Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit

Skip Sowko, Senior Design & Engineering Manager, showed Streetsblog around the huge 'train box' under the new Transit Center. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated

Eyes Under the Street: A Tour of the Transbay Train Box

By Roger Rudick | Aug 17, 2018 | 11 Comments

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 […]

A typical Oakland bus stop. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated

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Open Thread: Reality Check on Bus Service and the Salesforce Transit Center

By Roger Rudick | Aug 13, 2018 | 18 Comments

What if the money had been spent on minor upgrades to stations throughout the East Bay, such as adding arrival signs, benches, and shelters? What if the money were spent on more buses, more drivers, and better bus fleets with comfortable seats and suspensions?

The main hall of the new transit center. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick

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Sneak Peek at the Salesforce Transit Center

By Roger Rudick | Aug 8, 2018 | 21 Comments

A look inside San Francisco's new Transbay bus facility

A replacement switch staged for installation into the Oakland wye. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick

BART Preps for Weekend Maintenance to the Oakland Wye

By Roger Rudick | Aug 3, 2018

Just a quick reminder that BART will be working on the Oakland wye this weekend, so trains from San Francisco won’t run beyond West Oakland station. BART will run a free bus bridge between West Oakland and 19th Street Station, where riders can transfer back to trains to reach all other East Bay destinations. This […]

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SPUR Talk: The Business of Public Transit

By Roger Rudick | Jul 31, 2018 | 10 Comments

It has customers. It takes in revenue. It provides a service. Public transportation sounds like a business, doesn't it?

An overcrowded train at Civic Center Station. Photo: RobVSFsFlickr

Transit Riders Win Half-Hour Extension on Muni Tickets

By Roger Rudick | Jul 19, 2018 | 8 Comments

Riders will have a full two hours to complete their journeys

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