Weekend Roundup: First New Caltrain Set, Muni Art, Free Muni
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Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your weekend.
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit
Could FAA Rule Change Offer Hope to Fix SFO Transit Mess?
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Hop on the Piccadilly Line in Central London and in 50 minutes you can debark at any of the terminals at Heathrow Airport, without changing trains. Get on BART in downtown San Francisco, and one can go directly to the perimeter of the International Terminal. Getting further into the airport requires a transfer to SFO's "Airtrain." That's similar to the way things work at Oakland, New York, or many other American airports, where transfers between urban rail systems and people movers" are typical.
SBSF Interview : SPUR’S Nick Josefowitz on the First Steps for New Mega Measure
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Josefowitz : We can’t expect to put a regional measure on the ballot of the scale that was contemplated with Faster without confronting some of the governance challenges we have now.
Commentary: Remove the Wheels from the T Third?
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SFMTA has done almost everything possible to hamstring its own rail service, so why hold back... Or the city could act on its supposed commitment to equity and 'transit first' and fix the T.
Dutch Lessons for the Bay Area
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If Bay Area planners want to know how to make the region safe and livable, just look across the ocean
Seamless Bay Area Explains Why MTC Doesn’t Work
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When it comes to creating a rational fare structure and a more usable transportation system for the Bay Area, MTC an abject failure. Here's why.