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Eyes Under the Street: A Tour of the Transbay Train Box
This wraps up the first week of operations for the new Salesforce Transit Center, phase 1. Reviews are in, and most people seem to love the rooftop park and the grand design of the facility. But what about phase 2, the train station below it--and the thing that makes it the future Grand Central Station of the West?
August 17, 2018
Petition for Bike Space on Caltrain’s Electrics
When Caltrain finishes modernizing, there may be even fewer places for bike storage.
June 12, 2018
City Staff Aligns Behind a Pennsylvania Ave. Tunnel for Downtown Connector
San Francisco's Downtown Extension (DTX) project, to get Caltrain and future High-speed Rail into the Transbay Transit Center, may finally be back in motion.
May 30, 2018
More Sophistry in Favor of a Second Bay Bridge for Cars
Chronicle Op-Ed massages stats and makes false equivalencies to support another highway bridge between SF and Oakland
February 12, 2018
BART Signs, Caltrain Electrification, Amtrak and SFMTA’s Annual Report
Small but significant announcements came out of several large transit agencies this week. Here are a few highlights to start your weekend:
February 2, 2018
Amtrak Crash Highlights Need to Accelerate Safety Upgrades in Bay Area
Yesterday morning Amtrak Cascades #501 derailed on a curve in Dupont, Wash. Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite, advocates with the Rail Passengers Association (RPA), were two of the three people killed in the crash. They were riding the train on its inaugural run on a new track alignment that reduces travel times on the popular service between Seattle and Portland.
December 19, 2017
Dumbarton Study Outreach Begins Tonight
The San Mateo Transit District (SamTrans) released its report today on improving transportation links across the Dumbarton bridge and right of way. The agency will be soliciting public comment on the document--which runs 267 pages--over the next couple of months. The study proposes phased implementations of improved bus services and, somewhere down the line, rebuilding either a one-or-two track rail bridge that would eventually permit Caltrain to connect the job centers of the Peninsula with the East Bay. The full report is available for download here.
August 15, 2017
Preview: Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to Hold Bike Summit August 8
The SVBC Summit agenda includes a talk by Tamika Butler, former head of the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition.
July 27, 2017
Caltrain Electrification Groundbreaking
"Some people hate trains," joked Governor Jerry Brown, at this morning's groundbreaking ceremony for the Caltrain electrification and modernization project, at the Millbrae Caltrain station. The audience of business leaders, well-known politicians, Caltrain staffers, high-speed rail people, and many others involved in the project laughed. "I didn't say the majority!"
July 21, 2017
