Senator Aisha Wahab (D-10, Hayward, Union City, Newark, Fremont, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, San Jose and Santa Clara) recently announced a new bill, SB 397, calling on the California State Transportation Agency to come up with a plan to consolidate the public transportation agencies across the nine Bay Area counties (the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's jurisdiction).
Seamless views the primary potential benefits of consolidation as: Quicker delivery of integrated service, fares, and improved customer experience that can help rebuild ridership Better and faster capital project definition, design, and project delivery, reducing costs Improved agency capacity, and attraction of better leadership and professional expertise Improved accountability to riders for connectivity Improved capacity to shape bay area transportation to
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