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Weekend Roundup: First New Caltrain Set, Muni Art, Free Muni
Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your weekend.
February 26, 2021
Could FAA Rule Change Offer Hope to Fix SFO Transit Mess?
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.
February 22, 2021
SBSF Interview : SPUR’S Nick Josefowitz on the First Steps for New Mega Measure
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.
February 19, 2021
Commentary: Remove the Wheels from the T Third?
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.
January 26, 2021
Dutch Lessons for the Bay Area
If Bay Area planners want to know how to make the region safe and livable, just look across the ocean
January 19, 2021
Seamless Bay Area Explains Why MTC Doesn’t Work
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.
January 14, 2021
Can Shift in D.C. Get Trains into Transbay?
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
January 12, 2021
East Bay Advocates Want Quick-Build Bus Lanes
The 'West Bay' is getting quick-build, tactical bus and bike lanes before the anticipated post-COVID carmageddon... why not the East Bay?
January 5, 2021
Good Riddance, 2020
Some end-of-year thoughts and a heartfelt 'thank you' from Streetsblog San Francisco's editor
December 22, 2020
Hope for Bay Area Transit
Second relief bill improves outlook for hemorrhaging transit operators
December 21, 2020