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Update with SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin
SFMTA director checks in on where things stand in this ongoing, forced transit experiment that is the year 2020
August 12, 2020
May Protest Update: Metro Refused Some Mutual Aid Requests, Most Bus Damage Was Minimal
Metro shuttled LAPD officers, provided 23 buses to police, and reported "62 damaged buses" when only about a dozen sustained significant damage.
August 7, 2020
SFMTA Board Nixes “Dirty” Caltrain Measure
A quick update and the latest moves on the Caltrain measure
August 3, 2020
Metro NextGen Bus Study: Upcoming Meetings and More Detail Online
NextGen implementation is scheduled to start in December. Detailed route and bus stop changes are available online.
July 31, 2020
S.F. Supes Pass ‘Dirty’ Caltrain Funding Measure
Questions about its legality remain unanswered, while Peskin insists this isn't a power struggle--it's just about land
July 30, 2020
“A Better Caltrain Is One that Exists”
Whatever Caltrain's problems, is more governance from San Francisco really the answer?
July 24, 2020
Report: Gold Line Extension to Montclair Would Increase Metro, Metrolink Ridership
Study details ways both agencies can coordinate services to better compliment each other, includes design changes to Claremont, Montclair stations
July 20, 2020
SoMa Supe Fights to Save Caltrain
Advocates rally behind Supervisor Matt Haney, who wants funding measure on the Nov. ballot
July 20, 2020
Did S.F. Supes Kill Caltrain?
The railroad can still be saved, say advocates, if the supes act now
July 16, 2020
High-Speed Rail’s Potential 2020 Turning Point
2008 will be remembered as the year California voters launched America's first HSR project. And 2020 could be the year America decides to complete it.
July 15, 2020
