High-Speed Rail Conference Kicks off in San Jose
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Update on HSR dovetails with Global Climate Action Summit taking place in San Francisco this week
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Caltrain
Labor Day Weekend Roundup
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Streetsblog will not be publishing tomorrow/Friday or Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. However, before we go, there are a few short items of interest going into this long weekend: California High-Speed Rail Construction Update It seems appropriate, going into the Labor Day weekend, to acknowledge some of the labor going on in the Bay Area […]
Caltrain Electrification Charges Forward
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Three-thousand steel poles, ten new electrical power facilities, and enough conduit to span 51 miles of tracks are just part of what's involved in Caltrain's $2 billion electrification project.
Eyes Under the Street: A Tour of the Transbay Train Box
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This wraps up the first week of operations for the new Salesforce Transit Center, phase 1. Reviews are in, and most people seem to love the rooftop park and the grand design of the facility. But what about phase 2, the train station below it–and the thing that makes it the future Grand Central Station of […]
Petition for Bike Space on Caltrain’s Electrics
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When Caltrain finishes modernizing, there may be even fewer places for bike storage.
City Staff Aligns Behind a Pennsylvania Ave. Tunnel for Downtown Connector
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San Francisco's Downtown Extension (DTX) project, to get Caltrain and future High-speed Rail into the Transbay Transit Center, may finally be back in motion.