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"content": "\u003cp>For the first time in a decade, San Francisco transportation officials have a road map to improve late-night and early-morning travel for the tens of thousands of graveyard shift workers and night owls who currently have limited transportation options unless they drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 27-page report to be released Monday (\u003ca href=\"#nighttransit\">embedded below\u003c/a>), city officials, nightlife advocates, labor union representatives and others recommend developing plans to make overnight local and transbay bus service more frequent, reliable and safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to earlier calls for improved nighttime transit, BART and AC Transit have already expanded weekend transbay bus service as part of \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/allnighter/\">a one-year pilot program\u003c/a>, and funding to boost Muni's Owl service by 30 percent \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/transportation-authority-board-february-24-2015\">will be considered Tuesday\u003c/a> by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know what needs to happen, and some of it has happened, and some of it will happen later this year,\" said Supervisor Scott Wiener, who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/28/san-francisco-to-explore-boosting-late-night-transit-options\">convened the group last April\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report calls for a long-term regional effort to press for funding so that overnight rail service on BART, and a second transbay tube, become a reality someday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>While 24-hour rail service is decades away and would require substantial funding for major new capital investments and operating costs that have not been identified, appropriate and timely steps must be taken to work toward its implementation.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The report urges BART and Muni to better explain why overnight rail service is not currently doable. Both agencies have said that downtime overnight is critical for maintenance work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't accept the contention that it would just be impossible [for BART] to go a little bit later on Friday and Saturday night,\" said Wiener. \"There has to be a way for them to work it out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, the lack of 24-hour BART service was the top issue affecting overnight travel decisions, followed by poor bus service, in a survey of 2,800 people conducted in English, Spanish and Chinese last summer and fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10440489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Overnight-Transit-Map-.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10440489\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Overnight-Transit-Map--800x568.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Area transits options diminish significantly after 3 a.m. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Overnight-Transit-Map--800x568.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Overnight-Transit-Map--400x284.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Overnight-Transit-Map--1440x1022.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Overnight-Transit-Map-.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Area transit options diminish significantly after 3 a.m. \u003ccite>(From \"The Other 9-to-5: Improving Late NIght and Early Morning Transportation for San Francisco Workers, Residents and Visitors.\" )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Many Late-Night Trips?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty percent of the 250,000 trips taken each weeknight between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. in San Francisco are on transit, the report says. From midnight to 5 a.m., two-thirds of trips are to or from another Bay Area county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving or taking a taxi or ride service like Lyft, the report notes, are convenient and faster, but come \"at substantially higher costs.\" A majority of overnight commuters live on low- to-moderate incomes, according to the survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency should develop regulations that allow taxi drivers to charge a flat rate of $11 for two or more passengers to share a ride, the report recommends, and the city should consider taxi subsidies for low-income workers, similar to how rides are subsidized for people with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Safety Concerns\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safety was a major concern, especially among women. Sixty percent of all those surveyed said \"they always or sometimes choose not to travel between midnight and 5 a.m. because of safety concerns.\" Among women, the figure was 70 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report recommends \"a comprehensive analysis of safety and security trends,\" along with redesigning bus stops, expanding community ambassador programs and installing real-time transit information in bars, restaurants and other establishments because information about overnight transit options is scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also says the city should consider closing streets when bars let out to improve pedestrian safety:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In commercial corridors with vibrant nightlife, pedestrian safety and comfort may be a challenge at closing time, when large numbers of patrons -- many of whom will have, no doubt, been drinking -- simultaneously exit multiple venues, crowding into narrow sidewalks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities such as Austin, Texas, and Vancouver, British Columbia, have used temporary late night street closures as a strategy to improve pedestrian safety in particularly active corridors.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener and the working group are expected to announce the results of the report at a City Hall press conference Monday, which will be followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=51606\">a hearing\u003c/a> before the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"nighttransit\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/256605047/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_48425\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>As part of our series,\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/boomtown\"> Boomtown\u003c/a>, we're answering questions from KQED listeners and readers. Our first one comes from Chris Tann, who lives in south San Jose and gets stuck in congestion when he commutes alone to his job in Cupertino on Highway 85.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\"When will the city and county planners actually think more than a few years ahead, and put in place the necessary changes to bring Bay Area transportation, both roads and public transit, into the 21st century?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185882748\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area transportation planners are actually looking many decades into the future, but the changes, as an Orinda city official once put it, will be \"evolutionary rather than revolutionary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving more people around the Bay Area will require us to make better use of our current infrastructure, expand public transit, build dense housing around transit corridors and make the streets safer for people to bike and walk, according to three experts who study Bay Area transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Express toll lanes, modern trains, buses that run faster and more frequently, protected bike lane networks and communities designed to give people more options to get around are the future. Getting there is going to take a long time, a ton of money and lots of political will.