nice graphics on the central subway - too bad they dont reveal much design-wise.
does this count as bay area related? some might not think so but here is some info on some lesser known south bay area projects: Quote:
an hour and 45 minutes from salinas to san jose?!?! u can drive in half that time |
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Distance: 59.78 miles, Time: 1 hour 4 minutes Some simple math: 90 minutes / 64 minutes = 1.40. Far less than twice as much time, even less than half as much time. |
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They should establish a frequent intercity bus service and see how many people take it first. In any case it would be much faster than a train rattling down old tracks. |
^ or just spend alittle more and upgrade the tracks. i mean, what kind of rail line do u think u can get for 100 million? (a sh-tty one obviously)
if they upgraded to 79 mph, then it might actually be worthwhile. and what about a stop in morgan hill? |
Central Subway bests Barneys
Rachel Gordon January 13 2010 sfgate.com http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...#ixzz0cVrzxxSO The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency the green light to reclaim a portion of a high-end retailer's basement sales area to make room for the $1.6 billion Central Subway project that will run from China Basin to Chinatown. On a 10-0 vote, supervisors yanked permission for Barneys New York to use a portion of public space below a downtown sidewalk for a perfume and cosmetics counter. The revocable permit was issued three years ago when the purveyor of luxury goods moved into the Union Square property at Stockton and O'Farrell streets. |
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Commuters are leaving mass transit for their cars, and they have their reasons
Mercury News has a 5-parter on the dismal state of Bay Area transit. Here's part 1:
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Public transit cuts will make Bay Area economic recovery difficult
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Biggest loser in Bay Area transit debacle may be the environment
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Running on empty: Bay Area transit in crisis
I think this might have been the Day 1 lead-in. I'm a little confused by the order on the Mercury News Site. Anyways, the entire series is here, I'll post the next couple days if I remember. Here's the entire Special Section page on it: http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-transportation
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:previous: I used to get a FastPass every month and ride Muni whenever I could. I stopped doing that when they raised the price to $55. That's too much simply for the convenience of the pass and only makes sense if I'm going to use Muni enough to actually save--which is unlikely.
Much as I hate it, I've actually contemplated joining the large numbers who do it and simply boarding through the rear door without paying until Muni comes to its senses and stops raising fares for the diminishing number who pay while tolerating so many who don't. |
FastPasses are now $60 for Muni only, or $70 for Muni plus in-town BART.
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I don't know if this is apples to apples but Portland's TriMet charges around $100 for a monthly pass.
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Wow those articles are depressing.
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This effectively means that if transit itself isn't convenient, ubiquitous and CHEAP, the quality of life is degraded. As I said, at under $50 a month, I bought a monthly pass just for the convenience (no fishing for exact fare, the ability to hop on a bus even for fairly short trips, being able to use cable cars which have ridiculous single-trip fares) and many months probably didn't ride enough to make it a bargain since I live downtown in a 100% walk-score neighborhood. I can't and won't buy a pass at over $50 and wouldn't even consider it at $100. Hence, Muni is losing money on me (because I don't actually ride $50 worth--figuring a trip downtown and back 4 days a week at $2 a ride, it's more like $30 or $40 worth). And I don't think I'm that unique. Right now, the cheapest way for me to go would be tokens which give you a small discount and allow you to pay only for the rides you take. |
Via Pedestrianist, a map using BART ridership data showing where BART's riders go.
BART ridership is clearly huge into and out of downtown SF, unsurprisingly: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_taIb9du03i...ship-small.png |
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^Agreed. Portland has only one transit agency, which covers the entire metropolitan area with rail and bus. That one unified transit system is itself a result of Portland's elected regional government, neither of which exists in the Bay Area.
TriMet's transit pass gets you anywhere in the Portland metro that has transit service, so it is worth a hell of a lot more than any one agency's pass within the greater Bay Area. Whether it is worth $100 I cannot say. |
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I use TransLink for 100% of my transit rides. Right now it's functional on Muni, BART, AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, Golden Gate Ferry (at HUGE discounts I might add - like $4 on TransLink vs. $8 normal fare), and Caltrain. Other than a few broken readers and some grumpy Muni drivers, as well as a website and customer service call center that are clearly works in progress, I haven't had any huge problems. And no fishing for exact change, which is GREAT on AC Transit and Muni, since their buses are so credit card unfriendly. Plus, Muni's doing away with their faregates and installing TransLink only gates this coming year (no cash accepted, no magstripe Fast Passes accepted), so it helps to get used to the system and become a typical impatient SF snob before every BTinSF has to spend 5 minutes in front of the gate figuring out how to hop on the Metro ;) |
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