Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel
Jan 9, 2009

SF Legislators Introduce BART Police Oversight Bill (SFBG, SF Citizen)
Meantime, BART Board Delays Talk on Service Cuts; Gets Earful on Shooting (Coco Times, SF Gate)
Obama Vows Action on Green Economy (ENS)
But He Needs a Better High Speed Rail Commitment (New Republic via CHSRB)
California’s High Speed Rail Authority Running Out of Money (SF Gate)
Legislative Analyst Wants Voters To Have Say on Budget (Sac Bee)
MTA’s Nathaniel Ford Rumored for Obama Administration Job (N-Judah Chronicles, SF Gate)
Transportation for America: Are We Building New Roads to Crumbling Bridges?
Beyond Bike Lanes: True Urban Design (Walk Bike CT via Streetsblog Network)

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BART Will Study Second Transbay Tube, West Side Extension

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 1, 2014

Updated 11:06 p.m. with comments from BART Board-elect Nick Josefowitz. BART says it will formally study the decades-old ideas of building a second Transbay tube and extending service to SF’s western neighborhoods. Ellen Smith, BART’s acting manager for strategic and policy planning, recently told a SF County Transportation Authority Board committee (comprised of SF supervisors) […]

This story from 1966 about BART looks strangely familiar. Image: SFChron

1966 BART Headline Gives Perspective and Context on High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Jan 30, 2018

"Have we been fooled?" asked the headline of the January 27, 1966 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

Guest Editorial: SF Needs to Get Serious About Connecting Caltrain

By Gerald Cauthen | Jan 5, 2016

The new Transbay Transit Center (TTC) is scheduled for completion in 2017. The foundation of the TTC, and the thing that makes it such an improvement over the old Transbay bus terminal it’s replacing, is its underground train station for Caltrain and High Speed Rail. It will bring Caltrain, the connection between San Francisco and […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 21, 2009

Cyclist Remains Critical Following Hit-and-Run; Silver BMW Sought (Cyclelicio.us, KCBS, Merc) Rampaging Hit-and-Run Driver Faces Fremont Murder Charge (SF Gate) Supervisor Eric Mar Will Join Taxi Drivers To Protest MTA Medallion Plan (SFBG) Can State DOTs Implement Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan? (Trains for America via Streetsblog.net) AVE Trains Having a "Profound Effect on Life" in […]

A photoshopped rendering of an electric Caltrain. Image: Bay Rail Alliance

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Beyond Commuter Rail

By Roger Rudick | Apr 4, 2018

The best examples of Regional Rail, he said, are the Paris Réseau Express Régional (RER) and the S-Bahn in Germany.

The lower level of Berlin's main railway station. The Transbay Transit Center could look something like this--if trains ever get there. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Update on Plans to Get Trains into Transbay

By Roger Rudick | Jun 16, 2017

The San Francisco Planning Department will be presenting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors with updated plans for getting trains from the Caltrain corridor into the lower level of the Transbay Transit Center.