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Archive for April, 2007

one down, 47 to go?

There, now. That didn’t hurt a bit, did it?

Now all everybody has to do is rinse and repeat until Caltrans says we can start our engines again.

In the meantime, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is wrangling local transit agencies and the Federal Highway Administration to figure out what kind of extra services will be needed to get us through this mess for the next month or so.

“We need to make sure that the service that we’re putting out on the street is Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Monday, April 30th, 2007
Under: BART, Buses, Caltrans, Fare systems, Freeway collapse, Freeways, Funding, Safety, Transit vs. driving, driving, ferries, rail | No Comments »

so much for the carrot …

Posted on Monday, April 30th, 2007
Under: BART, Buses, Environment, Freeway collapse, Freeways, Funding, Safety, driving, ferries, rail | 1 Comment »

spare the hair day

Posted on Monday, April 30th, 2007
Under: BART, Buses, Environment, Freeway collapse, Freeways, Funding, Safety, Smart Lanes, Transit vs. driving, driving, ferries, parking, rail, tolls | 2 Comments »

seismic safety: a laugh riot

Posted on Friday, April 27th, 2007
Under: Bay Bridge, Caltrans, Freeways, Funding, Retrofitting, Safety | 1 Comment »

Commuter Check checked?

Posted on Friday, April 27th, 2007
Under: Bicycling, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Environment, Fare systems, Funding, Transit vs. driving | 3 Comments »

elasticity conversion point

Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Under: Environment, Transit vs. driving, driving | 11 Comments »

save Planet Earth; read a book

Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Under: Environment, Transit vs. driving, driving | 6 Comments »

The great train mugging

Posted on Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Under: Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Safety, Security, rail | 4 Comments »

An apology to Scott Haggerty

Posted on Friday, April 13th, 2007
Under: Funding | 1 Comment »

so dees is vat dey do on pahblic trraansit?

Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Under: Buses, Environment, Funding, driving, rail | 2 Comments »