BART is ramping up their spending from Measure RR. They know what they need done now and they're putting out RFPs for it.
SB50 is so important that BART had a special meeting about it. It is a revolutionary legislation. I hope this goes through, even if its too little too late one day it would have been shown to make a large impact.
BART presentation on legislation going through the state. There is a ton on housing, some are deliberate attempts to undercut cities from some of the methods they use to restrict housing, some about streamlining the process. I'm a bit skeptical about this office of the transportation inspector general. Chui has an interesting one that allows cities and counties to join together to fund affordable housing.
Fare Revenue review, they AC Transit actually has a remarkably good farebox recovery ratio.
6.C. Staff Report Consider approving contract award to Kimley-Horn and Associates in the amount of $546,721.00 for design...
Thats cool AC Transit is trying to improve creating a rapid network, with Telegraph Avenue
East Bay BRT is getting done, most of the south stops are done.
Strategic plan for AC Transit 2019
SFMTA really has accomplished a lot of streetscape projects
Looks like the new LRV are winners. they have some options to make but they're still trucking ahead. Hopefully they can still do the expedited track somehow for phase replacement. Seating issues appears to standout for what they need work on.
I guess after the snafu for the 24th st mission bikeshare. SFMTA got a policy for bringing new bikeshares to a community. particularly in how they will display it.
What to do about the Potrero Yard Neighborhood redevelopment, appears housing is winning out albeit what kinda housing stands out.
I think I underestimated the fire that Mayor Breed put under SFMTA. Apparently Reiskin wants to keep his job. I will note personally the west portal cross guards are crazy useful and felt like they got the train through much faster. People will blindly cross if no one stops them but if someone is there to call them out they wait their turn prioritizing the trains during commute. Disappointing they didn't do it before!
SFMTA is still trying for the accelerated phase 2 of the LRV replacement
Van Ness work is finally continuing 28% as of March. Pretty depressing how off schedule they are.
SFMTA is looking into quick-build projects as an interim solution to vision zero corridors since big updates tend to take a while to get approved in the city.
The 54 felton is looking at moving the route. Doesn't say why though
Slide Presentation PDF 4-9-19 OCSC Item 7 The SFMTA’s plans to address the influx of passengers due to the upcoming opening...
This is the plan for the chase center opening. Its going to be a clusterf- basically. They won't do anything to prioritize buses or trains but expect everyone to take transit rather than drive. Luckily the city has a reputation for high cost parking. SFMTA should work to secure streets for the light rail and buses.
Mission Street Excelsior safety project is next.
Rather amazing. Caltrain might be one of the few agencies in the Bay area that can get projects done with diginity.
Caltrain has been doing well
Highlights how good cyclists are at organizing to push an agenda. They need more space for bikes with the EMUs and they're trying to get it.
Caltrain is trying to figure out how they could use its land for other options. They don't have much compared to BART but they do have some parcels. What they should look into is seeing if they can do anything about air rights
Biking works for Caltrain. They have the most bikes on average in the country. but its a complication to support too, particularly as their trains are often packed and ridership somehow continues to be on the rise for them.
VTA is really focusing on speeding up their transit operations. They seemed to blocked by the problem that its up to cities to decide on transit {sigh}
Horizon looked into multiple possibilities of the future for housing in the bay area.
All the bills that MTC is going to be looking at. This is going to be a fun year as the Democrats have a 2/3rd majority AND a governor that "supposedly" wants to get things done. Its been several months already... he's no Jerry Brown at capturing news headlines making big moves yet.
19-0164 06 TSP Update.pdf Transit Sustainability Project (TSP) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Transit Ridership...
UCLA did a transit ridership study for MTC. Basically many of MTC's investments have worked but overall things have gone out of the control that a little bit of money can fix. congestion has increased far beyond
MTC is starting to look into planning for Plan Bay Area 2050.
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