Posts about the history of the transit systems and infrastructure.

• 10 years later – OAK Airport Connector (11/25/2024) - 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. Now, BART not only operates wide gauge trains and the OAK Connector but also runs… ...
• Caltrain electrification & Alternative Compliance (6/21/2024) - 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 in simulated operation during daytime is eye opening. The trains are quiet; start fast and… ...
• Millbrae Station – 20 years later (6/21/2023) - 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 high ridership & transfer activities, but things changed quite a bit over the past 20… ...
• Muni’s historic streetcars: serving the San Francisco’s waterfront for a quarter of a century (3/12/2025) - This month 25 years ago, Muni opened an extension of the F-Market historic streetcar from Market Street to the Fisherman's Wharf along the Embarcadero. Before the extension opened, the F line, which debuted in 1995, operated between the Castro and the Transbay Terminal on the surface of Market Street. For nearly 30 years, the F… ...
• North Bay’s Transit Transformation Awaits (4/23/2025) - Since this Wiki's inception, some transit corridors have shifted from bus to rail with the introduction of rail services. For example, the Link Line 1 service expanded from Downtown Seattle to the University of Washington in 2016, then to Northgate in 2021, and most recently to Lynnwood last year. Sound Transit Express bus 512, the… ...
• San Mateo Bridge Transit (10/30/2023) - 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 Area bridges, this bridge has no transit option currently for the general public nor a… ...