A city councilmember contacted me regarding constituents returning to work and being mad about the suspension of one of @rideact's transbay lines. Sadly she remarked: "I fear transit is ruined for a generation."

I'm starting to feel the tingle of just wanting to give up.
It's pretty sad to see AC Transit dwindle from this incredible, expansive system on literally every other street from the flatlands to the harbors to the hills in the 1990s that East Bayers didnt even need to own cars, killed slowly by Prop 13 and loses a limb every downturn.
I'd kill to bring this back. Sadly the more riders you lose the less political interest there is in saving the system
Anyways @TransitRidersEB is not giving up! But we gotta get more drivers through more revenue and higher wages.
Also this is what AC Transit's map looks like now.
This is so aggravating espesially with the report out about how transit connects poorly to regional parks here. You can't go to Redwood and Tilden Park on the weekends anymore via public transit which is the time most people will go.
With the new bailout money from MTC (a bit too late unfortunately) we also need to restore as much service ASAP and we're going to. I'll make sure of it.

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