Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Amtrak

A new Capitol Corridor Amtrak locomotive next to a new Caltrain train set in San Jose. They run on the same tracks and serve stations in common, but will the services be integrated some day via a second Transbay tube? One advocate is concerned. Photo: CV Makhijani

Open Letter: Bay Area Advocate Wants Planners for Second Transbay Crossing to do Better

By Gerald Cauthen | Jan 17, 2023 | No Comments

If things go like the Transbay Terminal and the Central Subway, how many people reading this will be alive by the time a second Transbay tube is completed?

Amtrak's Coast Starlight on the California coast, heading slowly north. Pretty, but ridiculously slow and unreliable, using an ROW built in the late 1800s. Photo: Amtrak

Commentary: Our Failure to Invest in Trains Leaves us Vulnerable

By Roger Rudick | Jan 4, 2023 | No Comments

Our transportation system is anything but resilient.

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Why is Amtrak Missing from the BayPass Pilot?

By Roger Rudick | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

Amtrak's Bay Area service doesn't take Clipper and isn't part of the BayPass pilot. That's an omission you can drive a train through

Mojave Desert near Garlock, California, May 2004. Wikimedia Commons

Commentary: Recent Tragedies Underscore How Dangerous Motorists Threaten Everyone

By Roger Rudick | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

The press acts as if trains and grade crossings are the problem.

A new Caltrain set imagined with BART livery. Stadler rendering altered by Clem Tillier

Legislation Promises Transit Integration for Bay Area

By Stephanie Beechem | Feb 4, 2022 | No Comments

Might Bay Area transit finally start to make sense?

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Infrastructure Law Helps Fix Amtrak Funding Woes, Rail Exec. Tells House

By Jacob Fischler | Dec 29, 2021 | No Comments

An infusion of $22 billion for Amtrak would allow the system to offer more reliable service, upgrade stations and work on its backlog of deferred maintenance.

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