"If you're a public transit obsessive looking to hang out with like-minded folks, poring over bus schedules and dreaming about one day BARTing to Sonoma, a series of free events in September were made for you. Seamless Bay Area and San Francisco Transit Riders, two safe streets advocacy groups, have organized a handful of quirky, accessible ways to celebrate the importance of public transit to local communities."
"Events include a sit-down with transit agency executives and a hike at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park. This weekend in Oakland, there will be a silent group reading on BART, a tour exploring the long-gone Key System - Oakland's original mass transit system of street cars, buses, and commuter lines - and a walk with advocates pushing for a new BART station in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood."
"Mark says one program goal is to encourage people who don't usually take public transit to attend an event. The more people use transit, he said, the more the coalition of people pressuring politicians to increase transit options will grow. And that, he said, is what's needed in the wake of budget cuts transit services have experienced in recent years."
Transit Month in the Bay Area features 76 free transit-themed events across nine counties in September. Events include book clubs, museum visits, sit-downs with agency executives, hikes, silent BART readings, tours of the Key System, and neighborhood walks advocating new stations. Organizers from Seamless Bay Area and San Francisco Transit Riders aim to attract people who do not usually take transit and build community among riders. Higher ridership is intended to broaden the coalition pressuring elected officials to restore funding and support policies that improve transit after recent budget cuts. The initiative stresses accessibility, awareness of transit's importance to regional mobility, and engagement with agencies like BART and AC Transit.
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