100 Days of COVID: The SamTrans Story
A chronicle of civil servants adapting San Mateo County’s bus transit service to protect essential workers and safely serve the public amidst a global pandemic. By Alex Eisenhart, Public Affairs […]
The FLX Shuttle Returns to Linda Mar
It’s not the biggest change in our lives lately, but SamTrans’ microtransit experiment (called SamTrans OnDemand) in Pacifica’s Linda Mar neighborhood has come to an end. As of Monday, May […]
Wheel Talk Episode 7: Transit-Oriented Development
View all episodes: http://www.buzzsprout.com/591640 SamTrans’ Director of Real Estate and Property Development, Brian Fitzpatrick, offers insight into the District’s land use over the years along with Caltrain’s new transit-oriented development policy […]
Wheel Talk Episode 6: The Life Cycle of a SamTrans Bus
View all episodes: http://www.buzzsprout.com/591640 SamTrans Director of Bus Maintenance Dave Harbour explains what it takes to be a SamTrans bus. We talk about buying new buses and retiring the old, […]
Wheel Talk Episode 5: Caltrain Maintenance 101 (Part 2)
View all episodes: http://www.buzzsprout.com/591640 DAN LIEBERMAN: Do you want to start? ALEX EISENHART: I don’t know. LIEBERMAN: We’re back. EISENHART: Wait, I was laughing. LIEBERMAN: Okay, then stop laughing. EISENHART: Okay, […]
Wheel Talk Episode 4: Caltrain Maintenance 101 (Part 1)
View all episodes: http://www.buzzsprout.com/591640 ALEX EISENHART: Hey Dan. DAN LIEBERMAN: Hey Alex. EISENHART: You know that thing when you eat too much Burmese food and you haven’t even shaved […]
Caltrain Locomotives Get Some Love
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit After 15 years of service, three of Caltrain’s F40PH-2C locomotives are getting some well-deserved industrial pampering. This standard mid-life overhaul of JPBX 920, 921 & […]
SamTrans to Increase Bike Capacity on Buses
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit Following requests from SamTrans bicycle riders for increased storage capacity, the Board approved a contract award with Sportworks Northwest, Inc. for the purchase of up […]
A Conversation with Caltrain Bike Planner Dan Provence
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit | March 25, 2019 Caltrain’s ridership is growing. Since 2010, there’s been a nearly 75 percent increase in ridership–and the Caltrain Business Plan projects that […]
San Mateo US 101 Express Lanes Breaks Ground
On Friday March 8, Caltrans broke ground on San Mateo County’s first highway express lane system. The project will construct new toll lanes in each direction along a 22-mile stretch […]
10 Key Takeaways from the SamTrans US-101 Express Bus Study
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit As commuters are well aware, US-101 through San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties is one of the most infamously congested freeway corridors in […]
SamTrans Electric Bus Campaign Wins APTA AdWheel Award
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit The District is thrilled to announce that SamTrans is being recognized for its outreach efforts on the “Plug into SamTrans” campaign promoting the introduction of […]
22nd Street Station Gets a Landscape Makeover
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit Caltrain riders in the Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighborhoods are in for a welcome change of scenery in the coming weeks. The 22nd St. Station, […]
Caltrain Joins Regional Pilot Program for Means-Based Fares
By Alex Eisenhart | @AlexOnTransit Following the approval of a regional Means-Based Fare Pilot Program by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) last year, the Caltrain Board of Directors voted unanimously […]
A Conversation with CalMod Chief John Funghi
Nearly a year into his tenure as Chief Officer of the Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), I sat down with John Funghi to dive into the work his team is doing to electrify Caltrain, the history of the railroad and his personal journey to the world of public transportation.