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Screen Doors Coming to Oakland BART Station
Could this be the first step towards driverless trains?
February 20, 2018
Valentine’s Muni Malfunction Underscores Lack of Interagency Cooperation
A switch fault Wednesday left thousands of Muni customers delayed and peeved.
February 15, 2018
More Sophistry in Favor of a Second Bay Bridge for Cars
Chronicle Op-Ed massages stats and makes false equivalencies to support another highway bridge between SF and Oakland
February 12, 2018
BART Managers Suss Out Long Term Plans at Annual Workshop
A second Transbay tube or tunnel crossing, the extension to Silicon Valley, and Communications-Based Train Control were some of the topics discussed today and yesterday at BART's annual board workshop. The workshop, held at the Renaissance Club Sport Hotel in Walnut Creek, is a chance for board directors and staff to discuss a panoply of issues and formulate a general direction for the agency.
February 9, 2018
San Francisco Wants More Transportation Options
A majority of San Francisco voters want more subways, more bike lanes, more buses, and more investment in Caltrain, according to the 2018 Dignity Health CityBeat Poll, released by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
February 6, 2018
BART Signs, Caltrain Electrification, Amtrak and SFMTA’s Annual Report
Small but significant announcements came out of several large transit agencies this week. Here are a few highlights to start your weekend:
February 2, 2018
SPUR Talk: Political Lessons from London and New York
Turns out the Bay Area's special transportation and planning challenges aren't so special after all
January 31, 2018
1966 BART Headline Gives Perspective and Context on High-Speed Rail
"Have we been fooled?" asked the headline of the January 27, 1966 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.
January 30, 2018
Berkeley Celebrates Hearst Avenue and Bancroft Way Protected Bike Lanes
Berkeley christened two protected bike lanes today, one on Hearst Avenue on the north side of the UC Campus, and the other on Bancroft, on the university's southern border. "Hopefully, this is the first of many," said Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, during the celebratory event on Hearst. "Let's make every street in our city a complete street."
January 26, 2018
Regional Measure 3 Heads for the Ballot
Tolls on most Bay Area bridges will reach $9 by 2025 to raise $4.45 billion for transportation projects, if Regional Measure 3 (RM-3) is approved by voters in June.
January 25, 2018