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Bay Area Transit Update: BART Signs, Caltrain Electrification, Amtrak, SFMTA Annual Report
Small but significant announcements came out of several large transit agencies last week.
February 5, 2018
1966 BART Headline Gives Perspective and Context on High-Speed Rail
HSR's cost overruns are real: but so were overruns on systems that are now vital to the economic life of the region.
January 31, 2018
Beverly Hills School District Files New Lawsuit Against Purple Line Subway
Last week the Beverly Hills School District filed a new lawsuit against the FTA and Metro again aimed at preventing the Purple Line from tunneling below Beverly Hills High School.
January 30, 2018
High-Speed Rail Cost Overrun Reporting Raises Questions of Media Bias
Cost overruns are bad, but aren't they equally bad for highway and rail projects?
January 24, 2018
L.A. Metro Retires Regional Connector Tunnel Machine
"Angeli" has completed work on two mile-long subway tunnels below downtown L.A.
January 22, 2018
Look for New BART Train for the Evening Commute
It took a while, but BART's "Fleet of the Future" is about to become, well, the train of today.
January 22, 2018
Amtrak Crash Highlights Need to Accelerate Safety Upgrades in Bay Area
Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, Caltrain and rail generally are twelve times safer than driving...but safety upgrade delays still present a risk
December 20, 2017
What the Amtrak 501 Derailment Says About America’s Failure to Prevent Train Crashes
While the investigation is just beginning, initial reports indicate that the train entered a tight curve at too high a speed.
December 20, 2017
BART’s Excursion Fare: How the Agency Earns Millions from Passengers Not Riding Trains
BART charges a $5.75 Excursion Fare anytime a rider enters and exits the same station, regardless of whether the exit occurred within three minutes or three hours.
December 15, 2017
S.F. Supervisor, BART Director Clean up BART Station Themselves, Demand BART Do Better
SF Supervisor Hillary Ronen and BART Director Bevan Dufty have been cleaning the 16th Street BART station every Wednesday for a month. "The conditions we have seen are truly disturbing . . . I am outraged about the health and safety risks to BART riders and my constituents who pass through the plaza every day," said Ronen.
November 28, 2017
