Transit

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.

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.

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.

If Bay Area planners want to know how to make the region safe and livable, just look across the ocean

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.

With Biden and Democrats in narrow control of the Senate, San Francisco is in a race to get cash for its next big transit project

The 'West Bay' is getting quick-build, tactical bus and bike lanes before the anticipated post-COVID carmageddon... why not the East Bay?

Some end-of-year thoughts and a heartfelt 'thank you' from Streetsblog San Francisco's editor

Second relief bill improves outlook for hemorrhaging transit operators