For those of you working on Monday, note that some Bay Area transit agencies will operate on a weekend or holiday schedule for Martin Luther King Junior Day.
Lots and lots of water.
Old news, I know: Jared Walker notes New York City managed to implement an emergency bus only lane in just a couple of days after Hurricane Sandy last month.
The media has widely reported the record-breaking 568,061 passengers on BART and 88,000 Caltrain passengers on the day of the San Francisco Giants parade. Just how do they count these people?
San Francisco parade on Wednesday to fete baseball World Series Champion Giants expected to draw one million. Local transportation officials advise celebrants to use public transportation, and buy your transit tickets today to avoid the crush of last second purchasers.
You can ride your bike to the parade, too, if you want, though navigating through thick crowds might be a challenge.
While the publisher of Cyclelicious enthusiastically supports Bus Rapid Transit plans in the Santa Clara Valley, San Jose bike advocate Peter Smith is equally ardent in his opposition to BRT. When I asked Peter for details on why he opposes BRT, he graciously agreed to write up this provocative guest blog post.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) presents the most serious threat to the growth of cycling in the world today.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will begin a new limited stop line that (mostly) follows the #23 bus route from downtown San Jose to De Anza College in Cupertino. The new route takes effect on Monday, October 1 2012, along with several other service changes.