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Eric
Even-Kheeled Thoughts
Despite the most recent furor about eliminating all fares on San Francisco Muni, the Chronicle recently reported the completely unsurprising result that fare-free Muni would be, to say the least, a poor idea. The faulty underlying supposition was that in light of the fare evasion problem, Muni might not be collecting much more money in … Continue reading
BRT in Action
BRT in action. Naysayers who claim that building dedicated BRT lanes will only increase traffic without removing cars off the road need look no further than Bogotá, Colombia, to see the difference that cost-effective but well-planned transit investments can make. TransMilenio, Bogotá’s BRT system, on average moves over twice as fast as Muni and carries … Continue reading
The True Cost of Driving
A post at The Capricious Commuter, a blog that Erik Nelson writes for Inside Bay Area, discusses how although we seem to keep good track of how much it costs to build, improve, and subsidize transit, the mathematics that covers those equivalent costs for automobiles, roads, and parking is far less clearly tabulated. The result … Continue reading
Filling in Taylor Street
Filling in Taylor Street. The Business Times reports today that the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. is taking on another fairly high-profile low-income housing project, having acquired the 22,000-square foot surface parking lot at the corner of Taylor and Eddy Streets. The TNDC plans to build a project very much in the mold of their project … Continue reading
A Ferry for Oyster Point
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transit Authority dreams of a bright day in the future when many points all around the Bay will be accessible via an expanded ferry network that would carry many more passengers, make more effective connections to buses and rail, and generally be regarded as a serious alternative to … Continue reading
Trying Out Rear Boarding
Trying out rear boarding. I wish I knew how long I’ve been saying that Muni should rethink its official prohibition of rear boarding on buses, and pronto; if I had a dime each time that I’ve mentioned it over the years, why, I might even be earning as much money as Nathaniel Ford by now. … Continue reading
And We’re Back!
As promised, Transbay Blog is now back up and running with the new design, ahead of schedule. Thanks for your patience during the weekend. I tried it out on different browsers, and all looked to be in order, but if you notice anything strange, please write in. You’ve probably also noticed that the site now … Continue reading
Weekend Service Updates… for the Blog
That’s right, not transit service updates, but blog updates. I’m going to be doing some upgrades to this blog over the weekend. Like the past two years of weeknight Muni Metro service, the site won’t be completely shut down, but let’s just say we’ll be running bus substitution instead of trains — there will be … Continue reading
The New VTA
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), the agency which operates buses and light rail in the South Bay and the southern reaches of the Peninsula, has traditionally organized itself according to the principle that bus routes should cover a reasonably comprehensive geographic area, so that given enough time, an individual can essentially travel to most … Continue reading
Altamont Bypassed
This is a post I started to write a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, a couple weeks of illness and the general pandemonium of the holidays prevented me from finishing it in a timely fashion, but better late than never, right? Somehow, this blog has been running for a few months now, with barely a single … Continue reading
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