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Will Philadelphia Ever Get its S-Bahn?
The City of Brotherly Love built infrastructure for European-style regional rail almost 40 years ago ... but continues to run it as a 9-to-5 commuter service
February 25, 2021
Could FAA Rule Change Offer Hope to Fix SFO Transit Mess?
Hop on the Piccadilly Line in Central London and in 50 minutes you can debark at any of the terminals at Heathrow Airport, without changing trains. Get on BART in downtown San Francisco, and one can go directly to the perimeter of the International Terminal. Getting further into the airport requires a transfer to SFO's "Airtrain." That's similar to the way things work at Oakland, New York, or many other American airports, where transfers between urban rail systems and people movers" are typical.
February 22, 2021
Bay Area Wants More Rail
Second set of Transbay tubes? New lines joining Sacramento and San Francisco directly? Seems the sky is the limit under new plan.
January 28, 2021
Seamless Bay Area Explains Why MTC Doesn’t Work
When it comes to creating a rational fare structure and a more usable transportation system for the Bay Area, MTC an abject failure. Here's why.
January 14, 2021
Can Shift in D.C. Get Trains into Transbay?
With Biden and Democrats in narrow control of the Senate, San Francisco is in a race to get cash for its next big transit project
January 12, 2021
Building a Better Regional Ballot Measure w/ Seamless Bay Area’s Ian Griffiths
As we prepare to bid goodbye to 2020, Streetsblog SF continues its interview series with local and national experts to lay the groundwork for the best possible transit mega-measure for 2022
December 16, 2020
Now Fare Integration is Unfair?
Tired transit parochialism returns in time for Monday's MTC committee meeting
December 8, 2020
Fare Integration Mock-Up
Seamless Bay Area creates a working model of a rational fare structure for the region's transit systems
October 27, 2020
BART Gets $1.2 Billion from Feds
Federal government announces two pots of federal funding for California transportation
September 15, 2020
SPUR Talk: Abandon Fares?
The COVID pandemic has forced AC Transit and Santa Clara VTA to experiment with running transit without charging fares
June 17, 2020