Tag Archives: Caltrain

How does Caltrain come up with 88,000?

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?

Marriage proposal on Caltrain

Aaron and Maggie met each as Caltrain passengers in 2008. He proposed to her on the train at 2nd Street San Francisco in 2012.

Caltrain public hearing TONIGHT

Caltrain Joint Powers Board (JPB) will hold a public hearing on proposed service increases.

Eric Salvatierra rode a bicycle :-(

39 year old Palo Alto resident Eric Salvatierra was a Vice President for PayPal. He apparently commuted by bike and Caltrain from his Palo Alto home to his office.

Open discussion: Bicycle access on trains

I wrote a post on my new blog, Grid Chicago, about bicycle access on transit in Chicagoland. It’s that metropolitan area with Chicago, Illinois, as a hub and reaches to a small part of southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. We’ve got Metra trains (like Caltrain), and Chicago Transit Authority trains (like BART and Muni underground read more »

Caltrain contingency plan

It’s helpful to know nearby transit connections in case of ‘track incidents’ on Caltrain.