A future without high-quality rail service connecting communities along the Peninsula is not a future we wish to imagine. Unfortunately, t here is no certainty that we will see, in the near term, another federal COVID-19 fiscal rescue package for public transit. However, without a dedicated source of revenue, Caltrain could be forced to cease operations by the end of the year.

SPUR applauded MTC's focus on maintaining existing transportation infrastructure and funding low-cost, high-performing transit projects.SPUR called on MTC to deliver more coordinated regional transit connections and noted that the current proposal achieves less than two-thirds of the state-manded greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Finally, SPUR called on MTC to move the proposed Caltrain extension to downtown San Francisco into phase I.

SPUR joins with eighteen members of the San Francisco Vision Zero Coalition, to call for alternatives to police enforcement to curb dangerous driving behavior. San Francisco must end severe and fatal traffic crashes without harming Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.

SPUR pushes Metropolitan Transportation Commission Transit Recovery Task Force to take immediate steps towards an equitable and seamless new network

SFMTA’s Transportation Recovery Plan elevates social equity and consistent evaluation and adjustment. SFMTA makes clear that bold action will be needed to minimize further unacceptable health, economic, and quality of life impacts. SPUR strongly supports this approach as the agency continues to temporarily repurpose street space as necessary to maintain public health and maximize safe mobility for the greatest number of residents.