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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
CA Transit Association Asks for Help to Stave Off Transit Collapse
Steep drops in ridership and the elimination of fare payments have caused huge revenue losses, but the need to keep operating buses and trains to get essential workers to their jobs did not diminish.
July 9, 2020
Muni Rail Needs Crossing Gates
It's nice to see Muni taking emergency measures to prevent gridlock, but it's time to talk about signal preemption
July 9, 2020
Metro COVID-19 Recovery Task Force Recommends Bus Lanes, Masks, Bicycling
Metro is looking for input on what the city should prioritize during a COVID-19 recovery - including bus lanes, mask distribution/vending, and more people riding bikes.
July 7, 2020
SF Muni Approves a Handful of Temporary Bus-Only Lanes
The transit lanes would be installed in late summer and striped only with white paint, “Bus/Taxi Only” stenciling and signage.
July 2, 2020
Touting Positive Polling, Caltrain Prepares for Sales Tax Push
A 1/8 cent sales tax measure for the San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara tri-county area could be on the November ballot that would dramatically change Caltrain's fortunes.
June 30, 2020
Reduced Parking Being Studied for Planned Foothill Gold Line Extension
To build more rail sooner, the Construction Authority is looking to reduce project construction costs, including the cost of building parking structures.
June 29, 2020
California High-Speed Rail Delays a Contract Three Months, LA Times Sees Doom
"When COVID hit, what we heard back from some of the bidders was that it had caused ripples through financial markets, so they asked for more time to evaluate what those implications are."
June 26, 2020
L.A. Metro Board Approves Steps Toward Reworking Transit Policing
Metro is establishing a Transit Public Safety Advisory Committee that will develop a community-based approach to public safety on the transit system, including shifting resources away from armed law enforcement
June 26, 2020
Muni Changing Up Rail
When the subway comes back in August, it'll be a whole lot different
June 23, 2020
