Caltrain Board Chair and San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine declares victory| sf.streetsblog.org
Advocates with the San Francisco Transit Riders, Friends of Caltrain, Seamless Bay Area, and other pro-transit groups are starting the big push to get the required two-thirds of voters in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to support a 1/8 cent sales tax on the November ballot to raise over $100 million annually for Caltrain.| sf.streetsblog.org
This wraps up the first week of operations for the new Salesforce Transit Center, phase 1. Reviews are in, and most people seem to love the rooftop park and the grand design of the facility. But what about phase 2, the train station below it–and the thing that makes it the future Grand Central Station of…| sf.streetsblog.org
“Some people hate trains,” joked Governor Jerry Brown, at this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Caltrain electrification and modernization project, at the Millbrae Caltrain station. The audience of business leaders, well-known politicians, Caltrain staffers, high-speed rail people, and many others involved in the project laughed. “I didn’t say the majority!” Brown recalled riding the Daylight…| sf.streetsblog.org
Power systems held under the full load. Caltrain remains on track for a launch of electric service in September| sf.streetsblog.org