A new analysis warns that Canada’s major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a “downward spiral” unless major new streams of operating revenue open up. In a report published in late May, Leading Mobility Canada said the $120-billion in expansions planned for those transit systems … Read more
The future of transportation arrived in Walnut Creek’s Rossmoor senior community with the recent launch of two cute-looking, shared autonomous vehicles called Presto that look like something out of Disneyland. At the Aug. 1 rollout event sponsored by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, Beep Inc. and Rossmoor management, along with special guests from the city … Read more
With new cost estimates projected at $3 billion to $10 billion to transform Diridon Station into a “world-class” transit hub, a joint advisory committee with representatives from four transit agencies and the City of San Jose has narrowed its vision for the area to two concepts ahead of a public campaign to gain support for … Read more
SAN JOSE — Google will launch a wide-ranging strategy to activate a key section of downtown San Jose, including beer and dining sites, in the footprint of the search giant’s proposed transit-oriented neighborhood. The tech titan has teamed up with Jamestown, Google’s development and real estate ally, to craft ways to create a more lively … Read more
Residents near a landslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains that took place earlier this year will soon have access to a temporary road as they wait for the county to procure at least $3 million to fund a permanent, long-term repair. The landslide began moving slowly in February on Mountain Charlie Road south of the … Read more
Some of the heaviest and most troublesome radioactive material to be removed from the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has only one exit – the imperiled railroad corridor north through San Clemente. Landslides have forced the closure of the seven-mile stretch of railroad through San Clemente multiple times in recent years. Transit planners are … Read more
Former Chicago Mayor Rham Emanuel once said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” BART has taken Emanuel’s advice to heart. Today, four years after transit ridership across the country was gutted by the pandemic, most urban transit systems have managed to stabilize, in part by making hard choices about service levels … Read more
It started with a hunch and some back-of-the-envelope calculations. Shortly after a massive container ship, named the Dali, collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a couple of Johns Hopkins engineers wondered about the probability of such an event. Their hypothesis: It was more likely than previously believed. That thought resulted in a request to the … Read more
Efforts to craft a Bay Area transportation funding plan are coming off the rails as South Bay leaders make clear that they don’t want their constituents taxed for up to three decades to bail out BART and San Francisco MUNI. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, state Sen. Dave Cortese and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy … Read more
As the price for the South Bay BART extension continues to soar, elected officials must decide whether they want to honestly evaluate the project or rubber-stamp it. In just the last three years, the estimate for the four-station, mostly underground extension has more than doubled, from $5.6 billion to $12.8 billion, and the completion date has … Read more