How electrifying a Bay Area rail system made trains faster, cleaner, and more frequent

A $2.4 billion upgrade is shaving minutes off Caltrain trips through Silicon Valley, doubling weekend ridership, and reducing ...

Caltrain may ban bikes with child seats. Parents say it could upend their commutes

Caltrain said bikes and other mobility devices are getting bigger with bulky attachments that take up too much space.
Government Technology

Commuter Rail Recovers From COVID, With New Scheduling, Tech

The disruption brought on by COVID-19 and major upgrades like electrifying its line quickly modernized a commuter rail system in the California Bay Area, which is now seeing ridership surpassing ...
Planetizen

Caltrain Outlaws Cargo Bikes, Child Seats as Demand Overwhelms Bike Cars

The San Francisco Bay Area’s Caltrain system announced it will begin banning cargo bikes, other larger bikes, and pannier bags from its bike trains as demand for bike space outpaces supply, reports ...
Railway Age

Transit Briefs: Tri-Rail/SFRTA, Caltrain, Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act

The SFRTA on Feb. 17 announced that it celebrated the groundbreaking of Link at Boca last week, a transformative mixed-use, TOD adjacent to Tri-Rail’s Boca Raton Station. The project, the agency says, ...

Balfour Beatty Receives Top Honors from AGC of California for Delivery of the Caltrain Electrification Project

Balfour Beatty recognized by AGC for their involvement in the delivery of the Caltrain Electrification project in California.
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Monterey County Rail Extension project nearer to Caltrain connection

SALINAS – The project to bring Caltrain past its endpoint in Gilroy, through to Salinas continues to roll along as designs of the layover facility in Salinas and track improvements in Gilroy are under ...