Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Buses

37 percent of SamTrans passengers are ages 24 and under, a key demographic among whom the bus agency hopes to boost ridership. Photo: SamTrans

SamTrans Targets Next Generation of Bus Riders With Youth Mobility Plan

By Andrew Boone | Jun 12, 2017 | 2 Comments

At last Wednesday’s San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Board of Directors meeting planners presented the agency’s draft Youth Mobility Plan [PDF], “a strategic blueprint for how SamTrans can address the mobility needs of youth in San Mateo County and cultivate the next generation of bus customers.” The plan recommends a number of initiatives to […]

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Fewer People Are Riding the Bus Because There Are Fewer Buses to Ride

By Angie Schmitt | May 29, 2015 | No Comments

Remember when the Great Recession decimated transit agency budgets, but the White House and Congress refused to step in and fund bus service while spending billions of dollars to subsidize car purchases? Well, the hangover continues to this day, leaving bus riders in the lurch. Last year, bus ridership in America shrank 1 percent. While rail ridership grew 4 percent, […]

Can VTA’s Bus Route Changes Keep Up With Suburban Office Park Growth?

By Andrew Boone | Sep 16, 2014 | 11 Comments

Office development is booming in Santa Clara County. As the number of jobs increases, will the Valley Transportation Authority ramp up bus service to keep pace, or will streets become overrun with traffic? VTA hosted a public meeting last week to present a set of proposed changes to its bus service that the agency calls its North Central County […]

Transit Researchers Want Your Videos of Tech Shuttles at Muni Stops

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 3, 2014 | 94 Comments

The public debate about the proliferation of tech shuttles, and the fees they should pay to use Muni stops, has thus far been driven more by emotion than by data and empirical analysis. But two city planning researchers at UC Berkeley are looking to change that by studying crowdsourced videos of private shuttles in bus zones, […]

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5-Fulton Upgrades to Include Limited Service, Road Diet, and Stop Removal

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 8, 2013 | 20 Comments

The 5-Fulton could get less crowded this fall after Muni launches a package of speed improvements [PDF] in a pilot of the Transit Effectiveness Project. The SFMTA plans to launch a 5-Fulton Limited line, remove some excess stops, move stops across intersections for smoother loading, and extend the length of bus zones to make room […]

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Say Hello to Muni’s New Buses

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 3, 2013 | 42 Comments

Muni’s brand new buses are rolling in. The first of the 62 low-floor, 40-foot long hybrid New Flyer Buses purchased by the SFMTA are being prepped at a Muni maintenance shop, as captured by Dave Longa on Flickr. As we reported, the SFMTA plans to roll out 13 of these buses this month, followed by a roll-out […]

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