Caltrain Fare Increase Hearing, Feb 2, 10 AM, San Carlos HQ
Here is the agenda item for the Caltrain Fare Increase (also known as "Change to the Codified Tariff"). Summary - no 8 ride tickets, 8 ride ticket users use their Clipper card to buy one way tickets...
View ArticleComment on Caltrain fare changes...
An anonymous commenter writes... Now the new fees have me pissed. My old dual 8-ride system is going away so I'll have to purchase a 4-zone monthly. This ups the monthly payment by $20 and yearly up...
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I have been very deeply affected by the bike/pedestrian crash at Market and Castro last week. I have spent a lot of time thinking about the accident and asking the question "How did this happen?"I use...
View ArticleChris Bucchere, the SFPD, and Matier and Ross
Someone in the SFPD has leaked info on a supposed video of the incident. "The biker is going fast and looks like he is hunched down. He hits the victim dead-on. There is never a moment where he looks...
View ArticleUrban Jungle
Nobody cares anymore. Maybe they never did, who knows. Chattanooga Street, 8:10 AM. This preferred bike route is great except at 8 AM. That's when the kids are being dropped off at school, 2 blocks...
View ArticleTime for a 48X
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View ArticleProposed Caltrain Schedule Changes
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View ArticleThe case for the Fell/Oak bike lanes
There has been some angst over the bike lane additions/improvements to Fell and Oak Street Here is why I think this project's implementation is very important On various blogs when this topic would...
View ArticleBumped off half empty caltrain...
Dear Caltrain This morning I was bumped off of train 220 with my bicycle at 4th and King and lied to by the employees working the door. They claimed the train was full of bikes. I informed the door man...
View ArticleCaltrain - 4th and King Ticket Checks
Over the last few months Caltrain has started checking tickets at the entrance door at 4th and King prior to boarding. I had seen this in the past, but usually for off peak trains. Now, they are doing...
View ArticleHow not to save time on your commute.
Today, riding along Central Expressway, at the Fair Oaks exit. Driver in White Van cuts me off from proceeding straight on Central, careening into the exit at top speed, losing perhaps 1 second they...
View ArticleCaltrain to *remove* bike racks?
That title probably woke up a few of you! It sure woke me up. On Monday I boarded Caltrain 332 at 22nd Street, along with roughly 25 other cyclists, in the Southern (or "second") bike car. I was the...
View ArticleBurlingame PD and cyclists
This has been sitting around in my inbox, and I have the need to post it for posterity. My friend Theo was right hooked by a car on Old Bayshore in Burlingame. Pretty lovely driving - Theo was at the...
View ArticleJust when you think you've seen it all..
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View ArticleLetter to Supervisor about the Transportation Sustainability Program
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View ArticleWindshield Parking Perspective
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View ArticleWhat is a "Sharrow" ?
The recent death of Diana Sullivan on King Street near 3rd in San Francisco, has brought a spotlight onto the difficulty of navigating that route. It's a route that sees a decent amount of usage as a...
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