Act Now to Reverse Cuts

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06/01/2003

A broad coalition of community groups as well as elected officials are rallying to demand that Governor Schwarzenegger reverse the cuts he has proposed to AC Transit, BART and Marin County Transit District. These agencies provide essential service to five Bay Area counties.

Together, AC Transit and BART move over 500,000 people every day to school, work, retail and recreation sites and medical appointments. As a consequence, AC Transit would have to cut the equivalent of all of its weekend or all of its school service (AC Transit carries 60,000 school children daily), and BART would have to cut all of its Sunday service.

An economic analysis of the service cuts — to be released at the event — show that it will reverberate throughout the economy, resulting in a loss of income to low-income families of almost $150 million. Local businesses will also be hit.

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