Public Transportation
Update: UAW and UC Berkeley Agree to Extend BayPass
UC Berkeley and the UAW have come to an agreement that will allow the BayPass transit pilot to continue at the university.
U.C. Berkeley Abandoning Bay Pass
Conflict between union and the University of California Berkeley to throw 12,000 student-workers off "Bay Pass" pilot
Advocates Study Deadly BRT Compromises on International
Continually watering down projects - be they bike lanes or transit lanes - costs people their lives.
Op-ed: Want Riders? Then Run Frequent Service
And run trains and buses early in the morning and late at night. In other words, it's about the operations.
New CA Bill Would Provide Relief for Bay Area Transit
S.B. 532 would raise tolls on local bridges and allocate that money for transit
There’s a Budget with Transit Funding, But Negotiations Aren’t Over
The question isn't really whether Newsom will sign off; the question is what will end up in "trailer bills" - which, as their name suggests, trail along after the budget is signed and fill in details left out of the budget itself.
AC Transit Board Approves Automated Bus Stop Enforcement Program
The East Bay bus agency will be the first in California to use cameras to enforce parking restrictions in both bus-only lanes and at bus stops
L.A. Metro Fare Capping Starts July 1
Metro transit passes are going away after this month, but it's actually a good thing
Q&A with S.F. Supervisor Myrna Melgar
She rides her bike (and not just for photo ops) and shows up to demand better bike lanes across district boundaries. Streetsblog decided it was time for a talk
How Automated Fare Collection Alleviates Top Transit Agency Challenges
“The successful transit agency is the one that creates a smooth, convenient, reliable process for payment, which in turn highly contributes to the overall customer experience in transit.”
