BART went first. Now, another key transit agency serving Oakland has created a contingency plan to give the public a sense of what service would be like without a big financial lifeline.
AC Transit staff, at a meeting of its board of directors last week, said that without voter approval of a tax measure in November, which promises to raise $1 billion a year for 14 years for Bay Area transit, the agency projects deficits of $50 million a year beginning in the 2027-28 fiscal year.
One of the scenarios to close that gap in the agency’s mildly named Alternate Service Plan could reduce costs by up to $53 million annually by cutting 16.4% of current service, which already sits at 85% of pre-pandemic levels. Another scenario would reduce costs by $36.75 million and cut bus service by 11.45% of current levels…