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How I Learned That Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing Perpetuates Urbanism: My First Trip with RelayRides
Posted on December 2, 2011On a recent Thursday, I had to make an early morning work trip north of the Golden Gate Bridge to the desolate transit wasteland of Marin County. Being car-free, I... -
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California’s Five Transit Hubs of the Future
Posted on December 1, 2011California is at a crossroads – will it continue down the path of car dependence, sacrificing countless acres of farmland and parks to freeway lanes and sprawl, or will it... -
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Mayoral Candidate to Charter Express Bus for Muni Metro Commuters, Except It Isn’t Very “Express”
Posted on October 27, 2011In mayoral candidate Phil Ting’s final push to court the votes of fed up transit riders, he will charter a bus to shuttle some L-Taraval commuters downtown from the Outer... -
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Recent Muni Changes Provide Blueprint for Improving Transit on a Shoestring Budget
Posted on October 21, 2011With little fanfare, Muni introduced some minor service tweaks this month to a handful of heavily-traveled routes. Most of the talk in the press has been about de-funding Muni by... -
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FTA Awards More Than $126 Million to California Transit Agencies
Posted on October 18, 2011California transit agencies were awarded more than $126 million in grants today, part of a package of more than $928.5 million announced by the Federal Transit Administration. California received the... -
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Anti-Endorsements for SF Mayor Election: Who Not To Vote For If You Care About Muni’s Future
Posted on October 17, 2011I don’t often venture into politics on this blog – I instead like to stick to the technical and more geeky aspects of California’s transportation system. But with the approaching... -
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Muni Riders to Mayoral Candidates: Implement the Damn TEP Already!
Posted on September 27, 2011It’s election season in San Francisco. Need evidence of this? Look no further than mayoral candidate Leland Yee’s proposal to give away free Fast Passes to kids or Dennis Herrera’s... -
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Free Speech and Public Transit: BART Disruption of Cell Service Reckless and Irresponsible
Posted on August 15, 2011When it comes to publicly funded mass transit, does your constitutional right to free speech stop at the fare gates? That question has been at the center of a heated... -
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SF Weekly Takes SF to LA Local Transit Challenge
Posted on June 22, 2011Writer and Friend of the Blog Joe Eskenazi recently undertook my San Francisco to Los Angeles local transit itinerary, and he has written an excellent cover feature about it in... -
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California HSR Could Reconsider Grapevine Route – Smart Way To Save Cash or Corner-Cutting?
Posted on May 4, 2011The state’s high speed rail authority is set to reconsider the option of routing California’s bullet trains over the Grapevine between Bakersfield and Los Angeles as early as Thursday. By...