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Archive for March, 2007

what to do with $12.7 billion

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I’ve pretty well covered what Gov. Schwarzenegger is doing with public transportation funding in next year’s (starting in July) state budget, so I won’t re-hash that here.

The question I’m going to nibble at, after enduring six hours of legislative budget subcommittee meetings this week, is what’s going on with the rest of the state’s normal transportation budget.

I’m not talking about the $20 billion Prop 1B transportation bond, which I’ve also spilt considerable ink over. That’s separate, or at least it was until the governor’s fiance people decided to snag Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Friday, March 30th, 2007
Under: Bay Bridge, Caltrans, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Freeways, Funding, Retrofitting, Safety, Transit vs. driving, driving, rail | No Comments »

Union Pacific: All fired up

Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Under: Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Funding, Safety, rail | No Comments »

BART ticket: $1.40. Roads: Priceless.

Posted on Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Under: Freeways, Funding, Smart Lanes, Transit vs. driving, driving, tolls | 3 Comments »

train times at Jack London Square

Posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Under: BART, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), rail | 4 Comments »

10 things I learned in a year by the Bay

Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Under: 511, AC Transit, BART, Bay Bridge, Buses, Caltrain, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Carpooling, Environment, Fare systems, Freeways, Funding, Retrofitting, Safety, Transit vs. driving, connectivity, driving, ferries, parking, rail, tolls, transit equity | 1 Comment »

YouTube for our tube

Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2007
Under: BART, art | 1 Comment »

burning desire for the Capitol Corridor

Posted on Friday, March 16th, 2007
Under: Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), rail | 2 Comments »

there’s art, and there’s BART art

Posted on Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Under: BART, art | 2 Comments »

1.47 gallons for public transit

Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Under: BART, Bay Bridge, Buses, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Carpooling, Environment, Transit vs. driving, connectivity, driving, parking, rail | 3 Comments »

touching a nerve along the I-580 slow lane

Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2007
Under: Freeways, Funding, Planning, Smart Lanes, driving, tolls | No Comments »