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Early version of possible Purple Line Subway alignments studied through Beverly Hills. Image via Metro

Beverly Hills School District Files New Lawsuit Against Purple Line Subway

By Joe Linton | Jan 30, 2018 | No Comments

Last week the Beverly Hills School District filed a new lawsuit against the FTA and Metro again aimed at preventing the Purple Line from tunneling below Beverly Hills High School.

Madera added a new bus route to the local community college

Madera Adds Bus Route for Community College Students

By Minerva Perez | Jan 19, 2018 | No Comments

Madera and Oakhurst Community College is located about five miles out of town in any direction. Some students were being dropped off as early as 6 a.m., or using dial-a-ride services to get to class.

In an effort to speed up buses between the Mission and Mission Bay, plans are in place to make 16th street a transit-priority street--but so far, there's little to show for the effort. Photo: SFMTA

What’s going on with SFMTA’s 16th Street Transit Improvement Project?

By Roger Rudick | Dec 22, 2017 | No Comments

Launched in 2015, there's still little to show for it--except the creation of a dangerous 'bike corridor' on 17th to get bikes off 16th

The Yerba Buena Station Box of the Central Subway. More revenue will be needed to further address the Bay Area's transit needs. But will voters support it? Photo: SFMTA

Poll Shows S.F.Voters Support Transit Tax, but Two-thirds Threshold May Be Elusive

By Roger Rudick | Dec 21, 2017 | No Comments

More than seven in ten likely voters in San Francisco said there was a “great need” or “some need” for transportation improvements, according to a new poll commissioned by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.

Annual transit trips in Seattle, where trains and buses are absorbing just about all the growth in travel. Chart: Seattle DOT

Seattle Adds People Without Adding Traffic

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 19, 2017 | No Comments

Seattle is showing other American cities how transit can help a growing population get around without an increase in car traffic.

The horror. Photo: Pacific Coast Highway/Wikimedia Commons

Elon Musk Is Wrong. The Only Way to Save City Transport Is to Share Large Vehicles With Other People.

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 19, 2017 | No Comments

One man's genius can't change the geometric facts of cities.

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