Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

Service to North San Jose starts Saturday. Photo: capture from BART/VTA promotional video/Wikimedia Commons

BART Begins to Berryessa

By Roger Rudick | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments

BART and Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) officials held opening ceremonies this morning at the Berryessa and Milpitas BART stations to mark tomorrow's launch of service of the first phase of a $2.3 billion San Jose extension.

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No Way to Cross the Bay

By Roger Rudick | Jun 2, 2020 | No Comments

With AC Transit shutting down at 7:30 p.m., and BART shutting down at 9 p.m., there is now no way to cross the Bay at night without a car

A J Church replacement bus. Photo: Ian Griffiths

Guest Commentary: How the Bay Area can rebuild a stronger, more resilient transit system

By Ian Griffiths | Apr 2, 2020 | No Comments

Just as SFMTA can easily replace light rail service with buses to respond to an emergency, the Bay Area should be able to quickly restructure service in a coordinated way to protect public safety and while ensuring essential workers can get to their jobs. Our region’s lack of an empowered lead authority for transportation means each transit agency makes decisions in silos, resulting less access for everyone — and a more challenging recovery.

BART is stopping at 9 p.m., due to a huge drop in revenue. Streetsblog/Rudick

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“Faster Bay Area” Hits the Brakes

By Damien Newton and Roger Rudick | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments

Mega ballot measure put on hold over coronavirus concerns

The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Editorial: Rail Should Come First on a New Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

By Roger Rudick | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

Assemblymember Marc Levine floats idea of a replacement bridge--this time, rail should come first

Fare inspectors at the bottom of the Powell Station escalator. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Op-Ed: What America Gets Wrong about Fare Evasion

By Alon Levy | Nov 26, 2019 | No Comments

Fare enforcement should be done with proof of payment alone, by unarmed civilian inspectors, as in Berlin. Some people will learn to dodge the inspectors, as is the case in Berlin, and that’s fine; the point is not to get fare evasion to 0 percent, but to the minimum level net of enforcement costs.

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