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Each year AC Transit's Board of Directors adopts a state and federal advocacy program. The District tracks relevant legislation and issues at the state and federal levels and keeps a record of its relevant positions on each bill or issue. Please e-mail any questions or concerns to Jim Gleich Deputy General Manager
See our Board of Directors' position on pending state legislation.
AC Transit relies upon Measure B money to provide a significant amount of its service. For a brief description of how AC Transit is using this money, please read below:
For national and statewide transportation resources, select the following
link: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/links/state_and_national.htm
2008 State Advocacy Program
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Equipment and Operations
- Support efforts to improve the functionality or efficiency of bus operations at the Transbay Transit Terminal.
- Support legislation or administration action to direct Caltrans to adopt policies to expedite bus travel by reducing congestion in HOV lanes and on other state highway routes used by buses.
- Support legislation to clarify existing law exempting public transit vehicle from local truck route ordinances.
- Support legislation to give transit agencies the authority to enforce ordinances that they adopt.
Transit Incentives
- Support legislation to provide incentives for employees and employers to utilize public transportation to commute to work, including tax credits for purchasing transit passes.
- Support legislation to provide basic liability insurance to all licensed California drivers, paid for by a surcharge on the price of fuel.
Administrative Issues
- Support legislation to require that representatives of AC Transit and other parties designated under ISTEA and TEA-21 are included as voting members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
- Support increase of meeting fees for AC Transit Directors based upon a cost of living adjustment.
- Support Clean Air Initiatives that encourage increased public transit use.
- Support lowering the 2/3 supermajority vote for local transportation taxes.
- Support legislation establishing a universal health care program.
- Support legislation exempting fuel cell buses from the California sales tax.
Mass Transit
In Central County, the District restructured routes and implemented
additional service based upon estimated new revenues. The restructuring
plan increased frequencies during the day and added service later in the
evenings. The service implementation was constrained to the level of
revenue generated from the Measure B. In North County, the District
maintained the higher service levels implemented in 1999 in
anticipation of the higher funding that would be available through
Measure B.
Paratransit
The District, in Conjunction with BART, provided Paratransit Service to
disabled persons, certified as eligible for ADA Paratransit and unable
to use regular fixed route buses or trains, because of their disability,
in Alameda County. The origin and destination of trips has been within ¾ miles
of an operating bus route or BART station. In addition, subscription
trip service has been provided to riders.
Welfare-to-Work
The District sustained a portion of the match for the Hayward Industrial
Services lines 83, 86 and 386 in Central County as well as all-night
"owl" service on trunk lines in North and Central County. The District
also maintained "owl" service in East and West Oakland that was
initially funded by external monies funneled through the City of Oakland.
