Connect Bay Area

A Regional Transportation Ballot Measure to reimagine and reinvest in a system that serves today’s riders and inspires the next generation.

Includes 5 Bay Area Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara

Half cent sales tax all counties except 1 cent in San Francisco for 14 year duration
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Averts catastrophic service cuts for the largest operators, many facing fiscal cliffs: BART, Muni, Caltrain, AC Transit

Funds transit improvements to safety, cleanliness, convenience, and seamless integration of transit services
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Provides roughly $1B a year in new funding for transit throughout theBay Area via a 1% sales tax in San Francisco and 0.5% cent sales tax in all other counties

Additional funds for capital projects within specific counties

Without Connect Bay Area, transit agencies will make significant service cuts, causing hours of gridlock traffic.

Trains would run only once per hour
End service at 9 PM on weekdays
Eliminate all weekend service

Muni could cut 20 bus lines
Wait times could double
End regular evening service
Slash cable car service

BART could close 15 stations
End service at 9 PM everyday
Cut train service by 70%

AC Transit could cut
37% of service
Cut operations down to just
half of pre-pandemic levels
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These cuts will devastate our climate goals and economy.

Public transportation
is the heartbeat of
the Bay Area.

It connects people to jobs, schools, healthcare, and each other.
It’s what keeps our neighborhoods vibrant, our economy moving, and our climate goals within reach. Investing in transit isn’t just about avoiding cuts; it’s about building the future we want.

A Thriving Economy

Businesses and workers depend on reliable transit. It fuels downtown recovery, drives tourism, supports small businesses, and keeps the Bay Area competitive.

A Cleaner,
Greener Future

Every ride on transit means fewer cars on the road, less pollution in the air, and progress toward our climate commitments.

A Better
Quality of Life

Transit creates time, time not stuck in traffic for riders and drivers, time to spend with family, time to enjoy everything the Bay Area has to offer.

Stronger
Communities

Transit makes our region more affordable and more accessible, giving everyone the freedom to live their lives.

Why we support this measure.

“We passed SB 63 with a truly massive coalition of labor, business leaders, and transit activists, and we will need everyone to get the Connect Bay Area measure across the finish line and save our buses and train lines from devastating cuts.”
Senator Scott Wiener

"This regional effort will not only provide a lifeline for transit agencies that are facing post-pandemic challenges, but it will ensure that we strengthen the foundation for a transit network that is reliable and built to meet the Bay Area's future needs."
Senator Jesse Arreguín

“Safe and reliable public transit is critical to San Francisco’s comeback and our entire regional economy — there is no comeback without it."
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie

“More than half of Oakland residents use public transit at least 3 days a week because low-income families can’t afford a car. AC Transit is the lifeblood of Oakland – it’s how our families and caregivers get to work, see the doctor, visit family, and do their shopping and errands.”
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee

“The Bay Area Council is proud of the work we’ve done to bake in strong provisions in the measure that will hold transit agencies accountable for making their systems operate more efficiently, safely and conveniently.”
Kristina Lawson, Board Chair, Bay Area Council

"(Connect Bay Area) is essential to stabilizing our transit systems. We are proud to be part of the coalition working to pass this critical measure that will keep our buses and trains moving safely and reliably. Working families across our entire region are depending on us.”
John Arantes, SEIU 1021 BART Chapter President

"(Connect Bay Area) marks a crucial milestone on the path to solving the Bay Area's public transit deficit and delivering the improvements that transit riders deserve.”
‍Dylan Fabris, Community and Policy Manager at San Francisco Transit Riders

"With every day that passes, agencies like BART, MUNI, AC Transit and Caltrain are drawing ever closer to financial collapse. Fortunately, Connect Bay Area gives us the opportunity to secure the future of our transit systems at the ballot box in 2026."
‍Sean Elsbernd, President and CEO of SPUR

“This ballot measure is essential to keep transit running in the Bay Area and to continue progress toward a more rider-friendly, coordinated, affordable, accessible transit system.”
‍Adina Levin, Executive Director of Seamless Bay Area

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Connect Bay Area