"Muni faces a fiscal crisis, and we are going to save it. No one wants to see service reductions, and we are doing everything we can do to prevent them. We must do what it takes, both within SFMTA and with partners across the region, to find the revenue that will keep Muni strong."
"BART is now a 50-year-old-plus system that requires constant maintenance and network upgrades."
"BART benefits everyone in the Bay Area, whether they use transit or not. The syst"
San Francisco officials held a Transit Month rally and rode Muni with transit advocates to raise awareness and encourage public transportation use. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and State Supervisor Scott Wiener frequently rely on public transit in their daily routines. Mayor Daniel Lurie warned that Muni faces a fiscal crisis and pledged to prevent service reductions. The Lurie administration is developing a parcel tax while State Senator Scott Wiener sponsors a regional sales tax measure to support Bay Area transit systems. A nearly seven-hour BART systemwide shutdown caused by computer equipment failure halted all trains, highlighted the 50-plus-year-old system's maintenance and upgrade needs, and increased traffic and delays. Officials urged residents to choose transit over cars whenever possible.
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