Sacramento RT introduces low floor light rail vehicles
Earlier this week Sacramento RT introduced low floor light rail vehicles in Green and Gold lines (Sacramento Valley to Iron Point). This transition replaces aging equipment with new vehicles offering better accessibility, but it required raising light rail platforms, originally...
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Sound Transit Link Line 1 extends to Lynnwood
On Aug 30, Sound Transit will open the Link Line 1 extension from Northgate to Lynnwood to passengers. This will complete two phases of northward expansion of the Link rail system, part of the ST2 sales tax approved by voters...
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Enough with unhelpful sensational headlines
Last weekend, Caltrain had a relatively successful soft launch of electrified service. I spent the early part of Sunday riding electric trains along with other rail fans. Despite the learning curve for the train crews and some technical issues, the...
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SamTrans to revisit busway on Dumbarton Corridor
On the agenda for the SamTrans Board of Directors July 10, 2024 meeting is an action item to request funding for a study of putting a busway on Dumbarton Rail Corridor. Unlike the previous attempts that considered bus and rail...
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Caltrain electrification & Alternative Compliance
On the weekend of June 8 and 9, 2024, Caltrain suspended diesel passenger trains to allow testing of new electric trains on the corridor. While the testing of electric trains have been conducted for many months, seeing many of them...
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San Mateo Bridge Transit
A fact of life on the Peninsula is that during rush hours, the 101 freeway is jammed in both direction leading to SR-92 and SR-92 is also jammed leading to the San Mateo Bridge. Unfortunately, unlike nearly all other Bay...
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Trying out autonomous shuttle
https://youtu.be/TTisJAlnnpE Not too long ago, I made a trek to San Ramon to try out the PRESTO autonomous shuttle operating inside the Bishop Ranch business park. The service runs 2 battery powered autonomous vehicles between the transit center and the...
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Millbrae Station – 20 years later
This month (June 2023) is the 20th anniversary of opening of BART SFO extension. Millbrae is the end of the line of this extension & the transfer point between Caltrain and BART. The station was built with an expectation of...
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Reimagine SamTrans comments
Every decade or so many transit agencies re-evaluate its routes. SamTrans is no exception. This time, many transit agencies carry the theme of frequency vs. coverage, which is promoted by a well known transit consultant Jarrett Walker. SamTrans is offering...
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SB 742 Amtrak bus implementation
Last year, the California state legislature approved and the Governor signed SB 742 into law, which allows bus only tickets to be sold on Amtrak Thruway buses in California. This bill overturned a previous law passed 20 years ago that...
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