Tag: public transportation
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Why I have reservations about the Measure RR Caltrain tax (but I’m voting for it anyway)
Recently the three main counties that serve CalTrain were asked to add an additional sales tax to fund CalTrain service. This was initially rejected by […]
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Thoughts on extending the T line
With all the recent news of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, even avid readers of local news might have missed that two […]
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Angels Flight
For my last day in Los Angeles I was determined to cross a few items off my bucket list, and in order to get there […]
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Every single BART plaque I could find in San Francisco
“Always read the plaque” is the unofficial motto of one of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible. Following that advice, over the past months I’ve been […]
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Gondola ride to Salesforce Park
The term “gondola” can mean many different things. The first that comes to my mind are the boats in Venice, but here I’m talking about […]
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Getting around Denver via RTD public transit
Denver’s public transit system is called RTD (or “Regional Transportation District”… how creative) and it makes getting around the city a snap. It integrates seamlessly […]
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Riding the “L” in Chicago
The easiest and most cost effective way of traveling in Chicago when walking isn’t practical is taking the “L” trains. They’re called the “L” because […]
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Future transbay tube fantasy planning
Recently there’s been talk of building a second rail tube under the San Francisco Bay. This new tube would be larger than the existing transbay […]
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Salesforce Transit Center, opening day
After years of construction it seemed like the new Transbay Salesforce Transit Terminal Center would never open; and yet today, it finally did… sort of. […]
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Muni needs signal priority
The SFMTA recently announced some big changes to the messy intersection at Church and Duboce, which is a notorious mess for Muni Metro, the 22 […]
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