Four large public transportation operators in the Bay Area of California are in financial trouble and lacking funding to stay in operation.
Residents are hitting the streets with petitions to collect signatures and save public transit across the region.
What’s happening?
As KQED reported, the Bay Area transit crisis has been ongoing since the pandemic. Federal and state emergency funding is running out, with projected budget deficits and insufficient funds to support local trains and buses.
The transit operators have been discussing major service cuts and having to eliminate entire lines altogether…