What's Happening in Transit Policy
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AC Transit10/24 Board of Directors
General Manager report. We got quite a few new buses coming into AC Transit.
Adding Bikeways to Townsend between 3rd and 8th. It looks like they're doing something different with townsend whereas the bike path appears to be separated from the roadway by the sidewalk rather than sharing the street(at least along the caltrain railyard).
construction should be done by end of spring 2019.
The full TNC congestion report from the county Transportation Authority. Basically they do find that TNC are at least 50% responsible for the "increase" in congestion since 2010. Its fairly hard to turn that into a great talking point - congestion would still be worst without TNCs but it would be half as bad as it could have been.
Presentation on the TNC congestion. Makes a lot less sense without the people presenting on it.
Presentation on the replacement of the light rail vehicle fleet. It looks like SFMTA is trying to accelerate the delivery
Articles
Bay Area turnout is absolutely essential in nixing Prop 6 and saving funding for Caltrain, transit, and transportation, according to a new LA Times poll. According to the details of the LA Times...
The design contracts are part of a dramatic upgrade planned for the western edge of downtown San Jose that includes the Google transit-oriented development.
Ride-shares aren’t the most efficient way to move lots of people around cities.
John Haley, transit director for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, is retiring on the heels of a lawsuit alleging he sexually harassed and discriminated against his assistant, officials...
Bay Area traffic alert: It's still terrible.