All in all, it was a wonderful celebration of a long, exhausting fight that paid off with the biggest victory for safe and livable streets since the tear-down of the Embarcadero freeway. Congrats to everyone!
Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit already saving time for riders
The new trains will go through different testing phases, from static to simulated, and eventually bigger system-wide testing that will ensure that all components of Caltrain Electrification function seamlessly together.
For now, according to published statements from Caltrain, this means testing doors, air conditioners, lights and other features. The entire testing procedure for the rolling stock should last about two years. If all goes according to plan (maybe don't say that out loud) the overhead wire will be ready by then and Caltrain electric service will begin.
No other field would tolerate this level of death and destruction. The tragedy of West Portal is more evidence that the traffic engineering profession is fundamentally broken