Each year, over 6,000 people are killed in America by cars while walking and 850 are killed while biking. Another 76,000 pedestrians and 47,000 people on bikes are injured by cars. Our roads are deadly places and communities of color are disproportionately affected by traffic violence. At the same time, carceral solutions both have failed […]
Caltrain starts a soft launch of electric train service tomorrow, August 11. A few electric trains will be in service tomorrow, interspersed with the old diesel trains and still running the current service. Caltrain isn’t announcing which trains will be electric during the soft launch period. More electric trains will be added in incrementally, and
Electrifying the Capitol Corridor would enable fast, frequent travel between the South Bay, East Bay and Sacramento. It would connect the economic and political capitals of Northern California– but powerful interests are pushing unproven hydrogen trains technology that could instead lock in poor train service for decades. The Capitol Corridor is the spine of Northern
For Pride Month, the Transbay Coalition was thrilled to partner with Queer Silicon Valley and Liveable Sunnyvale for a special happy hour celebrating the theme of inclusion & solidarity: \”Everyone on the bus, no one under it.\” Advocates from around the Bay came out to “Off The Rail Brewing” on the car-free outdoor plaza on
Transportation is all about bringing people together and so for this “Star Wars Day,” the Transbay Coalition was delighted to host our “May the 4th Happy Hour! ‘Episode 1: A Hayward Awakens’” Folks from around the Bay Area came out to the World Famous Turf Club in downtown Hayward to chat all things transit. For
In March 2024, the AC Transit Board of Directors scheduled a vote on a proposal to raise bus fares for riders by 20% over two years. Raising bus fares burdens low-income riders who have no other transportation option. Higher fares also push more people to choose to drive, increasing congestion and emissions. Recognizing these issues
In Spring 2024, Transbay Coalition led a successful campaign to get weekend evening bus service restored to the Broadway Corridor in downtown Oakland. Months ago AC Transit enacted a “temporary” weekend evening service detoured from Broadway between 14th and 20th. It inconvenienced riders, slowed Oakland’s downtown recovery, and made transit a less useful option for
On Thursday, April 6, the Caltrain board will consider the budget challenges created by pandemic-induced ridership declines. Caltrain can fend off an immediate fiscal cliff because of state funding to complete electrification construction. But with persistently low ridership and depressed fare revenue caused by a decline in white collar commuting – Caltrain’s previous business model
At long last, the Bay Bridge Bus Bill AB 455 (Wicks, Wiener), is coming to a vote in the Senate Transportation Committee this Tuesday, June 14th! Although the bill passed the Assembly in 2021, it got held up in committee and its fate was uncertain. But after much collaboration between the Transbay Coalition, the Assemblymember’s
Want a bus-only lane on the Bay Bridge? Bus lanes and bus speedups where you travel? Stopping freeway expansion and making highways better for buses and bikes around the region? BART to Silicon Valley? Making transportation around the Bay Area Seamless? Want to learn the latest about and get involved with these campaigns and other
Thursday August 16 at a meeting starting at 9am, the Golden Gate Bridge transportation committee (where the important transit decisions are made) will be discussing a feasibility study for part-time transit lanes on 101, between the San Rafael transit center and San Marin Drive in Novato. Bus lanes are important to make transit faster and
In April, the city of Mountain View started work on reversible transit lanes on Shoreline that will speed the route for buses connecting the downtown transit center to the North Bayshore area where Google is headquartered. The first steps are tree removal and utility relocation this spring and summer; the project, with a price tag
BIG NEWS! Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Buffy Wicks and Senator Scott Wiener have introduced the Bay Bridge Fast Forward Program. PLEASE SIGN HERE TO ASK THE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR TO SUPPORT THE BILL. The bill establishes minimum bus speed and reliability targets for the Bay Bridge and its approaches and authorizes a bus and very-high-occupancy-vehicle
Wrestling with budget challenges and ridership declines, VTA has zeroed in the core strategy of speeding up buses and trains, which have slowed dramatically over the last two decades. Speeding transit can increase ridership by providing more competitive service and reduce costs by allowing more transit to be run with the same amount of funding.
Transit ridership has been steeply down with many people traveling less in the pandemic. There are opportunities to make transit better to bring riders back and ensure that transit can thrive in the future. VTA has a FAST Transit program looking at options to speed transit. For this week’s SFMTA board meeting, the agency posted
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is changing the controversial proposal to require 60% of office employees to work from home to a requirement that 60% of employees avoid driving to work. The change provides much more flexibility to support the use of transit, walking, and bicycling in addition to telework, while reducing driving miles and climate
Imagine a quick and reliable ride between the East Bay and San Francisco. Imagine healthier air and a reduction in carbon emissions. We want to turn that imagination into a reality. Will you join us?
