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Caltrain: 2 more trains on weeknights

Richard MasonerNovember 20, 20072 Comments on Caltrain: 2 more trains on weeknights

Holidays are over Caltrain announced a proposed schedule change effective in March 2008 that will add one southbound and one northbound train during week nights.

The northbound 191, which currently leaves San Jose Diridon at 8:10 p.m., will be moved to 7:30, with subsequent northbound trains leaving at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Southbound 190, which currently leaves San Francisco 4th & King at 7:20 p.m., will leave 10 minutes later at 7:30 p.m., with subsequent trains at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30. The final train to leave the city will still be scheduled for departed at 12:01 a.m.

The schedule changes are prompted by record ridership this year on Caltrain, with standing room only on the busier commute time trains.

Visit Caltrain’s website to see the proposed schedule changes for March 2008. Caltrain is seeking public comment on the proposed changes at public meetings next Tuesday, November 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The meetings will be held at San Francisco 4th & King, Caltrain’s administrative offices at 1250 San Carlos Avenue in San Carlos, and at San Jose Diridon Station. Caltrain is also accepting comments on the proposed changes via email at caltraincomments (at) caltrain dot com.

More Caltrain news:

    Caltrain schedules are now in Google Transit. Here are the transit directions from San Francisco 4th and King to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California.

  • The Caltrain Holiday Train makes an appearance on the weekend of December 7 – 9 at various stations in the Bay Area.
  • Caltrain reminds travelers to take Caltrain to avoid traffic and parking hassles when flying from SFO or SJC.
  • Caltrain will run on a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day, and a regular weekday schedule on the Friday after Thanskgiving. Take the train to the City for your Black Friday Christmas shopping.
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Introducing Carl in Longmont

Richard MasonerNovember 20, 20072 Comments on Introducing Carl in Longmont

Carl is a member of Bicycle Longmont in Longmont, Colorado, where he’s active in the local Safe Routes to School program at his school. The Longmont and St. Vrain Valley School District Safe Routes to School program is among the most successful in the United States, with up to 90% participation at one of the schools.

Carl now has a blog: Getinlost in…, which I’m obligated to link to because he posted a bicycle haiku.

Via Carl’s blog I also found the Alex Draude’s Straight Chain blog about fixie riding in Kyoto and other areas in Japan.

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Lynskey bicycle blog

Richard MasonerNovember 20, 2007Leave a Comment

Join me in welcoming Lynskey Performance Bikes to the world of bicycle blogs. The Art of Custom Bicycles is the new blog for Lynskey Performance Bicycles, which creates custom titanium bikes that are beautiful works of art. They plan to feature all kinds of custom bicycles. I’ve subscribed to their RSS feed and I’m looking forward to their contributions to the blogosphere.

This is just me because I’m kind of dorky, but at Lynskey’s display at Interbike, my personal favorite was their titanium cruiser bike, which rides like a dream.

Lynskey titanium cruiser bicycle

Props to Herbert of Guerrilla Communication.

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Bike share in Rome, Italy

Richard MasonerNovember 20, 2007Leave a Comment

The Italian capital announced plans to offer a self service bike share program similar to the famous Velib bike share in Paris and other successful bike share programs modeled in Barcelona , Vienna, and Lyon.

The initial six month pilot will include 250 bicycles distributed at 22 stations in the historic center of Rome. Eventually, promoters hope to make 20,000 rental bikes available throughout the city. “This experimental bike-sharing programme will make travelling in the centre of Rome easier, faster, economical and environmentally sound,” said Roman mayor Walter Veltroni.

The bike stations and bike rental program will be installed and managed by outdoor advertising firm Cemusa utilizing equipment and bikes from Bicincittá. (Bicincittá is “Bici in cittá,” which means “Bike in town.” Get it?)

Learn more —

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Expect more expensive tires next year

Richard MasonerNovember 19, 20076 Comments on Expect more expensive tires next year

Bicycle Retail and Industry News reports we can expect more expensive tires from Kenda, WTB and other tire vendors next year as sky high oil prices add to the manufacturing and shipping costs of these items. I suspect also that the crash in value of the U.S. dollar against the Chinese Yuan (and every other major currency) will lead to increased prices of everything made in China, Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia, Canada and other manufacturing nations.

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