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| About
Measure 2 |
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Authorized
through legislation by Senate Majority Leader Don Perata, Regional Measure 2 allows Bay Area voters to address three principal transportation goals:
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Reduce traffic congestion on Bay Area bridges and their freeway
connectors |
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Develop a regional transit system for the Bay Area by investing in mass transit programs that have a demonstrated ability to get people out of their
cars |
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Create seamless connections between BART, commuter rail, ferries, and express buses to make using mass transit convenient and
reliable |
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| Measure
2 was devised by a coalition of Bay Area
commuters, business leaders, environmental
advocates and transportation officials.
Measure 2 asks voters in seven Bay
Area counties - Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Clara and Solano - to inspect and approve
a sensible, long-term traffic congestion
relief plan funded by a new $1 toll on the
seven state-owned Bay Area Bridges (not
including the Golden Gate). |
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voter approval, Measure 2 will
generate nearly $4 billion for
projects including: |
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Expanding
BART and commuter rail service
around the Bay and to San Jose and
Eastern Contra Costa County. |
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Improving
the Transbay Terminal Project in San
Francisco to connect BART, MUNI and
express bus service to Caltrain and
other Peninsula transit systems.
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Expanding
Caltrain service along the
Peninsula, and new service over a
rehabilitated Dumbarton rail bridge
connecting BART, Caltrain, Capitol
Corridor and ACE. |
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Seamless
connections and unified fares over
the entire expanded regional transit
network. |
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Improving
freeway bottlenecks, including the
I-80/I-680 interchange in Solano
County and the new Benicia Bridge. |
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Expanding
Golden Gate Express Bus services. |
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Building
a fourth bore in the Caldecott
tunnel. |
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Creating
a regional express bus system over
carpool lanes. |
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Expanding
ferry service throughout the Bay
Area. |
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Measure
2 requires all new bridge toll revenue to be
used for the projects specified in the voter
handbooks.
Politicians can’t raid the money to use
for other purposes like backfilling other budget
deficits.
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