on 2018/05/10 by andy, [Uncategorized]

These days, many major transportation structure like tunnels and bridges have bicycle and pedestrian paths built in to provide access to active transportation modes, whether it is for transportation or recreational purposes. But in previous decades, planners didn’t include them because they weren’t considered to be serious transportation. While it is relatively inexpensive to include […]

on 2018/04/03 by andy, [Bay Area]

BART’s only standard gauge line between Pittsburg and Antioch is set to open sometime in May of this year. Given my long time advocacy (2 decades!) for standard rail over BART this is the only BART extension that I look forward to. For many decades, there’s been a struggle between expanding BART versus expanding a […]

on 2018/03/23 by andy, [Uncategorized]

About 10 years ago, Transit Unlimited Wiki was born. In 2008: While the Bay Area has many transportation alternatives, it is often hard to figure out what options there are and how to use them. It can be especially confusing for new and infrequent riders and visitors on vacation or business. The goal of this […]

on 2018/02/13 by andy, [Uncategorized]

Recently there’s a dangerous trend where car drivers intrude onto the rail right of way. In many cases, the car simply got stuck on the track and trains were held while waiting for the tow truck to remove the vehicle. In other cases, the train hit the unoccupied vehicle. Either way, trains were delayed and […]

on 2017/12/05 by andy, [Uncategorized]

For almost 20 years, I have been looking at the issues with passenger rail between the East Bay, San Jose, and on the Peninsula. In the late 90s, before the focus towards extending BART south of Fremont, there were various ideas of building a rail connection via commuter trains. There were 3 existing rail corridors […]

on 2017/11/03 by andy, [Wiki updates]

transit.wiki or transitunlimited.org has been up for almost 10 years highlighting transit routes and locations served by transit. Originally the wiki covered the San Francisco Bay Area agencies but it has been expanded to cover the entire western US. My hope is that it would cover the entire US someday. One of the challenges with […]

on 2017/09/29 by andy, [Uncategorized]

This is what VTA telling Sharks fan this season: VTA will no longer offer direct service to or from Santa Teresa light rail station to San Fernando and Diridon Station for special events and games at SAP. In June the VTA Board of Directors adopted a Special Events Policy for event venues to reimburse VTA […]

on 2017/09/12 by andy, [Uncategorized]

In August, SamTrans released a Facebook funded study of the Dumbarton Transportation Corridor. This study was a follow up to the rail project on the same corridor which was canceled due to lack of funding. This study proposes various improvements on the highway corridor to speed up high occupancy vehicle traffic and buses, as well […]

on 2017/09/12 by andy, [Uncategorized]

This is a response to comments made by SamTrans board members at its board meeting in April. Considering the suburban environment and the desire for more transportation options, there seems to be an interest by transit agencies in leveraging Transportatation Networking Companies. While I support the concept of having more transportation choices, I am also concerned […]

on 2016/03/15 by andy, [Uncategorized]

Late last year, VTA hired a star transit consultant Jarrett Walker (also is one of the founders of BayRail Alliance, when it was known as Peninsula Rail 2000) to review the bus network at VTA in hopes to increase transit ridership. Recently Walker released a report and challenged conventional wisdoms. This blog briefly summarized the report’s findings […]