What's Happening in Transit Policy

During Covid, a majority of riders are travelling for essential healthcare trips and other essential jobs, according to new data shared at the last Caltrain board meeting.  Half of all trips...

MTC Commissioners have voted to support Measure RR, the one-eighth-cent sales tax to provide funding for Caltrain that will be considered by voters in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties...

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SMART announced Monday that Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) has issued an AA rating on its proposed refinancing of its construction debt through the issuance of Green bonds....

The federal government spends big money on transportation, but states and localities spend even more—and make the planning choices....

To ensure that BART is on the strongest fiscal footing possible, the agency has developed a 7-point plan with steps to reduce costs to address anticipated short-term and long-term deficits.While...

A sparkling, new shoreline public park near the Bay Bridge in Oakland was dedicated Wednesday, the project brought to fruition with help from the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA).The Judge...

SB 288 will add a number of climate-friendly infrastructure projects to CEQA exemption list

Absent thus far during the pandemic, Muni fare operators will be back on buses as early as October with a “reimagined” approach to fare enforcement that focuses on compliance first rather...

Financial forecast bleak, with a $32 million operating budget deficit expected this fiscal year

Temporary transit-only lanes are complete. Will faster, less crowded Muni service follow?

The cases hinges on whether the $1 toll increase is considered a tax or a fee — the same issue is at play in a case involving garbage collection in Oakland.

Even as jersey barriers line one of the city’s major boulevards, and open traffic lanes shift from week to week and block to block, officials say the final phase of the $309 million project has...