Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Caltrain

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Caltrain Approves Increased Fares, Votes to Keep Warm Planet Bikes Open

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 1, 2012 | 13 Comments

The Caltrain Board of Directors today approved an expenditure of $50,000 to support Warm Planet Bikes, according to the agency’s Twitter feed. That influx is expected to keep the bike parking and repair shop open until the agency renews its contract with Warm Planet or another operator in six to eight months. The facility parks up […]

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Caltrain’s Warm Planet Bike Station in Jeopardy

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 25, 2012 | 37 Comments

Warm Planet Bikes has provided more and more Caltrain commuters a secure place to park their bikes at the Fourth and King Street Station in downtown San Francisco in recent years. But the shop could soon shut down without continued support from the public transportation agencies it relies on. Though Caltrain is developing an agreement to support […]

Advocates: Caltrain Needs to Address Challenges for Cyclists at SF Station

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 30, 2011 | 18 Comments

San Francisco police returned to the Caltrain station at 4th, King and Townsend streets this morning to warn bike commuters not to ride on the sidewalk one day after a sting that resulted in a number of citations for people on bikes. Bike advocates complained, however, that Caltrain has known for years the station presents […]

SFPD’s Selective Enforcement of Bike Commuters at Caltrain Station

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 29, 2011 | 67 Comments

A number of Streetsblog readers are reporting that officers from the San Francisco Police Department were ticketing bicyclists riding on the sidewalk near the Caltrain station at 4th and King this morning. But they were not ticketing any of the drivers blocking the bike lane, which forces many bicyclists onto the sidewalk. Bike commuter Jean […]

Caltrain Increases Bike Capacity to Two Cars on Every Train

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 1, 2011 | 13 Comments

Six months ahead of schedule, Caltrain announced today it has increased its bicycle capacity to two cars on every train. The move is expected to provide some relief to the many Caltrain riders who bike and are routinely bumped from trains when the bike cars are full. “This is going to make a huge difference […]

Caltrain Board Approves Controversial Full Service Budget Plan

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 21, 2011 | 12 Comments

Caltrain may have averted a disaster of year-long service cuts. The Caltrain Joint Powers Board voted 5-3 today to approve a budget plan that would retain all of the system’s service for the coming fiscal year, granted partnering agencies vote to increase their annual funding contributions. Board members and advocates praised the plan, which would […]

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