Rider, Transit Coalition Hails Legislative Victory for SB 63 Transit Funding Measure
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Voices for Public Transportation
Abibat Rahman-Davies
Sep 15, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO—Voices for Public Transportation, a coalition of community groups, transit advocates and riders, unions, and policy organizations, applauds the passage of Senate Bill 63 (Wiener, Arreguin) that enables a regional funding measure to save Bay Area transit from devastating cuts.
Our transit agencies are facing an imminent fiscal cliff. Without a new funding measure, they will be forced to gut critical rider services and eliminate jobs. Ridership will plummet. Revenue will crater. This downward spiral will paralyze the Bay Area, exclude communities from affordable travel options to jobs, doctors, school, and destroy any chance of meeting our climate goals.
SB 63 prevents this nightmare scenario by establishing a five-county ballot measure that would authorize a new source of revenue for Bay Area transit agencies. In addition to supporting service frequency, this legislation includes improvements for riders through provisions for integrated, affordable fares, coordinated paratransit and accessible signs, and faster, more reliable buses.
“SB 63’s passage marks a major victory in our fight to save the Bay Area’s vital transit networks from disastrous cuts,” said Transform’s Transportation Policy Manager Abibat Rahman-Davies. “Senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin showed true leadership when it mattered most. Now Governor Newsom must act—sign SB 63 and help us build the sustainable transit Bay Area families deserve.”
Public transit is essential to a healthy, affordable, and thriving Bay Area.
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Voices for Public Transportation was founded in 2018 to advance game-changing regional transportation measures to invest in our transit system so that all Bay Area residents can get around affordably and easily while protecting the climate. VPT represents the voices of all transit riders and riders-to-be, and centers transit-dependent communities, many of whom are people with disabilities, low-income communities, and communities of color, who are too often excluded from local and regional transportation decisions.
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