Transit First News Today

Jarrett Walker talks choice riders, all-door boarding, bus lanes, BRT, and making the bus system more legible

The Plante administration is finally starting the environmental studies process regarding the Cavendish link next month, a major step towards getting the long-awaited extension between Côte St. Luc and St.

Robotaxis are set to come to a critical intersection in San Francisco. The CPUC is set to vote on authorizing Cruise and Waymo as paid taxi service.

A new report from the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department strongly recommends that the city make JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park permanently free of vehicle traffic, and following a hearing on the proposal Thursday, the ball is in the Board of Supervisors' court.

San Francisco supervisors voted 7 - 4 to make the San Francisco Municipal Railway free from July 1 to September 1.  

San Francisco supervisors voted 7 – 4 to make the San Francisco Municipal Railway free from July 1 to September 1.

Park City Mountain Resort has traditionally not charged for parking in the vast lots at the base area. A Provo developer pursuing a project atop the parking lots intends to introduce a paid-parking system in the garages that would be built to replace the existing spots. Park Record file photo The Provo developer pursuing a major project at the Park City Mountain Resort base area intends to incorporate a paid-parking system as a key measure in the efforts to reduce the amount of traffic the new ...

As I explained in my earlier post, NextGen implementation will be during three consecutive service adjustments (December 2020, June 2021, and December 2021). The service adjustment, or “shake-up,” is Metro’s semi-annual process by which operators bid on driving slots awarded based on seniority per the SMART (the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) union collective bargaining agreement with the agency; service changes are generally implemented as...