Roger Rudick

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California High-Speed Rail Delays a Contract Three Months, LA Times Sees Doom

By Roger Rudick | Jun 26, 2020 | No Comments

"When COVID hit, what we heard back from some of the bidders was that it had caused ripples through financial markets, so they asked for more time to evaluate what those implications are."

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Eyes on the Street: Fremont Finishes Best Bikeway in the Bay Area

By Roger Rudick | Jun 25, 2020 | No Comments

Suburban Fremont puts San Francisco, Oakland, etc., on notice: you can build better bike lanes too

SFMTA is going to discontinue all rail services, starting Monday. Image: Wikimedia

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Muni Changing Up Rail

By Roger Rudick | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments

When the subway comes back in August, it'll be a whole lot different

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Help Defend High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab

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SPUR Talk: Abandon Fares?

By Roger Rudick | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

The COVID pandemic has forced AC Transit and Santa Clara VTA to experiment with running transit without charging fares

A rendering of the Embarcadero enhancement project... just one of many that could go in faster if the environmental review of this bike lane can be streamlined. Image: SFMTA

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Bill Would Streamline Transit, Bike, and Ped Projects

By Roger Rudick | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... S.B. 288 is a another small step towards correcting that

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Commentary: Afraid of COVID on Transit? Then Wear Your Damn Mask

By Roger Rudick | Jun 16, 2020 | No Comments

The struggle to convince people transit is safe isn't really about clean trains and buses--it's about changing our culture

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BART Begins to Berryessa

By Roger Rudick | Jun 15, 2020 | No Comments

BART and Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) officials held opening ceremonies this morning at the Berryessa and Milpitas BART stations to mark tomorrow's launch of service of the first phase of a $2.3 billion San Jose extension.