Link21: Focus on the megaregion
Staff working on Link21, a project to build a second underground rail link between San Francisco and Oakland, recently recommended building a connection for standard gauge trains, rather than for broad gauge BART trains. The staff's primary rationale is that...
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10 years later – OAK Airport Connector
Ten years ago this month, BART opened the OAK Airport Connector to passenger service. This line remains one of the most unique in the BART system. Before then, BART operated only one type of trains: wide gauge rapid transit cars....
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SFMTA’s new microtransit in Bayview-Hunters Point
Source: SFMTA Recently, SFMTA introduced an on-demand microtransit shuttle service covering Bayview-Hunters Point, one of several Equity Priority Communities designated by the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Although the T-Third Muni Metro, opened in 2007, serves as the area's transit...
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Farewell to the Caltrain gallery cars
Late last week, Caltrain and the Biden/Harris Administration announced that Caltrain will transfer 90 gallery cars and 19 F40 locomotives to Lima, Peru, to start a new commuter rail service to address the city's increasing traffic congestion. In late September,...
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Election 2024: Change in favor of public safety
The outcome of last week's election is disappointing on a national level. Although there seems to be a trend toward voting for conservatism, the results are mixed outside of the presidential race, including in California. On the state level, Prop...
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Los Angeles Metro to reconfigure C & K lines, add a new station
On November 3, 2024, Los Angeles Metro will adjust service between the C and K lines in the El Segundo area to prepare for the opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center, which will connect to Los Angeles International Airport via...
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Amtrak Thruway Bus is the primary intercity route to the North Coast
Someone recently noticed in a Facebook transit group that over the summer, Greyhound discontinued service from San Francisco to Eureka. Greyhound had operated buses on this corridor for decades, and before the COVID pandemic, it ran two daily round trips:...
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Caltrain’s First Month of Electrified Service: A Review
It has been over a month since Caltrain implemented all-electrified service between San Francisco and San Jose. After the first weekend of free service with various celebratory events along the line, weekday service had a rough start during the first...
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Metrolink to introduce new schedule with clockface service
Metrolink will introduce a new schedule on October 21, offering increased service and new connections on weekdays. Thirty-two weekday trains will be added, with most operating on a clockface schedule. Most trains will arrive and depart around the bottom of...
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A ballot measure for a bus only driveway
The Caltrain station in downtown Palo Alto serves as a major transfer point between SamTrans (serving San Mateo County to the north), VTA (serving the rest of Santa Clara County to the south), the Dumbarton Express to the East Bay,...
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