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Seamless Bay Area's Ian Griffiths just got a tour of what is almost inarguably the world's best transit and intercity rail system. Streetsblog is happy to share his observations with readers.

Transportation industry stakeholders face a variety of operational challenges that impact the ability of agencies to run as smoothly and efficiently as needed. In a recent interactive discussion on the topic during an Enghouse Transportation webinar, no single issue stood out as dominant. Nearly two-thirds were evenly split between either rider wait times or too many ongoing projects as their leading challenge (29 percent each), while others felt an insufficient operating budget (24 percent) or workforce shortages (18 percent) were obstacles to achieving peak performance.

Join the chorus in urging lawmakers to fund transit.

KPIX runs a report that makes it seem as if SFMTA has succeeded at making streets safer; that's just counterfactual

Advocates, keep your powder dry: new/old battles brewing on Geary and on Grand in Alameda

If the SFMTA board wants to realize a network of bike-friendly slow streets, it has to find the courage to fight for it

Take this warning seriously. Think hard before you try it, and don't take your kids. This 17 percent grade is not for wobbly bike riders.

Streetsblog San Francisco editor Roger Rudick checks in from the Velo-City conference in Leipzig, Germany