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Eyes on the Future of Caltrain
San Francisco VIPs (and anybody else who was in the area) got a first look at the future of transit in the Bay Area
September 28, 2022
Sponsored Post: How Keeping Bus Lanes Clear Makes Transportation More Equitable.
Public transit unlocks jobs, education, recreation, and other essential services for thousands of people across the country. But slow and unreliable service reduces access to opportunities for those who need it the most. Automated bus lane enforcement is a powerful tool to take back road space for transit riders
September 28, 2022
Are Embarcadero BART Fare Sweeps Justified?
As if there aren't enough unavoidable reasons trains are delayed, BART police created a new one
September 13, 2022
USDOT Head Tours Oakland’s Chasms
Pete Buttigieg met with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff and others Friday morning and took a bus tour of the city's efforts to repair the damage done by the freeway building age.
September 9, 2022
Transit Month, Campaign for Prop. L Begins
San Francisco's favorite transit ninjas celebrate buses, trains, and advocacy for better service
September 8, 2022
Q&A: Dutch Safety Experts Coming to San Francisco
Streetsblog talks with Chris Bruntlett of the Dutch Cycling Embassy about street safety and next week's visit to California
September 1, 2022
‘Local Metro’ is off the Rails
A California comedian thinks you've just got to laugh at the state of transit and our streets
August 23, 2022
Why is Amtrak Missing from the BayPass Pilot?
Amtrak's Bay Area service doesn't take Clipper and isn't part of the BayPass pilot. That's an omission you can drive a train through
August 22, 2022
Op-ed: SB 917 Fails — Yet it Succeeds
Like many bills before it, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act has pushed forward change - even though it didn’t become law.
August 17, 2022
Fare Integration Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back
The hope is that if a regionwide pass increases ridership without causing transit Armageddon, perhaps individual agencies will stop blocking and delaying real transit integration. Then the goals of S.B. 917 can be achieved via MTC--which is supposed to be the coordinating agency for Bay Area transit--without the legislation.
August 16, 2022