Traffic-busting $100B Bay Area tax plan taking shape

Bigger than anything the Bay Area has seen before, a nine-county-wide plan to raise $100 billion in taxes over several decades to redefine the region’s transportation network could be ready for public input in the next several months, transportation officials said. The idea is to create a truly regional transit system that would more seamlessly connect the Bay Area’s extensive network of rails, buses and ferries, said Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a business advocacy organization that is partnering with the Bay Area Council and the urban planning think-tank SPUR to put the tax on the ballot. Earlier this year, this news organization partnered with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group on a poll that asked registered voters, among other questions, whether they would support a 1-cent sales tax to fund transportation projects in the Bay Area.

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