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Metro Gaslights, Disputing 20 Percent Service Cut, but Many Buses Already Crowded
Metro is looking to approve 20 percent bus service cuts next week
September 17, 2020
BART Gets $1.2B Grant for Service Expansion; State Rewarded for Readiness with ~$500m
Federal government announces two pots of federal funding for California transportation
September 15, 2020
Why Won’t Metro Promote Its New Electric Buses?
Announcing a Streetsblog contest: Submit your designs for how Metro should promote its exciting new electric bus fleet
September 10, 2020
Advocates Gear Up to Make Caltrain Awesome
Advocates with the San Francisco Transit Riders, Friends of Caltrain, Seamless Bay Area, and other pro-transit groups are starting the big push to get the required two-thirds of voters in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to support a 1/8 cent sales tax on the November ballot to raise over $100 million annually for Caltrain.
September 10, 2020
Bad Splices Point to Fundamental Problems at Muni
Last week's Muni meltdown forces managers to admit they don't do in-house quality control, didn't do full operations testing, and don't check with other transit agencies on how to fix common problems
September 3, 2020
Metro CEO Phil Washington Announces “Fareless System Initiative”
Internal Metro Task Force looking to implement fare-free transit pilot in early 2021
August 28, 2020
Proposed Metro Budget Would Mean a 20 Percent Bus Service Cut
Transit advocates are raising concerns about significant cuts to bus service embedded in Metro's proposed budget.
August 27, 2020
High-Speed Rail Work Continues–as Does the L.A. Times’ Catastrophization
Plus a call for the paper's many unnamed "sources" to get in touch with Streetsblog
August 27, 2020
Muni Meltdown Blamed on Faulty Parts
Overhead wire splices fail once put under full load, knocking out Muni rail.
August 26, 2020
High Speed Rail: Accommodating Freight and Passengers on the L.A.-to-Anaheim Route
Thirty-day comment period open on building new freight facilities to accommodate HSR construction. Also, Burbank-to-LA EIR comment period ending soon
August 25, 2020
