Roger Rudick

LADOT's Seleta Reynolds and Ryan Russo of Oakland DOT

At the "Focus on the Future" conference in San Francisco, put on by the "Self-Help Coalition," a warning was sounded: the Bay Area, and other regions, better deal with housing costs and livability issues before it's too late.

Talk explains the ins and outs of short and long term bike parking

California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) is finishing up its California New State Rail Plan

San Mateo's Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that could be the first step towards a statewide ban on texting while walking in a crosswalk

Hyperloop remains much slower than those pesky "dinosaur" trains that use good-old fashioned tracks and wheels.

Brown, Pelosi, and other leaders celebrated electrification groundbreaking in Milbrae. Pelosi bemoaned the “fight that shouldn’t have been,” with the Trump Administration to get $647 million in federal matching funds approved before he took office. Fortunately, Elaine Chao, Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, finally signed the Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement.

After months of back and forth, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that it is approving $647 million in funds for Caltrain electrification. The grant approval will allow Caltrain to begin construction of its electrification project almost immediately, bringing smoother rides and cleaner air to California.

Motorists and business owners claim that the controversial 14 Mission Rapid project, with its "red carpet" transit lanes, has made traffic worse and more dangerous. But what if the real-time data proves otherwise?

At a recent SPUR meeting, an audience member asked why cities continue to invest billions in long-term projects, such as the Central Subway, when ride-hail services such as Juno, Lyft, and Uber Pool have rendered urban rail more or less obsolete. This sentiment is reflected in a recent piece in the Atlantic by former Los Angeles Times writer Alana Semuels, entitled: "The End of Public Transit?" She wrote about her experience riding Chariot instead of Muni: