April 16, 20106 Comments on Transit chic?
April 15, 20101 Comment on Alternate transportation: Santa Cruz to Sea Otter
I’m once again looking at my car-free transportation choices for traveling to the Sea Otter Festival at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey.
The audio in this is lousy, but in this video from 2009 Sea Otter, Gary Fisher tells my buddy Erik how Sea Otter at Laguna Seca is a monument to our auto addiction. He suggests the Sea Otter Classic should take place at somewhere like San Francisco instead.
April 2, 2010Leave a Comment
Happy Friday, everybody.
A flock of seagulls supposedly knocked out power in San Mateo County this morning. Highway 101 on the Peninsula was closed near Highway 92 during the lunch hour so PG&E could repair the damaged power lines, sending lunchtime freeway traffic onto local streets. And so I ran. I ran so far away.
March 15, 20101 Comment on Santa Cruz Metro considers Highway 17 fare increase
The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District board voted in favor of a fare increase on the popular Highway 17 service to “maintain an optimal farebox recovery ratio.” Most fares will increase 25%. A public hearing and second vote is required before the fare increase, scheduled for June 10, takes place.
March 2, 20105 Comments on Bay Area car free hiking and camping
Jen Rizzo is working on a pitch for Bay Area car free weekend adventures, which reminds me that Spring time is allegedly soon. (more…)
March 12, 20098 Comments on $1 million for bike park and ride
The Portland, Oregon regional TriMet transit agency announced they will spend $1 million in Federal ARRA (stimulus) funds to expand and improve bike parking facilities throughout the Portland transit system. That $1 million will create 250 new bike parking spots at two stations and upgrade another 100 bike lockers at another station.
“More riders are using bikes to get to transit, and with limited options for bringing bikes on board, having more secure bike parking facilities helps to make the bike/transit connection work,” said TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen.
Caltrain in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the meantime, will receive $200,000 in ARRA funds to add 8 additional bike spots on each of 32 bike cars. With at least 4 trips for each bike car during the work day, that’s a capacity for over 1,000 more bicycles every day, and the work will be complete within the next 60 days.
Caltrain has provided four times the capacity of TriMet’s bike parking at one fourth the cost and in less time.
Accommodating bikes on board transit is a win for transit agencies that serve suburban populations. Encouraging bikes on transit expands the pool of potential transit users significantly, probably more than any other accomodation you can make for the price.
See also Why Transit Needs Bikes.