Newsom and legislators missed a chance to curb wasteful spending and reform a confusing web of 27 transit agencies.
Rather than directly address these problems, the new bailout plan from Sacramento doubles down on an oversight commission that hasto fulfill its state-mandated responsibility to coordinate the region’s transit systems.
The commissioners have for decades shown little to no interest in standing up to the individual transit agencies’ demands, pressing for elimination of service duplication, coordination between transit systems, reduction of overlapping bureaucracies or pushing back on inefficient and excessive labor contracts.are a catalyst for change or a perpetuation of business as usual.
the spending-plan requirements, what he calls “accountability measures,” in the agreement will “ensure that transit systems stabilize their programs and retool their long-term operations to better align with the needs of the public.”that spells out the terms of the deal are vague and at times seemingly contradictory. This is hardly a clear mandate.
implementing coordinated and integrated fares for the 27 agencies, real-time departure information at transit stops and priority for buses on city streets. But MTC has never made even that happen.
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