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BART to Close Lake Merritt Station for Labor Day Weekend Maintenance
Count on an extra twenty to forty minutes for your trip if you plan to travel on BART through the Lake Merritt station this Labor Day weekend.
August 31, 2017
Hyperloop Breaks 1955 Rail Record
Hyperloop remains much slower than those pesky "dinosaur" trains that use good-old fashioned tracks and wheels.
August 30, 2017
SMART Train Official Launch
The ride was smooth. The seats were comfortable. And the trains boasted big windows and tables at every seat.
August 28, 2017
Los Angeles Bus Service Declined as Rail Expanded
Given the tens of billions of dollars that L.A. will spend on transit over the next few decades, it's all the more important to invest it in ways that will be useful and attract riders. But since 2014, ridership has been dropping.
August 23, 2017
California’s Antique Trains
Last week I took the train from Oakland to Bakersfield, where I transferred to a bus to get to Los Angeles. At eight hours, that's the fastest Amtrak route between the two cities. And the train was packed.
August 22, 2017
Dublin BART Parking Battle Takes a New Twist
A local assemblymember secured a promise of $20 million in state funding to build a parking garage for BART. But in the interim staff had come up with intriguing alternative proposals, and the board of directors opted for the quicker and less expensive option.
August 8, 2017
Caltrain Celebrates Electrification Project
A victory lap for Caltrain proponents in Millbrae.
July 24, 2017
New Concept Considered For Union Station Re-Vamp: Above-Grade Concourse
The estimated $2.75 billion LinkUS project is planned to convert Union Station from a stub-end station to a run-through station. Metro staff introduced a new concept under consideration: an above-grade concourse.
July 20, 2017
Metro Offers Update on Rail-to-River Bike/Ped Path Design
Metro expects to see the preliminary (30 percent) design completed shortly and to hire a design/build construction contractor to finish the plans and break ground by mid-2018. The project would be completed in late 2019, around the time that the Crenshaw/LAX Line would be opening.
July 10, 2017
Milestones in Bay Area Transport: SMART Train and Bike-Share
SMART began offering free rides, although the official launch of the train service is still up in the air. And Bay Area bike-share, rebranded as Ford GoBike, began rolling out bikes in San Francisco, with other cities coming soon.
June 30, 2017
