Amtrak 1006, March 7 and 8
Amtrak 6, March 6 and 7
And they run with special route numbers! They add 1000 for various disruptions, today's 1006 on the left here is the time change train vs yesterday's 6 on the right
oh indeed!
I was reading the proposed relocated stop in front of the garage on 2nd as the proposed new layover but yeah they need to confirm that plan, or otherwise come up with an outbound transfer plan.
seems like the Amtrak transfer would be the same?
And then even developed as networks with their own service standards. Speed, stop spacing, directness, and an MTC Regional Connections funding program (if I dream too hard my brain might snap)
MTC's regional wayfinding has a callout that they plan to workshop regional service types. I'd love to see recreational routes (AC Transit 31, Angel Island Ferry, MT 61?) and Regional Connection routes (VTA [5]68, CC[3]10...) be called out
AC Transit did a lot of contract operation in the outer areas of the East Bay before those agencies were founded, too (taking over in some cases old Greyhound operated routes?). It's a confusing mess I'd love to learn more about!
How were schedules on those? I've never actually seen the timetables for them, but I'd be interested to see how they compare to modern express buses on the County Connection/Tri Delta/Westcat systems
I wonder how feasible fitting a single track rail line into the iron horse corridor would be. plenty of international examples with 4tph use single tracked corridors with passing stations and make it work great. Afaik they only ever considered double tracking?
anne droid from the doctor who version of the weakest link zapping someone
that's too bad. thanks for the info!
is there anything in the schedule for the section of 18th St between West and San Pablo to match the changes to 17th / complete the pair?
Any infra project in the area needs to consider:
* BART <-> Caltrain cross platform transfers
* BART/Caltrain/HSR to SFO
* desired HSR service patterns
doesn't need to solve em, but it needs to consider em!
BART only has two tracks on the approach to Millbrae, so you'll need to lay new track for Airtrain from where the viaduct ends to Millbrae.
you and I have very different definitions of "connecting", let alone well :)
my problem with that is that it's just too slow, the Airtrain to long term parking is 11min, and it dead ends in a way that'll be awkward to extend. a San Bruno infill BART station and an Airtrain extension would be... fine, but I think Millbrae as the hub makes more sense especially with HSR coming
the Millbrae BART throat is two tracks, so there's no good way to fully automate it in an isolated way. Would be great practice for expanding to the rest of the system though
if I were a billionaire who wanted to burn all of my money in a monumentally silly but satisfying way, I think I'd pay for the construction of flyovers at Millbrae such that there are cross-platform transfers between BART & Caltrain, and the conversion of the SFO-Mill BART to Airtrain.
It's never too late to extend Airtrain to Millbrae and delete the SFO BART segment 😎
The immediate accessibility of nature is one of the best parts of having moved from Portland to California, personally! (Lots of it is even transit-accessible -- I don't have SB resources, I only cover NorCal, but there's an excellent LA Transit to Trails website too)
you save 30¢ if you do, the free transfers scheme is implemented in a really funny way.
I'd be looking around the Ashby BART area. It's where I am now and I pay somewhat more than that but I'm in a duplex, not an apartment building. The commercial district is Alcatraz from King to Adeline, and the west side of Adeline from Stanford to Fairview. I'd look between Ashby/Adel./Stanf./Mkt.
SB932 (2022) requires bike plans (with high injury corridor improvement plans) at most every decade, right? Just no teeth on any of it?
Put up signs at stations at platform level (where you're standing bored and waiting) with:
* Night bus alternatives for getting home after dark
* A reminder to take the orange to the yellow
I've been trying to argue for changing Richmond trains to Berkeley/Richmond trains for a few months, I've seen a lot of unnecessary confusion from students at late night at 19th St.
I can't wait until every station requires 3 repositions!
Also the superliner trains all still have proper kitchen cooked meals for sleeper passengers (with remaining seats available for coach passengers), unlike many of the east coast routes.
It's also lighting -- coach cars have a dim cozy vibe due to the window tint and shades drawn, and walking into the observation car almost feels like going outside in comparison.
It's a really well designed *experience*, and the East Coast trains just don't even bother to try.
west-of-Chicago trains (the superliner long distance routes) are a whole different game from the east coast routes. The observation car and ample seating in the cafe provide a reason to get up and move about during the day, wander a little.
Capital of Earth, I believe you mean!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGv...
*depave, of course, but autocorrect was not interested in that idea
