Transit

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K Ingleside, L Taraval, and M Ocean View commuters finally said goodbye to replacement bus service

The SFMTA Board of Directors approved the next step in the $35 million Geary Rapid project on Tuesday, which includes segments of red carpet, bus-only lanes between Stanyan and downtown. The rub: the SFMTA decided to allow privately run transit, including tour buses, tech-buses, and Chariot, to also use the lane (in reality, non-Muni vehicles of one type or another already use pretty much all the city's red-carpet lanes, more on that a few paragraphs down).

Three-thousand steel poles, ten new electrical power facilities, and enough conduit to span 51 miles of tracks are just part of what's involved in Caltrain's $2 billion electrification project.

5 Fulton bus service had improved, but neighbors complained, so let the roll back begin

This wraps up the first week of operations for the new Salesforce Transit Center, phase 1. Reviews are in, and most people seem to love the rooftop park and the grand design of the facility. But what about phase 2, the train station below it--and the thing that makes it the future Grand Central Station of the West?

What if the money had been spent on minor upgrades to stations throughout the East Bay, such as adding arrival signs, benches, and shelters? What if the money were spent on more buses, more drivers, and better bus fleets with comfortable seats and suspensions?

A look inside San Francisco's new Transbay bus facility

Just a quick reminder that BART will be working on the Oakland wye this weekend, so trains from San Francisco won't run beyond West Oakland station. BART will run a free bus bridge between West Oakland and 19th Street Station, where riders can transfer back to trains to reach all other East Bay destinations.