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November 2009
Mon 16: Bay Area Transit Agencies Eye Federal Oversight Proposal with Caution 4
Mon 16: Obama Administration's Transit Safety Rules to Eventually Apply to Buses 0
Mon 16: Hesitation and Praise Greet Obama Administration's Transit Safety Plan 1
Thu 12: Streetfilms: Bill Lind, a Conservative Voice for Transit 2
Tue 10: Work to Begin Friday on N-Judah Rail Replacement 7
Tue 10: Clinton's Budget Director Backs Congestion Pricing, VMT Tax 1
Wed 4: Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and the Future of Privately Run Transit 0
October 2009
Thu 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 2
Mon 26: How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry 0
Mon 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House's Investments in Clean Transportation 0
Fri 23: Could Off-Peak "Bargain Fares" Bring More Revenue to Muni and BART? 8
Thu 22: Muni May Convert 2-Clement to Electric Trolley Bus 4
Thu 22: Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads -- But it Could Do Even Better 0
Wed 21: To Reduce Delay and Fare Evasion, Muni Considers All-Door Boarding 22
Fri 16: Muni to Pilot Senior/Disabled Pass with BART Access 2
Fri 16: Sacto Transit Agency Tries an "Exclusion Policy" for Misbehaving Riders 5
Wed 14: What Washington Can Do For -- And Alongside -- Metro Area Planners 0
Mon 12: Study Finds Most of SF's Publicly Assisted Transit-Oriented Housing at Risk 1
Thu 8: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 0
Wed 7: Better Real-Time Maps Coming Soon to All Nine Muni Metro Stations 11
Wed 7: Obama's Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 0
Tue 6: Supes Approve $30 Million Contract for Muni Train Control System 19
Fri 2: Killing the Myth of the ‘More Shovel-Ready’ Road Stimulus, Part II 0
Fri 2: Transit and Congestion, an Indirect Connection 3
Thu 1: High Court Rejects Appeal of Ruling Declaring Transit Fund Raids Illegal 2
Thu 1: Mayor Newsom Still Opposed to Extending Parking Meter Hours 11
Thu 1: Muni's TransLink Readers to Get an Important Firmware Upgrade 14
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
Tue 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
Tue 29: Report: Feds Subsidize Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 6
Fri 25: Transit to Trails Site Debuted And SF Announces Digital App Showcase 3
Fri 25: AC Transit GM Proposes Diverting BRT Funds For Operational Shortfall 0
Tue 22: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
Mon 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 2
Thu 17: Pro-Tea Party Republican's Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 7
Tue 15: MTA Board Pushes Back 2-Clement Terminus Decision 4
Tue 15: More on McCain's Anti-Transit and Coburn's Anti-Bike Amendments 0
Mon 14: MTA to Begin Repairing Fleet of Damaged LRVs 6
Mon 14: Santa Cruz Non-Profit Now Offers Ride Insurance to Car-Free Commuters 3
Mon 14: McCain's Transit Hit List: Get the Details 0
Thu 10: Bike Capacity to Increase on Capitol Corridor Trains 8
Wed 9: SamTrans to Raise Fares and Cut Nearly All Express Routes 4
Wed 9: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 4
Wed 9: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel -- But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 1
Thu 3: Mmmm, This 'Pork' Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 0
Wed 2: U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts 0
August 2009
Mon 31: Cable Cars a Popular Tourist Draw But How Should We Pay for Them? 25
Mon 31: Senator Dukakis? What the Loss of Kennedy Could Mean for Transport Policy 0
