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Archive for January, 2007

Van who?

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I must admit, I have not darkened the door of the AC Transit Board of Directors like a good transportation writer should. It’s hard enough to get worked up over BART’s august body of decision-makers, and they represent three of the Bay Area’s most crowded counties.

But I got an e-mail saying that perhaps 100 people were going to show up today to head off what ended up to be a unanimous decision to authorize a plan to purchase a fleet of new Van Hool buses.

Yes, Van Hool. They’re built in Belgium, and AC Transit staff make regular Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Under: AC Transit, Buses, Funding, Safety, transit equity | 37 Comments »

bonding with our country cousins

Posted on Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Under: Freeways, Funding, Planning | No Comments »

your sales tax dollars at work

Posted on Friday, January 26th, 2007
Under: BART, Bicycling, Funding | 19 Comments »

the path to transit equity rolls both ways

Posted on Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Under: Buses, rail, transit equity | 8 Comments »

our relationship, with the car

Posted on Friday, January 19th, 2007
Under: driving | 5 Comments »

timing is everything. tick … tick … tick …

Posted on Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Under: Safety, Security | 7 Comments »

excuse me while I contaminate your airspace

Posted on Friday, January 12th, 2007
Under: AC Transit, Transit vs. driving | No Comments »

another year without TransLink

Posted on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Under: AC Transit, BART, Buses, Fare systems, technology | 21 Comments »