StreetsBlogSF
By Roger Rudick
Uncoordinated schedules, irrational fares, no free transfers between transit agencies–it’s the bane of transit riders throughout the Bay Area. It’s also the bane of drivers who might prefer to use transit, if not for the byzantine system of nearly 30 different operators, each with its own prices and timetables.
“We should have a world-class transit system. We have the bones of it,” said State Senator Josh Becker, whose district spans parts of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, at an event near the Hillsdale Caltrain station on Saturday. “If we just do fare and schedule integration, that would make a tremendous difference.”
That’s why Becker authored S.B. 917, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act.