Thu 27: High Speed Rail Authority Says Ruling Won't Affect Timeline or Funding 9
Tue 25: SamTrans Considers Raising Fares, Cutting Service and Eliminating Lines 3
Thu 20: Muni Announces Plan to Install TransLink Machines At All Subway Stations 15
Tue 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities' Congressional Influence Gap 1
Sun 16: Tentative Deal Reached Between BART and ATU: No Strike Monday! 0
Sat 15: BART, Union to Resume Talks 0
Fri 14: Train Strike! 9
Fri 14: Report: Boxer 'Sympathetic to' Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 1
Thu 13: BART Commuters Weigh Their Options as Strike Looms 13
Thu 13: BART Strike Announced for Monday Morning 6
Thu 13: BART Strike Appears Imminent As Board Votes to Impose Contract 6
Tue 11: Violations in SF's Transit-Only Lanes Rampant and Rarely Enforced 18
Mon 10: Muni's Safety Chief Defends Agency at Supes Hearing 7
Mon 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 2
Mon 10: SF's Transit-Only Lane Network is An Incomplete Vision 9
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT's Transit Record-Keeping 'Unreliable,' 'Inaccurate' 0
Wed 5: Employee Shuttles Finding Their Place in SF's Complex Transit System 36
Tue 4: Following ‘Cash for Clunkers’ with ‘Riches for Rail’ 1
Tue 4: MTA Chief Operating Officer Ken McDonald Resigns 0
Mon 3: Six Injured When Historic Muni Streetcars Collide with SUV 19
July 2009
Fri 31: BART Strikes Tentative Labor Deal with Unions 0
Thu 30: Californians Put Environment on Back Burner But Still Support Transit 0
Fri 24: Eyes on the Street: When Bicyclists Get Derailed by Streetcar Tracks 25
Thu 23: Peak Fuel Report Offers Sober Assessment of San Francisco's Energy Future 30
Thu 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
Wed 22: MTA Releases Video of Muni Crash at West Portal Station 6
Wed 22: Local Advocates Mourn "Death of Transit" as Part of National Campaign 7
Wed 22: Advocating for a Transpo Bill That Keeps Transit Riders Moving 0
Sat 18: Eyes on the Street: Damaged Train Hauled Away from West Portal Station 0
Sat 18: Two Muni Light Rail Vehicles Collide at West Portal Station, Dozens Hurt 1
Sat 18: Two Muni Light Rail Vehicles Collide at West Portal Station 2
Thu 16: SMART to Use Heavier Rail Cars 19
Tue 14: MTA Board Discusses Revenue Options to Cover $1 Billion Five-Year Shortfall 7
Mon 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 0
Mon 13: Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs? 8
Fri 10: Highway Toll Lane Construction Bill Stalled in State Senate Committee 1
Wed 8: SFO Commission Calls BART Surcharge for SFO Workers "Unconscionable" 7
Mon 6: Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chair Tom Nolan 10
Thu 2: Bus Stop Consolidation: The Times Have Changed 52
Thu 2: Streetfilms: D.C. DOT Director Talks "Transportation Freedom" 1
June 2009
Fri 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 0
Fri 26: If New Yorkers Don’t Value Transit, Who Will? 3
Thu 18: Car-Free Challenge Participants Buck Stereotypes 5
Wed 17: The Nat Ford Rumor Mill Keeps on Churning 0
Fri 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 1
Thu 11: Will Memphis Rise to the Transit Challenge? 0
Wed 10: Streetcars in Seattle, Or Why America Should Mind Its Transit Gaps 4
Tue 9: Lawmakers Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 0
Tue 9: Residents Upset Over Outer Richmond Muni Service Cuts 11
Tue 9: Gav for Guv Interview This Thursday on Current 5
Tue 9: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
Fri 5: MTC Deputy Director McMillan Named to #2 Post at FTA 5
