Dozens of transit advocates gathered in downtown Oakland last Friday to help launch one of the most consequential regional signature drives in recent memory. To get a measure on the November ballot that could generate up to a billion dollars a year in regional transportation funding. Transit agencies and advocacy groups formed Connect Bay Area Transit, a regional advocacy partnership, to organize efforts to gather those signatures. The signature effort will focus on the five affected counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Oakland needs this.”Arreguin said that if the measure gets on the ballot and is passed, it will continue a streak of good news about regional transit.