Concepts in the Paradox » transbay terminal http://markballew.com/blog The writing of Mark Ballew Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:53:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Spare the SUV is tomorrow http://markballew.com/blog/2006/07/16/spare-the-suv-is-tomorrow/ http://markballew.com/blog/2006/07/16/spare-the-suv-is-tomorrow/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:45:47 +0000 MarkBallew http://markballew.com/blog/2006/07/16/spare-the-suv-is-tomorrow/ The Transportation Commission pulled $5.3m out of car registration fees for 3 more spare the air days. So guess what? Transit is free tomorrow. [Linky linky].

I was wondering why my DMV fees were so high — so enjoy a ride on one of the 25 transit agencies on my dime. No really, go ahead, and don’t forget to exit using the rear doors (STEP DOWN!!!).

(ridership goes up 10%, or 155,000 people, on STA days)

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/markballew.com/blog/p=64 0 The trick is to remember the end of the day http://markballew.com/blog/2006/07/10/the-trick-is-to-remember-the-end-of-the-day/ http://markballew.com/blog/2006/07/10/the-trick-is-to-remember-the-end-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:28:10 +0000 MarkBallew http://markballew.com/blog/2006/07/10/the-trick-is-to-remember-the-end-of-the-day/ I think what really keeps me going at the end of the day is knowing that when it is time to go home, I’m going back to San Francisco, 5 days a week.

Also, I watched some SFGovTV tonight. Yes, pretty dry stuff, but I found the meetings on the Third Street Light Rail, Transbay Terminal Project, and Financing for the Caltrain Electrification Project rather fascinating.

Points of interest:
* The Board of supervisors insists on a Jan 1, 2007 revenue date for the third street light rail

* CalTrain is willing to do what ever accommodations are required to integrate into the new Transbay Terminal, even arrogantly implying they’ll be done first anyhow (no doubt they will, talk about having your shit together)

* The Electrified Caltrain trains and tracks will have an estimated operating life time of 100 years!

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