Thu 4: “Shovel Ready” High Speed Rail? CA Is Ahead of the Game 5
Thu 4: BART Transit Blogger Roundtable, Part II 0
Thu 4: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 0
Wed 3: BART Invites Transit Bloggers to Query GM Dugger, Part I 12
Tue 2: MTA Director Heinicke Proposes Sponsorship of Street, Cable Cars 10
May 2009
Fri 29: Newsom Opposed to Sunday Parking Enforcement, Study or No 13
Wed 27: Board of Supes Votes Again Not to Reject MTA Budget 7
Tue 26: Muni Releases List of Service Enhancements As Supes Near Rejection Vote 15
Fri 22: A San Francisco Parking Enforcement Debate That Shouldn't Be Happening 20
Thu 21: Caltrain Drops Bicycle Surcharge Idea and Is Bringing Back Tags 3
Tue 19: Supes Delay Action on Motion to Reject MTA Budget 12
Tue 19: Supervisor Avalos, Advocates Call for More Equitable Muni Budget 2
Fri 15: Avalos Calls for Charter Amendment to Reform MTA Board; Rally Monday 7
Fri 15: Where's Gavin? Likely Campaigning in an Armored SUV 4
Fri 15: Governor Schwarzenegger Finds Another Way to Rob Transit 0
Thu 14: Can the Board of Supes Still Force a Better MTA Budget? 4
Wed 13: Supervisors Vote 6-5 Against Rejecting MTA Budget 23
Thu 7: Caltrain Staff Floats Idea to Charge Bicyclists Extra to Ride Trains 47
Mon 4: MTA Budget Facing Likely Rejection from Board of Supervisors 0
Fri 1: MTA Board Approves Budget But Caves on Stronger Parking Enforcement 25
April 2009
Fri 24: Future of the 26-Valencia Line Uncertain 25
Fri 24: Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit? 0
Thu 23: AC Transit Board To Consider Declaring Fiscal Emergency 0
Thu 23: Advocates File Appeal in MTC Discrimination Case 0
Wed 22: Where is the MTA Board's Leadership on the Budget Crisis? 6
Tue 21: The Rear Door Problem With Muni's New Hybrid Buses 32
Fri 17: Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chief Nat Ford, Part II 2
Mon 13: California Cities Need A Predictable Fund For Transit Operations 7
Tue 7: MTA Budget Hearing Today 0
Fri 3: MTA Releases Revised Budget Proposal, List of Muni Service Cuts 19
Thu 2: Despite Setback, Advocates Claim Partial Win in MTC Discrimination Suit 3
Wed 1: MTA Board Will Be Asked to Declare Fiscal Emergency 7
March 2009
Mon 16: The Clamor for a Better Market Street Grows Louder 12
Fri 13: Muni Considers Fare Hikes, Service Cuts as Deficit Grows to $129 Million 22
Thu 12: AC Transit Board Votes to Raise Fares 2
Tue 3: Did the Chronicle Forget SF Has a Transit-First Policy? 7
Mon 2: Muni Monday: The Future of the Central Subway 31
February 2009
Wed 25: Despite Outcry, MTC Board Approves OAK Connector Funds 6
Mon 23: What's Next for the TEP? 16
Fri 20: Advocates Launch Effort to Restore State Transit Funding 0
Wed 18: Obama Calls For Better Regional Planning Measures in TEA Reauthorization 1
Fri 13: California Transit Association: "Armageddon Scenario Has Arrived" 0
Mon 9: Two-Way Hayes Extension is a Step Closer, Though Obstacles Remain 10
Thu 5: Senate's $50 Billion Highway Giveaway Nearly Dead 0
Mon 2: Schumer Proposes $6.5B More for Transit in Senate Stim Bill 0
January 2009
Thu 29: The Impending Failure of San Francisco's Pilot Bike Share Program 30
Wed 28: Nadler Amendment: The Ayes Have It 1
Tue 27: Watch Now: House Rules Committee Debating Stim Package 1
Tue 27: Paradise LOSt (Part II): Turning Automobility on Its Head 3
Mon 26: Radulovich Becomes Second BART Director to Call for GM's Resignation 4
Mon 26: Paradise LOSt (Part I): How Long Will the City Keep Us Stuck in Our Cars? 33
Wed 7: Schwarzenegger Long on Fiscal Stimulus Rhetoric, Short on Transit Specifics 1