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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
Help Defend High-Speed Rail
And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab
June 22, 2020
Four New Motions Would Reimagine Metro Law Enforcement on Transit
Boardmember Mike Bonin says Metro "cannot rely on an armed police presence for every issue, and we need smarter, more effective solutions"
June 22, 2020
Editorial: Metro’s Black Lives Matter Statement – Fixed It for You
Despite some worthwhile effort, Metro fails to take ownership of what the agency has done, situates current ongoing wrongs in the past, and fails to commit to actionable changes
June 17, 2020
