rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/support-gap-funding-for-public-transportation?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-support-gap-funding-for-public-transportation' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Friends of Caltrain https://actionnetwork.org/groups/caltrain-measure-rr https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/399/181/normal/IMG_4394_(1).JPG Public transportation agencies are rapidly running out of money. Starting this upcoming budget year transit agencies are starting to run out of federal Covid relief funds that kept service running during the depths of the pandemic. Meanwhile transit ridership has been recovering at a steady but gradual pace. Deep cuts to transit service due to lack of operations funding risk triggering a death spiral. With less service, even fewer people would use transit, deepening the fiscal crisis. Deep service cuts would be devastating to meeting regional and state strategies to reduce climate emissions and support housing near transit. You can help prevent this dire outcome and save public transit. Sign this position to support state funding needed to bridge the “fiscal gap”, to maintain and improve transit service until ridership fully recovers.   Supporting data (see this section for ongoing updates) In the Bay Area, Caltrain will be the first to be impacted in the coming budget year, and BART impacts in the next 2-3 years. See these recent blog posts for more information: Fiscal cliff impending for Bay Area transit Fiscal cliff poses risks to Caltrain service https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-gap-funding-for-public-transportation