional ballot measure
- 📞 Billions in state funding secured for transit
- ✍️ Statewide recommendations to make delivering transit projects faster and cheaper
- 💵 The launch of free transfers
- 🎉 Authorizing legislation for a 2026 regional ballot measure
- 📞 Billions in state funding secured for transit
- ✍️ Statewide recommendations to make delivering transit projects faster and cheaper
2025 Seamless Transit - Year in Review — Seamless Bay Area
Looking back on 2025, we’re seeing steady progress toward more seamless transit across the region - a direct result of Seamless Bay Area’s effective advocacy over the last six years. Here’s a sum...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Bay Area transit had some big wins in 2025 including:
- 💵 The launch of free transfers
- 🎉 Authorizing legislation for a 2026 regional ballot measure
- 📞 Billions in state funding secured for transit
- ✍️ Statewide recommendations to make delivering transit projects faster and cheaper
- 💵 The launch of free transfers
- 🎉 Authorizing legislation for a 2026 regional ballot measure
- 📞 Billions in state funding secured for transit
- ✍️ Statewide recommendations to make delivering transit projects faster and cheaper
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Happy New Year! Start the year off right with our webinar on how to better fund transit infrastructure for quicker, more cost-effective projects, next Thursday at 1 PM PST. @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social @publicenterprise.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/events/trans...
Full Steam Ahead: Funding Transformational Transit
Transit and passenger rail investment in the United States struggles for adequate investment. Despite some improvements in top line figures for transit and passenger rail, federal and state transporta...
actionnetwork.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Happy New Year! Start the year off right with our webinar on how to better fund transit infrastructure for quicker, more cost-effective projects, next Thursday at 1 PM PST. @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social @publicenterprise.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/events/trans...
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Join us @icgee.bsky.social @publicenterprise.bsky.social and @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social for a webinar about how transit funding holds back ambitious investments like electric rail that we need for climate action & affordable transportation. January 8th, 1-2 PST.
actionnetwork.org/events/trans...
actionnetwork.org/events/trans...
Full Steam Ahead: Funding Transformational Transit
Transit and passenger rail investment in the United States struggles for adequate investment. Despite some improvements in top line figures for transit and passenger rail, federal and state transporta...
actionnetwork.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Join us @icgee.bsky.social @publicenterprise.bsky.social and @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social for a webinar about how transit funding holds back ambitious investments like electric rail that we need for climate action & affordable transportation. January 8th, 1-2 PST.
actionnetwork.org/events/trans...
actionnetwork.org/events/trans...
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Speed safety cameras work. Track SF's program, initial results and evaluations here: www.sfmta.com/projects/spe...
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Speed safety cameras work. Track SF's program, initial results and evaluations here: www.sfmta.com/projects/spe...
Peninsula Car-Free Happy Hour in San Mateo this Sunday starting at 4:00pm!
Peninsula Car-Free Happy Hour
Join us for a relaxed Peninsula Car-Free Happy Hour at a cozy taqueria steps from the San Mateo Caltrain station. It’s an agenda-free meetup—just good food, good conversation, and a chance to connect ...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Peninsula Car-Free Happy Hour in San Mateo this Sunday starting at 4:00pm!
Join us for a Transit and Housing Happy Hour in Mountain View!
Most of the night will be for socializing, but we'll also be sharing how you can get plugged into efforts to pass the 2026 Bay Area transit funding measure and local efforts to build more housing near transit.
Most of the night will be for socializing, but we'll also be sharing how you can get plugged into efforts to pass the 2026 Bay Area transit funding measure and local efforts to build more housing near transit.
Holiday Transit/Housing Happy Hour!
Join this transit and housing happy hour at Ludwig's Biergarten in Mountain View! We have the back patio reserved starting at 5:30pm. Come make a new friend and learn about the advocacy campaigns figh...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Join us for a Transit and Housing Happy Hour in Mountain View!
Most of the night will be for socializing, but we'll also be sharing how you can get plugged into efforts to pass the 2026 Bay Area transit funding measure and local efforts to build more housing near transit.
Most of the night will be for socializing, but we'll also be sharing how you can get plugged into efforts to pass the 2026 Bay Area transit funding measure and local efforts to build more housing near transit.
Calling young people 18-25 -apply for a student/youth seat on the Regional Network Management Customer Advisory Group advising MTC and agencies about regional transit coordination like integrated fares (including BayPass) and schedules. Deadline Friday 12/5 11:59pm www.surveymonkey.com/r/YC5TKVV
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December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Calling young people 18-25 -apply for a student/youth seat on the Regional Network Management Customer Advisory Group advising MTC and agencies about regional transit coordination like integrated fares (including BayPass) and schedules. Deadline Friday 12/5 11:59pm www.surveymonkey.com/r/YC5TKVV
Reading Boris Lipkin's report on Lessons from California High Speed Rail. Good fodder for considering reforms to streamline projects. transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reading Boris Lipkin's report on Lessons from California High Speed Rail. Good fodder for considering reforms to streamline projects. transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...
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“Environmental review is not planning” is one of those statements that is so obviously true but nearly every thing about transportation institutions and environmental review in California/US pushes against it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“Environmental review is not planning” is one of those statements that is so obviously true but nearly every thing about transportation institutions and environmental review in California/US pushes against it.
Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Full Steam Ahead: Funding Transformational Transit
Transit and passenger rail investment in the United States struggles for adequate investment. Despite some improvements in top line figures for transit and passenger rail, federal and state transporta...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
The Bay Area is at risk of massive transit service cuts if we don't pass a 2026 regional funding measure.
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Bay Area is at risk of massive transit service cuts if we don't pass a 2026 regional funding measure.
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
Without a Bay Area transit measure, Caltrain would have to
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
Caltrain outlines severe service cuts without regional measure — Seamless Bay Area
Funding shortfalls threaten to reverse Caltrain's dramatic ridership boom following the start of faster, more frequent electric train service. The agency could be forced to run only hourly service, ru...
www.seamlessbayarea.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Without a Bay Area transit measure, Caltrain would have to
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.