Voices for Public Transportation Vision and Principles for a Bay Area Regional Transportation Measure January 2020 Vision Statement Freedom of movement is a human right. As people who live, work, and travel in the Bay Area, we know that increased funding to our transportation system is essential for the health and wellness of our communities, environment, and economy. Despite being part of the fifth largest economy in the world, our transportation system is increasingly characterized by gridlock, pollution, and minimum-wage jobs. Our vision is that residents - regardless of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability - enjoy accessible transportation options that reliably, affordably, and conveniently get us where we need to go around the region. We have the power to do this by passing a game-changing regional funding measure that will enhance our freedom of movement, while at the same time creating good-paying green union jobs, and contributing to a clean and healthy environment by reducing car trips and carbon emissions. Principles 1. Advance Mobility, Jobs, and Climate Goals: We prioritize cost-effective investments that move more people around the region with fewer cars, create good-paying union jobs, and reduce carbon emissions. 2. Create a Sustainable, World-Class, and Coordinated System: Our investments should significantly support everyday transit operations through frequent and reliable service and by moving people on our existing networks, while also supporting regional connections and long-term solutions that connect all residents. 3. Support Healthy and Stable Communities: Our investments should support resilient and thriving neighborhoods, while avoiding displacement and other harms to vulnerable residents. 4. Promote Social Equity: Our investments should provide people with disabilities, seniors, and lower-income residents with dignified, reliable, and affordable transportation options and provide them with good-paying union jobs. 5. Ensure Fair Funding Streams: Responsibility for funding the next generation of transportation investments should come from those with the ability to pay and not burden small businesses and low-income residents. 6. Prioritize Democratic Community Engagement: Community residents should give input at all stages of the process and project development and their feedback should be meaningfully incorporated. Organizational Endorsements: Public Advocates Urban Habitat Friends of Caltrain San Francisco Transit Riders Seamless Bay Area Working Partnerships USA Greenbelt Alliance San Francisco Labor Council Transport Oakland Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) San Francisco Bicycle Coalition 350 Bay Area East Bay for Everyone Peninsula for Everyone Livable Sunnyvale Urban Environmentalists YIMBY Mobility Oakland Education Association (OEA) TransForm The East Bay Center for the Blind Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) Bike East Bay Mountain View YIMBY Alameda County Central Labor Council (ALC) Greenlining Institute Genesis San Francisco Region of the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific (IBU) Sunrise Bay Area Individuals who participated in crafting this statement Thea Selby, SF Transit Riders Bob Allen, Urban Habitat Peter Straus, SF Transit Riders Chris Lepe, TransForm Vinita Goyal, Silicon Valley Community Foundation Yvonne Williams, ATU Local 192 (Oakland) Gena Alexander, ATU Local 1555 Jamaine Gibson, ATU 265 Ian Griffiths, Seamless Bay Area Richard Marcantonio, Public Advocates YLI, Eduardo Gonzalez Brian Schmidt, Greenbelt Alliance Leslie Gordon, Urban Habitat Salem Afangideh, Public Advocates Aboubakar "Asn" Ndiaye, Working Partnerships USA Derecka Mehrens, Working Partnerships USA Adina Levin, Friends of Caltrain Mark Williams, AC Transit Mary Lim Lampe, Genesis (Faith) Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay Janice Li, SF Bicycle Coalition, BART Board Daveed Mandell, East Bay Center for the Blind