Comments on: From the Horse’s Mouth

By: Shifting Funds, Shifty Priorities « Transbay Blog

Shifting Funds, Shifty Priorities « Transbay Blog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:25:26 +0000

[...] which VTA has devoted primarily to BART. It is not enough, then, that VTA plans to either downscale or indefinitely delay on its promises to construct a full portfolio of transit improvements, all in the name of bringing BART to the [...]

By: Oscar Grant protests miss the big picture « FutureOakland

Oscar Grant protests miss the big picture « FutureOakland — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:40:44 +0000

[...] County voters, and the VTA’s 2008 tax measure that took all of a month after it was approved for the transit agency to announce that it would jettison all of the local-serving projects in the t… (which won’t even go to downtown San Jose, as promised to Alameda County voters when they [...]

By: South Bay Track Map « Transbay Blog

South Bay Track Map « Transbay Blog — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:41:10 +0000

[...] lightly in gray so as to not infringe on existing track that is more boldly colored. Since VTA has formally announced its intention to pursue the BART to Silicon Valley extension at the expense of all other Santa Clara County [...]

By: SPUR

SPUR — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:01:35 +0000

does what it’s told.

SOMEbody’s got to pay for the SPUR Urban Center on Market Street, and SOMEbody’s got to pay for the metastatic staff growth of that wonderful non-profit.

If shillling full-time (and more!) for the Central Subway and BART to Santa Clara and HSR to Los Banos is that cost, well, so be it.

Face it: transportation in Northern California is screwed for the next 50 years (BART to Millbrae was just a little warm-up exercise), and SPUR, like SFCTA, like VTA, like MTC, like Pelosi and Feinstein and Newsom and all the rest of them, have chosen to be on the profitable side. Cost effective and environmentally sustainable public policy is for loser pussies!

By: Jame

Jame — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:45:12 +0000

I had a coworker once. I work in Hayward. He lived in Pleasanton. He said he wanted to move to SJ because it was closer to stuff than Pleasanton. Like closer to SF than Pleasanton is. I don’t know what planet he was referring to but we all know P-town is a lot closer to SF than SJ. My friends who live in South Bay regularly claim that SF is “closer” than East Bay points like Oakland and Berkeley. I think SJ residents (and voters) are in a delusional state where they think SF is really close, and not those 60 miles away. In their eyes, “faraway” places like Fremont, Union City and Walnut Creek have quick access to SF, and they should too. Perhaps we need to reiterate the use of the legend on the map to tell the distance?

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:49:13 +0000

Thanks, Becks, glad to hear you like the header. The Embarcadero Center lights are one of my favorite reminders of the holiday season, too.

By: Becks

Becks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:02:10 +0000

You know, the Bart to San Jose project could really use a blog of its own.

Also, I love your new header pictures! The lights bordering the buildings are my favorite part of going to San Francisco at this time of year. I wish they’d leave them up all year round.

By: ed

ed — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:19:40 +0000

i’m with you all the way on this. keep up the good work, and i’m glad you came back from hiatus to comment on this. did you see SPUR’s recent transportation article (http://www.spur.org/documents/110708_article_01.shtml) which recommended BART to SJ as IMMEDIATE action? Ugh, I expected better of SPUR.