Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Caltrain

A Straighter Extension of Caltrain/HSR Into Downtown SF: Is It Worth It?

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 27, 2013 | 18 Comments

By 2029, San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center — which has been called the “Grand Central of the West” — will allow people to hop on an electrified Caltrain to San Jose and high-speed rail down to Southern California from the same platform. That’s the vision, at least, of planners working on the extension of Caltrain […]

SPUR Urges City to Reap the Benefits of Removing Highway 280

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 17, 2013 | 7 Comments

Taking down the northern spur of highway 280 is the cover story in the latest issue of the Urbanist, the SF Planning and Urban Research Association’s member magazine. SPUR makes the case that if San Francisco is to reap the full benefits of moving Caltrain and high-speed rail underground and re-developing the Caltrain yard at 4th […]

Maker Faire: A Model for Encouraging Car-Free Transportation to Big Events

By Andrew Boone | May 24, 2013 | 6 Comments

The runaway success of Maker Faire, the annual San Mateo festival that celebrates do-it-yourself technology and crafts, has led organizers to get creative in encouraging attendees to come without a car and avert a traffic mess. Since Maker Faire’s debuted in 2006, organizers have developed a model program for managing traffic demand for the growing number of attendees […]

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

City Hall Pushes Caltrain to Move the 4th/King Railyard

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 8, 2013 | 35 Comments

The various public agencies shaping the plan to bring high-speed rail into downtown San Francisco disagree on what should be done with the Caltrain railyard at the 4th and King Street station. Officials from San Francisco’s Planning Department and Mayor’s Office say it’s time for the railyard — along with the northern spur of the […]

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Mayor’s Transpo Chief: “Let’s Be San Francisco and Take Down the Freeway”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 11, 2013 | 186 Comments

The idea of removing the northern section of Highway 280 near Mission Bay is gaining more traction as planners look for ideal ways to usher in high-speed rail and transit-oriented development in downtown San Francisco. At a SPUR forum yesterday, Mayor Ed Lee’s transportation policy director, Gillian Gillett, sketched out a proposal to follow in the […]

Remembering Ellen Fletcher, Palo Alto’s Pioneer Bicycle Advocate

By Richard Masoner | Nov 8, 2012 | 6 Comments

Cross-posted from Cyclelicious. Holocaust survivor, PTA mom, city council member, and bike advocate Ellen Fletcher succumbed yesterday at age 83 to lung cancer at her Palo Alto home. Ellen escaped Berlin as a Jewish child on the Kindertransport trains and spent her teen years as a refugee in World War II London, where she biked to her […]

Show More Stories