In the first full month of electric Caltrain service, overall ridership jumped by 17%, and weekend ridership jumped by 38%. Weekend ridership has surpassed pre-pandemic…
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At Caltrain’s board meeting on Thursday September 5 (and meetings at SamTrans and VTA last week), board members grappled with the issues around regional transit…
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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…
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Caltrain, BART and other Bay Area transit agencies making progress at coordinating schedules more systematically, and the results are starting to show, with improvements at…
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In board meetings on Wednesday and Thursday this past week, the SamTrans and Caltrain boards acknowledged progress in amendments and negotiations on SB1031, the authorizing…
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A bill in the legislature this year, AB2503 (Lee), proposes to exempt rail electrification projects from the sort of delay that impacted Caltrain electrification. Back…
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At last week’s BART board budget workshop addressing the agency’s financial challenges, a number of BART board members encouraged exploring consolidation with other agencies. Board…
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In September, BART changed its schedule to be more regular throughout the day and week. The new schedule eliminates 30 minute waits on evenings and…
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Recent customer surveys of BART and Caltrain riders show similar patterns in trip purposes. For both brands, 61% of trips are work commute trips. About…
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Recent customer surveys of BART and Caltrain riders show that walking, bicycling/scootering, and public transportation account for the largest share of station access – 59%…
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