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Dallas Confronts the Dilemma: Build Transit for the Burbs, or Build Transit People Will Use
The biggest potential for transit ridership is in walkable neighborhoods in the city, where more people and jobs are clustered closer together. But regional politics often lead agencies to build transit in suburban areas where ridership will be more sparse.
June 23, 2017
Metro’s Plan Would Electrify Bus Fleet by 2030
Metro staff presented a plan for an all-electric bus fleet by 2030. The only concrete steps the agency is committed to is electrifying the Orange and Silver Lines by 2020 and 2021.
June 19, 2017
Big Events, Like the Warriors Parade, Can Prove Transit’s Resilience
BART was ready. The city of Oakland was expecting 1.5 to 2 million people to pile into downtown this morning to celebrate the Warrior's NBA championship. Oakland is the geographic center of the BART system, so for most people it made sense to use BART for at least part of their trip in to the parade.
June 15, 2017
The Crazy Idea of Running Caltrain onto Muni’s Tracks
Maybe it's not quite as crazy as it sounds
June 14, 2017
SamTrans Targets Next Generation of Bus Riders With Youth Mobility Plan
San Mateo County Transit District's Youth Mobility Plan recommends a number of initiatives to boost the agency’s declining ridership by improving quality of service for youth. “Today’s youth passengers are tomorrow’s adult passengers,” said SamTrans Senior Planner Lindsay Kiner.
June 13, 2017
In Sprawling Areas, Can the Bus Become Anything Other Than a Lifeline for the Poor?
Transit shouldn't just be for marginalized groups. Though it may be a long time before it's seen as an essential public service for everyone in Burlington, some are making exactly that argument.
June 13, 2017
Webinar Tomorrow: How to Improve Transit in California
Tell Caltrans what it needs to know about public transit at a webinar tomorrow, and via a survey until Friday.
June 6, 2017
Riding Transit Should Never Be a Pathway to Deportation
A sad story has been unfolding over the past few weeks in the Twin Cities, where a transit fare enforcement stop led to a man being deported. The officer who initiated the stop, Andy Lamers, has since been fired, but it was too late for the passenger, Ariel Vences-Lopez, 23.
June 2, 2017
Is it Time to Modernize the F-Market and Wharves?
There's a push to re-open the Fort Mason Tunnel--but why stop there?
May 31, 2017
Uber’s Latest Feature Reinvents the Wheels on the Bus
Uber is rolling out a new feature that will encourage people who use its shared-ride service in New York to walk to the nearest intersection, instead of getting picked up at their door. The company hopes that by avoiding looping through congested Manhattan to pick up and drop off multiple people, it will make trips faster and easier -- but Uber is trying to solve a problem that buses solved generations ago.
May 25, 2017
