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Talking Headways Podcast: The California State Rail Plan
This week we’re listening in on a conversation hosted by Seamless Bay Area about the 2024 update to the California State Rail Plan.
April 11, 2025
SGV Connect 135.1 – An Update on the Foothill Gold Line Construction Timelines
Damien Newton sat down with Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian to discuss how a too-high bid will lead to a delay on Gold Line construction to Montclair
April 2, 2025
Amtrak CEO’s Ouster Makes the Grassroots Fight For Rail More Urgent
"For all of our sakes, let’s hope against hope that whoever sits in that seat next believes in the mission of a nationwide network of passenger-rail service."
Jim Matthews
March 25, 2025
Weekend Roundup: BART Fare Gates, Oakland Bay Bridge Bikes…
This is probably something a judge would need to decide at some point
March 21, 2025
Advocates Resist Muni Service Cuts
Is this a transit-first city? Or a cut-transit-first city?
March 18, 2025
Couple of Caltrain Updates
If AI's good enough for driverless cars, why not use it to keep trains safe too? Plus Caltrain wants you to take the train to the parade
The post Couple of Caltrain Updates appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.
March 13, 2025
Op-Ed: Elon Musk Is Wrong About Amtrak
No, America should not privatize Amtrak "like China." But we could learn a thing or two from their rail success. (Spoiler: it's largely state-funded.)
Jim Matthews
March 10, 2025
Inland Empire Advocates Push Back on Autonomous Car Tunnel Plan for Airport
Advocates contend that a San Bernardino Transportation Authority proposal to build an autonomous vehicle tunnel to connect to a transit hub fails on multiple levels. Nevertheless, the agency plans to approve the project's environmental studies on Wednesday.
March 3, 2025
Commentary: Remember the Last Time Trump Tried to Stop the Train?
A reminder that we've seen Trump's anti-rail playbook before. The train won.
The post Commentary: Remember the Last Time Trump Tried to Stop the Train? appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.
February 26, 2025
What DOT Secretary Duffy has wrong about California High-Speed Rail
Cost issues are not limited to transit. The US spends 2-3 times more per project on highways than peer high income countries, and highway construction costs recently increased 50% in just two years. Is Secretary Duffy going to cancel all highway funding too until he figures out what's going on?
February 25, 2025
