Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Trains

Metro Considers Ending Rush Hour Ban for Bikes on Trains

By Damien Newton | Jul 6, 2009 | 7 Comments

This Thursday, Metro will take the first public steps to remove its rush hour bans against bikes on certain trains. In just the year and a half since LA Streetsblog began publishing, Metro has threatened to vigorously enforce this ban, backed off strict enforcement, piloted a program of taking out seats to make more space for bikes on trains, expanded that pilot to more trains and now is publicly talking about ending all "bike bans" in favor of signage directing cyclists to the best places to rest bikes while riding the trains.

From Russia, with Transit Love

By Alexander Friedman | Jun 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

View of a departing Moscow subway train. All Photos: Alexander Friedman I just returned from a trip to Moscow and noticed an interesting trend. Despite the economic slowdown, which Russia is also certainly experiencing, their public transportation is not only as efficient as it’s always been, but – it keeps getting better and better. Unlike […]

The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency

By Elana Schor | Jun 26, 2009 | 8 Comments

The scene of Monday’s Metro crash in D.C., where the local transit agency still has 15 outstanding "SILO" tax deals. (Photo: AP) The D.C. Metro accident that killed nine riders this week has renewed calls for rail safety upgrades and reminders that car travel remains far riskier than transit. But the crash is also shedding […]

Council Tips Its Hand on Transit Priorities

By Damien Newton | Jun 9, 2009 | 15 Comments

Sketch of the future Broadway after a streetcar arrives via Bringing Broadway Back. In addition to discussing Measure R, tomorrow’s L.A. City Council Transportation Committee also features a couple of motions that spell out the top priorities for the city’s transportation planning in the 2010 Fiscal Year. The three motions would move just over sixteen […]

Why Buy More Trains If You Can’t Afford to Run Them?

By Elana Schor | May 27, 2009 | No Comments

Down in balmy South Florida, D-Day is approaching for riders of the the popular Tri-Rail transit system. A looming $18 million shortfall has forced the Tri-Rail board to approve a budget that slices daily service and stops all trains by 2011 — although ridership has doubled since 2005. Tri-Rail trains like these could stop running […]

Doomsday Across America

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2009 | 8 Comments

Following up on Sarah’s post about transit funding woes in Illinois, this CNN segment from earlier in the month brings home the effect of service cuts and fare hikes in St. Louis. Similar scenarios are playing out all over the country. According to the latest tally from Transportation for America, 85 transit systems serving 22 […]

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