It's also important to marry some of the resources that business groups can provide with organizing and leadership from groups that are led by people of color, groups that are organizing transit riders.
A 1/8 cent sales tax measure for the San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara tri-county area could be on the November ballot that would dramatically change Caltrain's fortunes.
Overshadowed by the Super Tuesday primaries, transit funding measures in Marin/Sonoma and Contra Costa failed. What does this bode for a regional Mega Measure?