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Four Bay Area Rides to Celebrate Advocacy
Train, bike, walk, roll... this weekend Bay Area advocates have several opportunities to experience their successes
November 15, 2024
Caltrain Needs Help with Bike Stuff
Interested in helping guide future bike and pedestrian features on the Caltrain system? Time to step up... or ride up, as the case may be
November 4, 2024
Weekend Roundup: Caltrain Electric Service Begins…
...and a celebration of a bike-lane victory on Frida Kahlo and Judson
September 20, 2024
Caltrain Starts First Phase of Electric Service
For now, electric trains will be randomly mixed into the existing diesel schedules as the agency prepares for full service
August 12, 2024
Weekend Roundup: Caltrain Electrification Update, Speed Cameras
...and help protect the car free space on Shelly Drive
September 22, 2023
Labor Day Weekend Roundup: Protected Bike Lanes on 17th, More Juice for Caltrain
...and September is Transit Month
August 31, 2023
Streetsblog California Endorses Measure RR
Streetsblog California joins the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury-News, Seamless Bay Area, the Greenbelt Alliance, Streetsblog San Francisco and many other groups representing transit riders, environmentalists and Bay Area residents to support the measure.
September 30, 2020
Update on Plans to Get Trains into Transbay
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.
June 16, 2017
The Crazy Idea of Running Caltrain onto Muni’s Tracks
A little over a week ago, the San Francisco Examiner ran the Op-Ed: “Fast and cheap: Getting Caltrain to Transbay Terminal … this year." Author Stanford Horn proposed extending Caltrain via Muni’s T/N tracks on King Street and building some more tracks on Howard Street to a platform at the new Transbay Terminal, as a stop-gap measure until the DTX tunnel is built.
June 13, 2017
Caltrain Electrification Approved
After months of back and forth, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that it is approving $647 million in funds for Caltrain electrification. The grant approval will allow Caltrain to begin construction of its electrification project almost immediately, bringing smoother rides and cleaner air to the Bay Area.
May 22, 2017