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Coming to Caltrain: Longer Trains With More Room for Bikes
Caltrain will add a third bike car to all six of its Bombardier trains, Executive Director Michael Scanlon announced at the transit agency’s monthly board of directors meeting last week. With the new cars, bike capacity will increase from 48 to 72 on each of the Bombardier trains. But it could take up to one year to place the six-car trains into service.
January 12, 2015
How Can Muni Stop Car Drivers From Jamming Its Tunnels?
Another brilliant driver got his car stuck in the Sunset Tunnel Saturday night at about 8 p.m., bringing Muni's busiest line to a dead stop. A train full of N-Judah riders had to walk along the tracks out of the eastern portal. One of them was Streetsblog reader Sean Rea, who captured the walk in a video posted on YouTube (see below).
January 5, 2015
Muni Pushes “Double Berthing” Launch Back One More Week
We've now lost count of how many times Muni has delayed the launch of "double berthing" in its Metro stations. Last we heard, it was promised to launch tomorrow, but the agency now says it needs one more week of testing before two trains can simultaneously board on the same platform.
December 12, 2014
Geary Bus Riders Set to Get Some “Early” Upgrades Before BRT Lanes Arrive
Muni's 38-Geary riders may get some relief even before bus rapid transit lanes come to the line's Richmond segment in 2019. The SFMTA and SF County Transportation Authority are developing plans to install "early" improvements over the next few years, like bus bulbs, extended transit-only lanes, and transit signal priority.
December 9, 2014
Union Square’s “Winter Walk” Plaza on Stockton a Hit – Why Bring Cars Back?
Families are loving "Winter Walk SF," the temporary holiday plaza filling two blocks of Stockton Street in Union Square. As CBS reporter John Ramos put it, the on-street downtown play space "represents the San Francisco everyone wants it to be."
December 8, 2014
Caltrans Grants $550 Million to Transit Projects Statewide
Caltrans announced over the holiday weekend that it has allocated one of the remaining chunks of money from Prop 1B, the massive transportation bond act approved by California voters in 2006.
December 5, 2014
All-Door Muni Boarding Still Means Quicker Buses, Less Fare Evasion
Two years after Muni launched all-door boarding, the agency continues to report [PDF] quicker boardings and lower rates of fare evasion.
December 3, 2014
Muni “Double Berthing” Set to Test This Saturday, Launch a Week Later
Muni could launch "double berthing," or boarding two trains simultaneously in its Metro stations, as early as next weekend -- if all goes well in a live test this Saturday, SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin told an agency board meeting today.
December 2, 2014
BART Will Study Second Transbay Tube, West Side Extension
Updated 11:06 p.m. with comments from BART Board-elect Nick Josefowitz.
December 1, 2014
Muni’s Sluggish 30-Stockton Finally Set to Get Greater Priority on the Streets
Muni's notoriously sluggish 30-Stockton line is finally set to get some upgrades that will give buses higher priority on streets through the dense neighborhoods of Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, and near Fisherman's Wharf.
November 25, 2014