Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Public Transportation

L.A. Metro Considers Left-Side Bus Boarding for Bus Rapid Transit Lines

By Joe Linton | Dec 7, 2020 | No Comments

Left-side boarding would give Metro greater flexibility in planning for new high-profile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines, including Vermont Avenue, North San Fernando Valley, and North Hollywood to Pasadena.

Can Parking Proceeds Close Muni Budget Hole?

By Roger Rudick | Dec 2, 2020 | No Comments

Suggestions from advocates for closing a $68 million SFMTA deficit

Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station: How It Is Today and How It Got There

By Dana Gabbard | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

Over time, the "Ramirez Flyover" morphed into to the newly-opened busway station. Meanwhile complications and delays caused the long delayed project's budget to swell from $17M to $51M

Myth-Buster: Uber and Lyft Aren’t Addressing Transit Deserts

By John Greenfield | Nov 25, 2020 | No Comments

Most Uber and Lyft trips aren't bolstering transportation options in transit deserts, but are being taken in majority White and more affluent neighborhoods, a new study out of Chicago reveals.

Lessons from Measure RR for a 2022 Regional Ballot Measure

By Damien Newton | Nov 24, 2020 | No Comments

"So, the lessons from Measure RR are that public agency led vision and outreach, multiple stakeholders working together with a public owner and broad coalition working to get the measure passed are going to work best to get measures passed."

Study: Free Transit Doesn’t Reduce Driving — But Does Increase Local Business Support

By Kea Wilson | Nov 24, 2020 | No Comments

A new study finds that commuters with access to free public transportation don't drive any less — but they do take more leisure and shopping trips than those who have to pay their own fare, which could help provide local economies with the cash they need to provide a broader range of social services over time.

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