The public transit armageddon has been averted.
After months of alarm from transit agencies and campaigning by advocates, voters approved two new taxes to fund public transit: Proposition H, a San Francisco parcel tax to fund Muni, and Proposition RTM, a regional sales tax to fund BART, Muni, Caltrain and other public agencies.
Inside the RTM campaign party at The Cordial on Tuesday, quiet anticipation morphed into drunken jubilation as votes rolled in and tequila flowed…