AC Transit would cut 16% of its bus service starting June 2027 if a regional sale-tax measure fails on Nov. 3.
Bus riders and community members urged the AC Transit Board Wednesday to spare weekend bus lines from the East Bay to San Francisco and an Alameda bus line in the face of potential budget cuts.
The proposed plan to reduce service is contingent upon what happens with the ballot measure. The agency is hoping to patch a $200 million deficit with a half-cent sales tax for 14 years in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and a one-cent tax in San Francisco. The Connect Bay Area tax would generate about $980 million annually, with $52 million a year for AC Transit, which services about 1.5 million people across 364 square miles of western Alameda and Contra Costa counties…