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Seamless Bay Area Marks Progress Towards Transit Integration
Riders are beginning to see real progress on many of the long-discussed initiatives to integrate the region's transit systems, from fare integration to wayfinding to transit priority and more. It’s important to recognize how far we’ve come - seamless transit is finally taking shape in the Bay Area thanks to riders speaking up, elected officials championing integration, and greater than ever attention from Transit General Managers (Transit GMs) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). We summarize the impact and timeline of some important collaborative efforts in this post.
Ian Griffiths
February 20, 2024
Pushing the Swiss Model Directly to Bay Area Transit Managers
Chocolate, watches, and transit --- three things you can't go wrong with in Switzerland. Advocates want general managers at Bay Area transit agencies to start using Swiss models for customer service, wayfinding, fares, and operations
January 19, 2024
Seamless Bay Area Five Years Later
Two of the founders of the Bay Area's advocacy group dedicated to fare integration and rational schedules talk about a half-decade of fighting for better transit and what's likely to happen in the next five years.
December 7, 2023
Top Transit Org Lists the Equity-Focused Projects America Needs Right Now
Advocates are handing their DOTs a list of transformative transit projects that could heal the harms of the past — and a list of boondoggles that deserve to be scrapped.
October 9, 2023
Labor Day Weekend Roundup: Protected Bike Lanes on 17th, More Juice for Caltrain
...and September is Transit Month
August 31, 2023
To Make Transit Work, We Need to Make Transit Agencies Better Workplaces
Bus drivers aren't the only employees that transit agencies are struggling to hire and keep — and until we address the employee burnout happening behind the scenes, sustainable transportation may never truly take off.
The post To Make Transit Work, We Need to Make Transit Agencies Better Workplaces appeared first on Streetsblog USA.
July 26, 2023
To Win Your Transit and Bike Goals, You Need to Talk To Strangers
Here's how — even for the introverts in the crowd.
The post To Win Your Transit and Bike Goals, You Need to Talk To Strangers appeared first on Streetsblog California.
July 16, 2023
New CA Bill Would Raise Bridge Tolls to Provide Relief for Bay Area Transit
S.B. 532 would raise tolls on local bridges and allocate that money for transit
The post New CA Bill Would Raise Bridge Tolls to Provide Relief for Bay Area Transit appeared first on Streetsblog California.
June 26, 2023
The Urbanists’ Dilemma
Are suburbs and small towns poised to make a comeback thanks to COVID 19?
August 17, 2020
Standing Up to the Naysayers: Tales of Livable Streets Leadership From NYC
Re-shaping city streets almost always runs up against some level of opposition -- it's part and parcel of physically changing what people often see as their territory. Whether residents get to have safer streets, however, often comes down to the elected leaders who stand up to the naysayers.
May 2, 2014