Saving Our Public Transit Systems

As a 29-year daily rider of Muni and BART, Scott has experienced firsthand the good, bad, and ugly of Bay Area transit. He’s committed his time in office to making transit clean, safe, reliable, and affordable — and in Washington, he will continue to serve as San Francisco’s foremost champion for public transportation.
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As a member of the Board of Supervisors, Scott authored a charter amendment, which the voters passed, to ensure Muni funding increases as San Francisco grows — a measure that provides about $60 millions in Muni funding annually. When these systems faced financial collapse in 2023, Scott knew he had to leave it all on the floor in the fight to save BART, Muni, and Caltrain. He stepped up to lead the fight in the Legislature for transit funding, securing billions in state funding to keep our trains and buses running on time, and authoring a law to trigger a regional ballot measure that will provide a sustainable, long-term source of funding for transit systems across the Bay Area.

In Congress, Scott will be a leading champion for public transit. He’ll fight to stabilize our transit systems, expand and improve them, and fix the broken bureaucratic processes that create the unacceptable delays and cost-overruns that have become all too common in recent years.

In Congress, Scott will work to:

• Increase federal investment in public transit
• Establish increased, predictable, formula-based funding for transit operations
• Increase capital funding under a more predictable, formula-based approach
• Secure funding for transformational projects like a Westside Subway to the Richmond and Sunset, completing the Portal to connect Caltrain and High-Speed Rail downtown, expanding our bus rapid transit lane network, and more.
• Reform NEPA so that environmental laws are not abused to block or delay climate-friendly, sustainable transportation projects
• Align transportation funding with land use outcomes that increase ridership
• Lower costs of transit project delivery by reforming procurement and code requirements
• Creating a national transit center of excellence within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and strengthening the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) role as a delivery partner

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Scott's Past Legislation

• SB 63 (2025): Authorizes a Bay Area regional transit funding measure on the 2026 ballot.
• SB 288 (2020), SB 922 (2022), and SB 71 (2025): Streamlines sustainable bike, bus, light rail, pedestrian and other transportation projects.SB 960 (2024) - Complete Streets Bill: Requires Caltrans to add bike lanes, sidewalks, other active transportation, and public transit improvements on state-owned surface streets and state highways.
• SB 960 (2024): Complete Streets Bill: Requires Caltrans to add bike lanes, sidewalks, other active transportation, and public transit improvements on state-owned surface streets and state highways.
• SB 532 (2024): Mobile Parking Payment Zones Pilot.
• SB 339 (2021): Road Usage Charge pilot program - forward-thinking assessment to maintain state of good repair in the face of declining transportation revenues.