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Rail-Related News, Sunday, Jun 10, 2018

Posted on June 10, 2018 by admin

Commuters slowly make their way through the traffic at the Bay Bridge toll plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Years of new construction now that RM-3 bridge toll increases approved by Bay Area voters

Relatively close vote on RM-3 shows difficultly ahead in approving future taxes for transportation

Truck goes around crossing gate, hits SMART train. Questions about quiet zones

San Francisco Muni to start running two-car trains on N-Judah

Facebook in deal with Caltrain to reopen Dumbarton rail line

Here’s when tolls will go up now that voters have approved RM-3

High-speed rail authority orders some bridge abutments rebuild due to flawed design; firm that designed them involved in several design flaw lawsuits

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Rail-Related News, Tuesday June 5, 2018

Posted on June 5, 2018 by admin

BART cites about 650-700 fare evaders per month, but less than 10% have paid up so far

Colorado Senators blast new Amtrak chief for threatening to withhold funding for Southwest Chief

Sun Rises in East Dept.: Silicon Valley growth to continue, along with it worsening housing woes

If trains ever begin operating to San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center, half the wiring may have to be replaced

Caltrans wants toll lanes on I-80 Yolo Causeway between Sacramento and Davis; no mention of expanding Capitol Corridor rail service

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Rail-Related News, Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Posted on May 30, 2018 by admin

Ferdinand Cadelina, left, field manager for transit services with the Municipal Transit Agency, and John Haley, SFMTA director of transit, walk down a set of old tracks to an entrance for the old Eureka Valley Station, which now makes up part of the eastern entrance of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, on Monday, May 28, 2018. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)

Novato short $2 million to complete its downtown SMART station

San Francisco Muni to give Twin Peaks Tunnel a complete makeover, shutting it down for w months from late June to late August