Public Transportation
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S.F. Supervisor, BART Director Clean up BART Station Themselves, Demand BART Do Better
SF Supervisor Hillary Ronen and BART Director Bevan Dufty have been cleaning the 16th Street BART station every Wednesday for a month. "The conditions we have seen are truly disturbing . . . I am outraged about the health and safety risks to BART riders and my constituents who pass through the plaza every day," said Ronen.
November 28, 2017
Proposed 2018 Metro TAP Changes Are Effectively a Minor Fare Hike
In 2018, Metro is planning to eliminate paper transfers, tokens, and day passes - and to increase TAP card costs from $1 to $2
November 22, 2017
Bus Lanes Are the New Parking Lanes
Reserving curb space for people to park cars right next to their destination is no way to manage city streets.
November 22, 2017
Transit Investment Can Help Close the Racial Employment Gap
By both improving access to jobs and creating new jobs, transit investment can connect people of color to employment.
November 21, 2017
Toronto Shows How Easy It Is to Speed Up Surface Transit
It only cost Toronto $1.5 million to clear cars off King Street and dramatically sped up streetcar trips for tens of thousands of people.
November 20, 2017
Orange County Bus Routes See 20% Increase in Ridership
OCTA's redesign of its bus system, OC Bus 360°, cut some services but expanded them on high-ridership routes, and added a new student bus pass and a mobile-ticketing app. The result is an increase in rider numbers when other cities are seeing declines.
November 20, 2017
How Seattle Avoided the Transit Death Spiral to Turn Around Its Bus System
Seattle voters wouldn't accept degraded transit service and that has paid off.
November 8, 2017
Foothill Transit Launches New Long-Range Proterra Electric Bus Service
Foothill Transit now running Proterra's Catalyst E2 electric bus, which has a 254-mile range.
November 6, 2017
America’s Bus Stops Are Too Close Together
Bus service is faster for everyone if stops are about a quarter mile apart instead of crammed close together.
October 31, 2017
Metro Committee OKs 2018 All-Door Boarding For Vermont, Wilshire Rapid Buses
All-door boarding speeds up buses, and saves money. Coming to Vermont and Wilshire in 2018.
October 20, 2017
