Recent Streetsblog SF posts about AC Transit

Six Ideas for Saving Bay Area Transit

By Egon Terplan | Mar 14, 2012 | 27 Comments

[Editor’s note: This article is re-published with permission from the transit-themed March issue of The Urbanist, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) monthly member magazine. The article, written by SPUR Regional Planning Director Egon Terplan, is based on a discussion paper developed by the SPUR Transportation Policy Board. Read the full paper at spur.org/tsp.] […]

Bay Area’s First BRT System Coming to the East Bay By 2016

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 14, 2012 | 21 Comments

Transit riders in the East Bay will get a boost in 2016 with the arrival of the region’s first Bus Rapid Transit corridor, connecting San Leandro and Oakland. The project recently reached a major milestone with the release of its final environmental impact report (EIR). AC Transit will begin fielding public feedback on the EIR […]

Tomorrow: East Bay Advocates Call for Fixing Alameda Transit First

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

A coalition of East Bay advocates is urging supporters to speak up tomorrow morning and tell the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) to take advantage of a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to repair and restore a failing system and provide a cost-effective, equitable, and sustainable transportation future.” Measure B, Alameda County’s largest source of transportation funding, is […]

AC Transit Riders Fight For Their Right to Ride, 55 Years After Montgomery

By Bob Allen and Marcy Rein | Dec 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Editor’s note: This story is being re-published from Race, Poverty and the Environment, a magazine produced by the social and environmental justice non-profit, Urban Habitat. Fifty-five years to the month after the start of the Montgomery bus boycott, people of color can sit wherever they want on the bus—when and if one arrives. Bus operators […]

Some AC Transit Service Restored, But Funding Problems Could Return

By Matthew Roth | Nov 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

AC Transit riders took solace in the news on Tuesday that the agency plans to restore service that was cut twice this year after a labor arbitrator settled a contract dispute. Transit advocates worry, however, about the agency’s long-term solvency and have called on elected officials to develop significant revenue measures for funding buses in […]

Mandatory Switch from Muni Paper Passes to Clipper Card Begins Soon

By Matthew Roth | Oct 18, 2010 | 24 Comments

As Bay Area transit agencies transition from paper passes to the Clipper smart card, operators like the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which runs Muni, are hoping their most loyal customers take the switch in stride. To this end, the SFMTA started selling its November Muni A Fast Passes and disability Regional Transit Connection […]

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