June 2, 2011Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Caltrain announced they have completed conversion of additional ‘gallery’ cars into bike cars. Every Caltrain train set now runs with two bike cars.
May 26, 2011Leave a Comment
This locomotive is really hard to miss. Seen this morning pulling into San Jose Diridon Station.
May 16, 20116 Comments on Bikes on BART’s Escalators
Bicycles are currently not permitted on escalators in BART stations. It’s always been a “safety issue.” This may soon change. Denis Cuff reported on this last Friday in the Contra Costa Times.
In the cyclists’ corner, BART board members Robert Raburn and Tom Radulovich are working to reverse the ban. BART did its own study on the “safety issue” years ago and concluded that escalators and stairs were equally safe for cyclists to use in BART stations. Despite that, the escalator ban continues. BART officials say they want to encourage people to bike to BART stations because it can increase train ridership without adding expensive parking lots, and it reduces pollution and traffic congestion.
BART, kindly put your money where your mouth is. End the escalator ban. Thank you.
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 27, 20105 Comments on Bikes = Economic Catastrophe
Will the US DOT recent policy change giving equal weight for multiple transportation modes result in ‘economic catastrophe’?
US Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood’s March 15 policy announcement favoring bicycle transportation received a lot of favorable press from bike wonks like you and I. The National Association of Manufacturers fears the impact this policy could have on “the efficient movement of freight.” (more…)