To get to San Francisco, artist Jillian Crochet, who is disabled, must plan her route well in advance.
If she takes AC Transit, which requires traveling to and waiting at the bus stop, she must keep an eye out for the weather – Crochet is heat sensitive, and her power wheelchair cannot get wet. On rainy days, she must book a paratransit ride at 5 p.m. the day before. The commute from Oakland takes about two hours, and she fears it could get even longer if a transit funding measure fails on Tuesday.
The Regional Transit Measure seeks to address AC Transit’s $200 million budget shortfall. If it fails, AC Transit has proposed a contingency plan that could affect 16% of buses and 1.4% of paratransit trips beginning in June…