"Without this bridge funding, BART, Muni, and other Bay Area transit systems will be forced to cut service starting this year or early next year, a disaster scenario illustrated by yesterday's BART technical outage that left major roadways throughout the Bay Area clogged with traffic throughout most of the day,"
"The state of California has been underfunding public transportation for as long as I have been here, When you compare what California spends on transit operations to Pennsylvania, to New York, to Massachusetts, to Illinois, to all of our sister big blue states, it's embarrassing."
"Service is gonna be once an hour, or maybe their BART station is gonna be one of the ones that's gonna be closed, We cannot have that futur"
A $750 million state bridge loan for Bay Area transit remains unresolved and requires finalized terms today for legislative approval before adjournment on Friday. State Senators Jesse Arreguín and Scott Wiener reported the state finance department indicated terms would not be finalized before adjournment, while the Governor's office said negotiations are ongoing. Without the bridge funding, BART, Muni, and other systems face service cuts starting this year or early next year. A recent BART technical outage produced major traffic congestion. Rallies at San Francisco City Hall warned of consequences, and local officials predicted hourly service or station closures.
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