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Caltrain Board Ups Bike Capacity, Dumps Bathrooms on Electric Trains
By Aaron Bialick |
Note: An earlier version of this article’s headline indicated that the increase in bike capacity came at the expense of bathrooms. The two were features were essentially unrelated. The Caltrain Board of Directors voted today to increase the share of space on its future electric trains devoted to bike capacity, though the trains may lack […]
Better Bike Parking Options Can Alleviate Crowding On-Board Caltrain
By Andrew Boone |
Facing a continuing surge of nearly 5,000 additional weekday passengers each year, Caltrain is looking into better bike parking to alleviate overcrowding on the trains while improving access to its stations. The agency was awarded a $150,000 state grant in early April to write a bicycle parking management plan that aims to prioritize the next phase of bike improvements at stations. Current bike parking facilities include […]
Caltrain’s Warm Planet Bike Station in Jeopardy
By Aaron Bialick |
Warm Planet Bikes has provided more and more Caltrain commuters a secure place to park their bikes at the Fourth and King Street Station in downtown San Francisco in recent years. But the shop could soon shut down without continued support from the public transportation agencies it relies on. Though Caltrain is developing an agreement to support […]
Editorial: Impressions of BART’s New Line to Antioch
By Roger Rudick |
A little over a week ago, BART held a community ribbon-cutting celebration for its new ten-mile, two-station extension from the end of the Pittsburg/Bay Point line to Antioch.
Pics from the Warm Springs/South Fremont BART Opening Celebration
By Roger Rudick |
A couple of hundred officials, workers, and looky-loos braved the wind and cold rains and jammed the platforms of BART's new Warm Springs/South Fremont station for this morning's opening ceremony. Regular service begins tomorrow.
SF Bike Share Will Be “For Anybody Who Wants to Make a Short Trip”
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA has released a preliminary map of potential bike-share station locations (H/T Cyclelicious for inputting them into Google). San Franciscans are burning with curiosity about the imminent arrival of bike share this summer. At a forum held by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association yesterday, participants wanted to know details like where the […]