We are at an unprecedented moment, with the survival of transit as we know it at risk. When the COVID-19 pandemic decimated transit ridership in 2020, federal COVID relief funds saved transit agencies from bankruptcy and enabled them to sustain basic levels of service. These funds were generous but finite. More than 70% of transit agencies in the state expect serious funding shortfalls when federal dollars run out. But the problem is particularly acute in the Bay Area, where some agencies are likely to run out of funds as soon as 2024, a crisis that many are calling a “fiscal cliff”. SPUR led the formation of "Survive and Thrive", a multi-sector, pro-equity coalition that is advocating for new multi-year operations funding on a limited term basis to assist California's transit systems as they recover from the pandemic, to help them regrow ridership, and develop long-term funding plans.
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