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My New Jersey Transit train from Oakland to Bakersfield. Photo: Rudick/Streetsblog

California’s Antique Trains

By Roger Rudick | Aug 22, 2017 | No Comments

Last week I took the train from Oakland to Bakersfield, where I transferred to a bus to get to Los Angeles. At eight hours, that's the fastest Amtrak route between the two cities. And the train was packed.

Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty and Caltrans District 4 Director Bijan Sartripi, from right, check out the bike/pedestrian path on the eastern span of the Oakland Bay Bridge. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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A Multimodal Field Trip in Honor of CA’s New Bike and Pedestrian Plan

By Melanie Curry | May 26, 2017 | 5 Comments

Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty was joined by Caltrans staff to mark the release of Caltrans' new statewide bike and pedestrian plan with a multimodal field trip: a train ride from Sacramento to Emeryville, and from there a bike ride on the Alex Zuckerman Bicycle/Pedestrian Path along the Oakland Bay Bridge to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.

Dreaming of the Night Train: Sleeping from LA to the Bay Area

By Roger Rudick | Oct 14, 2015 | 23 Comments

Like many Californians, I travel regularly between Los Angeles and San Francisco, often taking an early morning flight. The crack-of-dawn wake up, the airport traffic, and the security pat-downs and delays are exhausting. Wouldn’t it be nicer just to crawl into bed in L.A. the night before and wake up in the Bay Area? During […]