Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Caltrain

Clipper Card Upgrade Could Bring Seamless Regional Travel, Or Not

By Andrew Boone | May 13, 2014 | 55 Comments

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will soon renew its contract for Clipper, the Bay Area’s “all-in-one transit card.” Transit advocates are urging MTC to use the opportunity to create a more seamless fare system, and remove barriers that could allow Clipper payments on both the region’s transit agencies and “first-and-last-mile” trip services. Transit riders can currently […]

Longer Trains May Be No Match for Growing Caltrain Crowds

By Andrew Boone | Apr 3, 2014 | 108 Comments

Caltrain’s rush hour trains have never been more crowded, which isn’t just uncomfortable for riders — it also discourages potential commuters who instead drive along Peninsula highways, and makes rides more difficult for elderly passengers and riders with disabilities. Commuters could see some relief in 2015, when Caltrain plans to extend the length of some of […]

Transit Researchers Want Your Videos of Tech Shuttles at Muni Stops

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 3, 2014 | 94 Comments

The public debate about the proliferation of tech shuttles, and the fees they should pay to use Muni stops, has thus far been driven more by emotion than by data and empirical analysis. But two city planning researchers at UC Berkeley are looking to change that by studying crowdsourced videos of private shuttles in bus zones, […]

Caltrain Wants Level Boarding — These Are the Hurdles That Remain

By Andrew Boone | Nov 8, 2013 | 38 Comments

As Caltrain celebrates 150 years of continuous passenger rail service between San Francisco and San Jose this year, transit planners are finally preparing to modernize the service by converting from diesel to electric trains. This transition, which Caltrain aims to complete by 2019, will reduce travel times for passengers because electric trains can accelerate and […]

San Mateo County Supes Vote to Fund Bike/Ped Coordinator, SamTrans

By Andrew Boone | Jul 26, 2013 | 25 Comments

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve $10 million to boost SamTrans service and $156,000 to create a new full-time bicycle and pedestrian coordinator position over the next two years. The funds come from Measure A, a ten-year, half-cent sales tax approved by voters last November, which is expected to generate $64 […]

On the Peninsula, Demand Could Overwhelm Limited Bike-Share Launch

By Andrew Boone | Jul 18, 2013 | 17 Comments

All the way down the Peninsula, excitement around the pilot launch of Bay Area Bike Share comes tempered with a dose of concern about the small number of bikes that will be clustered around Caltrain stations in five cities. Bay Area Bike Share’s meager scale at the time it launches is sure to limit its usefulness. […]

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