8/22/24: This Friday - Celebrate Ian Griffiths contributions to Bay Area transit

Ian Griffiths, one of Seamless Bay Area’s co-Executive Directors, co-founders, and first full-time team members, is changing his role after 5 years of hard work and amazing achievements. Ian has been a key player in all our major initiatives and successes since the very beginning. Read Ian’s blog post capturing his journey co-founding Seamless Bay Area, the accomplishments we’ve made in the last 7 years, and the progress still needed to transform Bay Area transit. 

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Kaleo Mark
8/19/24: A new chapter for Seamless Bay Area - Ian Griffiths stepping down as co-Executive Director. Celebrate Ian and progress toward seamless transit

As our team gears up for new campaigns and a renewed push for better transit across the Bay Area, we must also pause to acknowledge a changing of the guard: Ian Griffiths, one of our co-Executive Directors, is changing his role after 5 years of hard work and amazing achievements. Ian is one of our co-founders, our first full-time team member, and has been a key player in all our major initiatives and successes since the very beginning. Ian will continue to participate in Seamless Bay Area as a Board Member and a volunteer.

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7/24/24: This Friday - Community Grant deadline + July transit advocacy events

Community Grant applications are due this Friday! Take advantage of this funding opportunity to help cover the costs of hosting a Transit Month event this September with your creative ideas to celebrate public transportation. We are also taking a last call for volunteers to join us at the Santa Clara County Fair, this Thursday through Sunday.  And read more about how the Clipper BayPass all-agency pass program is expanding and wildly popular with participants. Your support for seamless transit is having results!

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7/16/24: Community Grant deadline soon + July transit advocacy

We have an exciting funding opportunity to help your organization host a Transit Month event this September – get your applications in before the deadline next Friday! We also have two upcoming volunteer opportunities in San Jose and San Francisco this month. Plus read our blog posts to get the latest on transit funding and policy conversations happening in the Bay Area and at the state level.

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6/16/24: Influence statewide transit policy | SF Happy Hour Event

Bay Area residents have an exciting opportunity to make seamless transit a focus of state transportation policy on Monday. Plus, join us for a June 27th San Francisco Happy Hour. Finally, we’ve got new blog posts on efforts to transform El Camino Real into a multi-modal corridor and the region’s renewed transportation plan for older adults and people with disabilities.

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5/16/24: Take two minutes to support transit + 3 upcoming transit educational events

Today, the Connect Bay Area Act (SB 1031) is being heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee. If passed, SB 1031 will authorize a 2026 regional ballot measure, pairing new funds to increase service with reforms to improve transit coordination and governance. This bill forges a new path for Bay Area transit - with a message of change that will be needed to win the support of voters at the ballot box.

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4/22/24: Did you see our Op-Ed in the Mercury News? Plus, SB 1031 Launch Party This Friday 4/26.

This week is a big week for Seamless Bay Area and the future of Bay Area transit!  SB 1031, The Connect Bay Area Act, goes to its first hearings in Sacramento and we have our Launch Party for the bill on Friday, April 26th at 6pm in San Francisco with Senator Scott Wiener. Plus we’ve got other in-person East Bay events planned for early May we hope you will join us for. 

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3/4/24: 🌅 On the horizon: Bay Area and National Transit Funding

There are important public transit funding efforts underway in the Bay Area and at the national level that we’re tracking closely. Join us for upcoming events in March and check out our latest blog posts to learn more about what you can do to support funding that has the potential to supercharge public transportation across the region.

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2/22/24: Poll: Seamless transit, expert oversight, streamlining key to winning 2026 transit funding measure

Exciting and breaking news! We recently commissioned a poll to better gauge voters and their desires for the upcoming 2026 regional transit funding measure. Read on to learn more about the poll results, an upcoming Transbay Coalition meeting to learn about volunteer opportunities, and our recent blog highlighting the progress being made right now on transit coordination.

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2/9/24: One step closer to a regional transit funding measure + how advocates won $5 billion for transit

This week’s newsletter can be summarized in three words: public transportation funding. Learn how advocates won $5 billion for transit in the California state budget last year at SPUR’s upcoming webinar. We also have the latest news on the region’s 2026 regional funding measure - the biggest potential investment in Bay Area public transportation in recent history.

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1/29/24: Feb 1st Happy Hour event & transit GMs reactions to Swiss transit report

Swiss Study Report Released — A joint report and presentation on the key findings from the study delegation to Switzerland was presented at the January Regional Network Management Council meeting. Transit General Managers had positive comments about the findings and our work facilitating the trip. Our’s latest blog post summarizes the report’s findings and the response from General managers.

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1/19/24: Exciting Progress toward a Swiss-Style Networked Transit System

A belated happy new year to you all! Instead of New Year resolutions we are following social media trends and creating our ‘INs’ and ‘OUTs’ for 2024. 

IN at Seamless Bay Area - taking more public transportation; walking, biking, and rolling around town; and building a diverse movement advocating for bold change. 

OUT - car-dependency, fragmented public transit, and the status quo. Read on to see just how we are moving the needle towards abundant and robust public transit. 

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12/20/23: *Psst* Transit transformation is the talk around town

Happy holidays from the Seamless family to yours! As our gift to you, we have a flurry of new blogs up on our website. So wrap yourself in a BART sweater (for those of you lucky enough to snag one), get close to the fireplace, and make yourself comfortable for these good reads about progress on achieving seamless transit in the Bay Area and around the State of California.

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