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Paris to London in Two Hours
Well, not exactly two hours, but pretty darn close. Last week, on September 4, a Eurostar train zipped from Gare du Nord station in Paris, sped underneath the English Channel, and finally ended at St. Pancras in London — a 306 mile-long route — in just 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 39 seconds, drawing these … Continue reading
Stopping this New Start
The Overhead Wire has a great post up about some mischief lurking in the halls of Congress concerning funding for transit projects around the nation. Currently, the New and Small Starts program provides funding for fixed guideway transit — rail projects, but now also bus rapid transit. However, the Federal Transit Administration has issued a … Continue reading
Happy 35th Birthday to BART
Over the course of the past few years, the date September 11 has come to carry weighty and emotional connotations, but long-time residents of the Bay Area might remember September 11 for a completely different reason — namely, the BART system’s first day of passenger service. Since BART’s opening year was 1972, that would make … Continue reading
Jury Selects the Pelli Transbay Design
The word is finally out: of the three designs submitted to the competition deciding which architect/developer team will build the new Transbay Transit Center and its associated signature tower, the jury has selected the Pelli Clarke Pelli design. The Pelli design was ranked as the best choice by every juror. The next favorite design was … Continue reading
Construction Progress: 9-10-2007
This is the first in a new series of posts that will depict the construction progress of new projects in the Bay Area. In general, I’ll stick to high-rise or major mid-rise developments, as well as more unique projects — for example, museums, theaters, or otherwise notable cultural buildings. Why would I ever want to … Continue reading
Architecture and the City
I just realized I should have posted about this before September 1. Sorry I’m a little late… but better late than never, right? The American Institute of Architects is doing an awesome month-long schedule of lectures and events called “Architecture and the City”, all devoted to various issues in urban design and architecture, mostly in … Continue reading
All-Night BART Highlights the Need for Track Expansion
In an article from a couple days ago, the Chronicle combines various anecdotes from late-night party people, workers, and station agents, all showing a generally high level of enthusiasm for the 24-hour service BART ran while the Bay Bridge was shut down this past weekend — enthusiasm supported by the fact that BART achieved all-time … Continue reading
3D Model Video of 181 Fremont and Transbay
UPDATE (September 7, 2007): For some reason, the YouTube clip mentioned in this post, and another similar clip by the same user, have both been removed from YouTube, just a short couple of days after they were first posted. It’s a shame they have been removed so soon, but I can only hope it is … Continue reading
New Tower Proposed for 181 Fremont
Yep, that’s right. Yet another tower proposed for the Transbay district in downtown San Francisco. This story is not brand new, as it was actually printed in last Friday’s Business Times, but I refrained from posting about it, in order to keep the Bay Bridge-related transit updates at the top of the page through the … Continue reading
BART Shatters Previous Ridership Records
BART trains were indeed quite crowded this weekend, as the 3-day closure of the Bay Bridge made BART the fastest and most convenient way to cross the bay, and the numbers are now in to prove it. Throughout the weekend, BART broke all previous records and set its all-time ridership highs. This weekend, there were … Continue reading
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