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Make 60% ‘Work from Home’ Permanently?
A huge swath of the workforce has been working from home since at least March--if the goal is to reduce carbon emissions, MTC staff suggest maybe that's how things should remain
September 23, 2020
BART Gets $1.2 Billion from Feds
Federal government announces two pots of federal funding for California transportation
September 15, 2020
AC Transit Rolls Out Free PPE
Hand sanitizer, masks, and instructions on how to stay safe will become standard on AC Transit buses
September 14, 2020
San Francisco Transit Riders Welcomes New Executive Director
A Q&A with Mark Cordes
September 11, 2020
Advocates Gear Up to Make Caltrain Awesome
Advocates with the San Francisco Transit Riders, Friends of Caltrain, Seamless Bay Area, and other pro-transit groups are starting the big push to get the required two-thirds of voters in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to support a 1/8 cent sales tax on the November ballot to raise over $100 million annually for Caltrain.
September 9, 2020
Bad Splices Point to Fundamental Problems at Muni
Last week's Muni meltdown forces managers to admit they don't do in-house quality control, didn't do full operations testing, and don't check with other transit agencies on how to fix common problems
September 2, 2020
Muni Meltdown Blamed on Faulty Parts
Overhead wire splices fail once put under full load, knocking out Muni rail. Which begs the question: why weren't they put under full load before reopening the system?
August 25, 2020
Muni Rail Returns (and then it doesn’t)
After breakdowns, SFMTA gave up and cancelled rail service again Monday evening
August 24, 2020
Transit Safety Protocols in the Time of COVID
Study looks at how to make trains, buses, and ferries safe... but is it forceful enough to do any good?
August 19, 2020
