In a bit of transit news even better than learning the liquid you sat in is only water, the group organizing to put a five-county BART rescue measure onto the ballot announced today that it has cleared its signature-gathering goal — by a lot.
The group Connect Bay Area had until June 3 to collect about 186,000 signatures to qualify a measure that will provide a financial lifeline for BART and other area transit agencies for the November ballot. It ended up with around 305,000, easily enough to avoid being disqualified by the odd bogus signature or duplication.
Barring unforeseen lunacy, Bay Area voters will have the opportunity this year to vote yea or nay on a sales tax that could provide an estimated $310 million for BART…