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Fate of Caltrain Electrification Hangs on Trump’s Budget

By Damien Newton | Apr 26, 2017 | 10 Comments

There will be many news stories generated by the announcement of the details of President Donald Trump's proposed budget next month. In advance of the announcement, the campaign to preserve funding for the electrification of Caltrain is working with advocates around the state and country to preserve a nearly $650 million grant agreement scuttled by the Trump Administration in February.

Op-ed: We Need Police Visibility on Muni

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 25, 2017 | 13 Comments

Over the weekend, 40 to 60 teenagers swarmed a BART station and train, robbing seven people. The story grabbed the headlines because it was so out of the ordinary. But several disturbing crimes have also hit Muni over the last few months. At 9:40 p.m. on April 12, a mob of about 10 teenagers beat […]

Power Outage Open Thread

By Roger Rudick | Apr 21, 2017 | 1 Comment

San Francisco was hit by a major power outage Friday that impacted Muni bus services and temporarily closed the Montgomery Street BART station. Traffic in downtown was snarled into the evening thanks to traffic lights in various locations that were flashing red. According to a BART advisory at the time of this post, the Montgomery […]

Katherine Roberts at last night's Bike Coalition meeting. Photo: Streetsblog

N-Judah Incident Highlights Need to Examine Muni Bike Ban

By Roger Rudick | Apr 20, 2017 | 81 Comments

Katherine Roberts was biking home to the Haight from a Passover Seder in the Dogpatch at 11:30 on April 11. It was raining heavily. She got to Church and Duboce and slowed to let an outbound N-Judah pass. When she started to pedal again, the wheel of her folding bike slipped and got caught by […]

Rachel Hyden, inaugural Executive Director of the San Francisco Transit Riders. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Q&A with Rachel Hyden, San Francisco Transit Riders’ New Executive Director

By Roger Rudick | Apr 18, 2017 | 2 Comments

The San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) has hired its first Executive Director, Rachel Hyden. “We did a thorough search…and interviewed many good people,” said Thea Selby, SFTR chair, in the official announcement made last week. “Hiring Executive Director Hyden means that we have the capacity to reach out to more diverse riders around the city and be […]

A rendering of the downtown extension of Caltrain. Image: Transbay Authority

Downtown Extension Finally Moves Forward

By Roger Rudick | Apr 11, 2017 | 22 Comments

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA) Board authorized $5.5 million in Prop K funds for the downtown extension rail tunnel (DTX) project that will one day connect Caltrain's mainline to the Transbay Terminal.

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