Editor,
I’ve called Daly City home for over 20 years and I choose to ride public transit all the time. I use SamTrans to get around, but my destinations are usually in San Francisco, East Bay or South Bay — so I always have to transfer to other agencies like BART, Caltrain and SFMTA for my trips.
SamTrans and other public transit agencies are facing a fiscal cliff and are at risk of service cuts — which would be devastating for riders who depend on them and imperil our economic growth. Of course I want to help SamTrans, but it’s also essential that all the other Bay Area agencies survive as well. I really want to see ALL the agencies work together on a regional funding solution that would support service in a coordinated, holistic way — not a piecemeal solution that divides voters and would result in a fragmented system and a poor rider experience.
Keep in mind, most transit riders in San Mateo County are like me — we use multiple agencies on a regular basis and we think of the Bay Area as one region. Just saving SamTrans isn’t enough — let’s all support MTC to come up with a workable regional funding solution so we don’t have to choose between competing measures. Thank you!
Simon Tan
Daly City
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Thanks for your letter, Mr. Tan. However SamTrans and other public transit agencies have shown no fiscal restraint or accountability in the past and I wouldn’t expect them to in the future. These agencies continued running at full strength during COVID when ridership was 50% or less and these agencies continue running at full strength now, when ridership is 50% or less. Vote NO on any measures to fund public transportation. Most, if not all the money, will go towards paying salaries and ever increasing pensions and benefits of transit workers.
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