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Archive for May, 2006

AC Transit and the reverse commute thing

Wow. I had no idea how incredibly Byzantine our transportation funding system could be until I had a sit-down with Randy “The Man” Rentschler at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

You know that federal program that was supposed to fund reverse commuting? Well, a reverse commute is what lower-income folks often do to get to service-oriented jobs in the suburbs.

It all goes back to that nagging equity issue, over which a group of bus-rider advocates is suing the MTC in federal court.

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Posted on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Under: AC Transit, BART, Buses, Funding, transit equity | No Comments »

motoring pain vs. transit pleasure

Posted on Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
Under: Transit vs. driving | 2 Comments »

memorial day for whom?

Posted on Friday, May 26th, 2006
Under: Safety | No Comments »

The Man responds

Posted on Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Under: BART, Buses, Caltrain, transit equity | 2 Comments »

A little background, please

Posted on Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Under: AC Transit, BART, Buses, Caltrain, transit equity | No Comments »

rubber revolution

Posted on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Under: AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, transit equity | 4 Comments »

delay is in the details

Posted on Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Under: BART | 1 Comment »

putting on bikeface

Posted on Friday, May 19th, 2006
Under: Bicycling, connectivity | 4 Comments »

coming to Santa Clara: rail transit to East Bay

Posted on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Under: Capitol Corridor (Amtrak) | 1 Comment »

kneel to the commuting gods!

Posted on Monday, May 15th, 2006
Under: Bicycling | 4 Comments »