More Sophistry in Favor of a Second Bay Bridge for Cars
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Chronicle Op-Ed massages stats and makes false equivalencies to support another highway bridge between SF and Oakland
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BART Managers Suss Out Long Term Plans at Annual Workshop
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A second Transbay tube or tunnel crossing, the extension to Silicon Valley, and Communications-Based Train Control were some of the topics discussed today and yesterday at BART’s annual board workshop. The workshop, held at the Renaissance Club Sport Hotel in Walnut Creek, is a chance for board directors and staff to discuss a panoply of […]
BART Signs, Caltrain Electrification, Amtrak and SFMTA’s Annual Report
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Small but significant announcements came out of several large transit agencies this week. Here are a few highlights to start your weekend: BART: The agency reports that it has recovered from yesterday’s mishap with a maintenance truck that damaged the third rail on the Warm Spring/Fremont line. Meanwhile, the agency announced earlier this week that it […]
Regional Measure 3 Heads for the Ballot
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Tolls on most Bay Area bridges will reach $9 by 2025 to raise $4.45 billion for transportation projects, if Regional Measure 3 (RM-3) is approved by voters in June. Yesterday, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC) Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) approved putting RM-3 on the June 5 ballot in the nine Bay Area counties. The measure will […]
New BART Train Goes into Service–but a Glitch Arises
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After a ribbon cutting and celebration on Friday, it seems BART's "Fleet of the Future" has, once again, experienced a glitch
Look for New BART Train for the Evening Commute
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It took a while, but BART’s “Fleet of the Future” is about to become, well, the train of today. Back in March of 2016 the first new blue-and-white BART trains started making their way by flatbed truck from the factory in Plattsburgh, NY to the Bay Area to begin performance testing. The first cars arrived […]