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SPUR Briefs Press on Transit’s Looming Financial Meltdown

Transportation experts at the Bay Area's leading policy research group warn of severity of coming transit cuts and the potentially dire impacts for the region.

April 30, 2025

The Armchair Urbanist Goes After BART to San Jose Extension

Even from 3,000 miles away, it's easy to see why the BART extension—as designed—is stupid.

April 16, 2025

Eyes on the Station: Fortified Fare Gates Now Arriving at Metro Stops

Streetsblog visited Pasadena's Metro A Line Lake Street Station and brings you photos of the new fare gates. Metro is installing more secure gates at more than a dozen rail stations.

April 11, 2025

Talking Headways Podcast: The California State Rail Plan

This week we’re listening in on a conversation hosted by Seamless Bay Area about the 2024 update to the California State Rail Plan.

April 11, 2025

SGV Connect 135.1 – An Update on the Foothill Gold Line Construction Timelines

Damien Newton sat down with Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian to discuss how a too-high bid will lead to a delay on Gold Line construction to Montclair

April 2, 2025

Amtrak CEO’s Ouster Makes the Grassroots Fight For Rail More Urgent

"For all of our sakes, let’s hope against hope that whoever sits in that seat next believes in the mission of a nationwide network of passenger-rail service."

March 25, 2025

Weekend Roundup: BART Fare Gates, Oakland Bay Bridge Bikes…

This is probably something a judge would need to decide at some point

March 21, 2025

Advocates Resist Muni Service Cuts

Is this a transit-first city? Or a cut-transit-first city?

March 18, 2025

Couple of Caltrain Updates

If AI's good enough for driverless cars, why not use it to keep trains safe too? Plus Caltrain wants you to take the train to the parade The post Couple of Caltrain Updates appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.

March 13, 2025