Public Transportation
The State of the Transit Strike in Silicon Valley on Its Tenth Day
The ATU wants higher wages and worker protections. The VTA is appealing to the courts. 100,000 transit riders are caught in the middle.
How Climate Change Is Hurting Transit Ridership
Transit isn't only a key solution to confronting climate change; it's also one of its victims.
Call to Action: Transbay Coalition Pushes Back Against AC Transit Fare Hikes
Advocates want your help keeping the bus affordable in Alameda County The post Call to Action: Transbay Coalition Pushes Back Against AC Transit Fare Hikes appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.
Wilson Introduces “Transit Safety Bill,” First in Series of Transportation Safety Bills
AB 394 expands existing legal protections offered to riders and transit operators by strengthening penalties for assaults against transit employees, broadening enforcement against trespassing on transit systems, and empowering courts to issue prohibition orders restricting access to individuals convicted of violent offenses against transit workers.
Video: Trolley Buses are Great Nuts-and-Bolts Transit
The Armchair Urbanist says San Francisco already has a great solution for transit. Let's stop looking for magic technologies and do more of it
Talking Headways Podcast: Bulk Transit Passes for All
Jawnt's Ruth Miller on how employer transit pass programs like SEPTA's work to support employees, agencies and regions overall.
Metro Approval Sets Stage for Construction of NoHo-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Line
$135M approved today will take the NoHo-Pasadena BRT project through the next two years. If this preconstruction phase goes as planned, the project will ramp up to full construction by 2027
Briefs from November Metro Committees: Metro Micro, Security, Service Changes, and More
Outsourcing Metro Micro, pausing North County transit projects to build highways, recruiting a Police Chief, service changes, Dodger fans ride, and more
Metro Ridership Keeps Growing, with a Million Daily Riders in October
Metro ridership has grown steadily for the past two years, with October, a second straight month of million-plus daily boardings, setting a pandemic-era record