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright noborder\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ViRhsrJIythN0WMOJByhB7a9PpZI5c0YLz2ldvdg0YY/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"370\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The Bay Area has the most robust transit system west of the Mississippi, and we need to build on that strength,\" says Jeff Hobson, deputy director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/\">TransForm\u003c/a>. \"We need to use our existing infrastructure better because that’s the cheapest way of serving more people, that’s the most cost-effective way of serving more people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirms traffic congestion has gone up in the last six months, a sign the economy is booming. Traffic on the Bay Bridge is the highest it's ever been, while highway congestion across the region has remained relatively steady over the years. There's not going to be a quick fix to the Bay Area's traffic woes akin to the highway boom of the 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t want to build our way out of this crisis,\" says Randy Rentschler, the MTC's legislative and public affairs director. \"We need some strategic investment, we do. We need to fix some highways, we do. We need to widen some, fix some interchanges, we do. But we don’t want it to be what we are only doing here in the Bay Area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Express Lane Network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10406366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 730px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/pdfs/expresslanefactsheet_103013.pdf\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10406366\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035.\" width=\"730\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png 730w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM-400x327.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way transportation planners want to help ease the commute for drivers is by building a 550-mile network of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/\">express toll lanes\u003c/a>, not expected to be completed until 2035. In express lanes, solo drivers pay fluctuating FasTrak tolls based on traffic while carpools, vanpools, buses and other eligible vehicles use them for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will take a few decades to complete the network, but \u003ca href=\"http://bayareaexpresslanes.org/map/#\">work is underway. \u003c/a>There are now express lanes on southbound Interstate 680 between Sunol and San Jose, and on State Route 237 between Milpitas and San Jose. Two new lanes are being constructed on Interstate 580 between Livermore and Dublin. Chris Tann can expect an express route on Highway 85 sometime in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, express lanes don't benefit every solo driver. They benefit those who can pay. TransForm, which advocates giving people of all income levels more options to get around, has urged MTC to consider ways for low-income drivers to get discounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/resource/moving-people-not-just-cars\">a 2013 report\u003c/a>, TransForm suggests \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">toll money be used to expand bus service, instead of building more highway lanes. Existing lanes could be converted to express routes, the report says. \u003c/span>The money could then be used to ramp up a network of public transit buses that would use the same express lanes, and move more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building Housing By Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407128\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station. \u003ccite>(James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Tann is like a lot of commuters in Silicon Valley who don't live close to work, and for whom a bus or train is not always an easy option. The built environment encourages people to drive. Private tech shuttles are one response to the lack of convenient, reliable transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://planbayarea.org/plan-bay-area.html\">Plan Bay Area\u003c/a>, which provides a long-range transportation and housing vision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, encourages new housing along transit corridors so people have the option of taking a bus or train, instead of driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of new housing production will be focused on the 15 Bay Area cities expecting the most growth. Topping the list are San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, and cities mostly on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the new housing will benefit people of all income levels remains to be seen. Bay Area cities are drastically behind on their affordable housing goals, and it will take many years to catch up, barring bold action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expanding Public Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407141\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center construction.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transbay Transit Center construction. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bullet train that whisks you from the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco to Los Angeles. A quiet, sleek BART train that runs 24 hours in a second Transbay Tube. A Muni bus that glides from Union Square to the Outer Richmond in a dedicated transit lane. An AC Transit bus that zips you from San Leandro to downtown Oakland. Transportation planners have got some big transit projects in the works, but some will take decades to complete. However, there is some relief on the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bus rapid transit\u003c/strong>: By 2018, the first rapid bus lines in the Bay Area should be up and running in \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/scar-brt\">San Jose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://brt.actransit.org/aboutbrt/maps/\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/van-ness-avenue-bus-rapid-transit-home\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. Bus rapid transit works well because it frees buses from car traffic, allowing them to run faster in their own lanes. Level platforms and easy payment options allow seamless boarding for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/delivery-plan\">BART's $3 billion fleet of the future\u003c/a> will come in installments over several years. The first cars should be running sometime in 2017, but all 775 cars won't be fully integrated into the system until 2021, when the average number of weekday fare-gate exits is expected to increase from 400,000 to 500,000. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/bart/\">BART service \u003c/a>to Silicon Valley should be partially complete by 2017, but it's not expected to extend all the way to downtown San Jose until 2025. \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/12/01/bart-will-study-second-transbay-tube-west-side-extension/\">Building a second Transbay Tube \u003c/a>is gaining\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/mayor-ed-lee-announces-support-for-a-second-bart-transbay-tube/Content?oid=2916966\"> political support\u003c/a>, but is still decades away. While 24-hour service isn't in the foreseeable future, BART has beefed up overnight transbay bus service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10411686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 770px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10411686\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\" alt=\"New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016.\" width=\"770\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png 770w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM-400x176.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016. \u003ccite>((Photo courtesy of the SFMTA))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni: \u003c/strong>The Bay Area's largest transit system is also updating its fleet of buses and trains, and \u003ca href=\"http://muniforward.com/creating-a-rapid-network/\">planning a rapid system\u003c/a> that carries up to 70 percent of passengers. That involves making its most popular lines more reliable and efficient, and street changes that allow buses and trains to run quicker. Big projects include bus rapid transit on Van Ness and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/geary-corridor-bus-rapid-transit-home\">Geary\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralsubwaysf.com/\">Central Subway\u003c/a>, now under construction and expected to start service in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>: Caltrain is planning to electrify its tracks to run smoother, faster, quieter service with a new fleet of electric trains by 2021 that will replace most of its current diesel fleet. That's not much consolation to Caltrain's growing number of riders, but in the meantime it is planning to run longer trains with cars it recently purchased from Metrolink in Southern California, which will also add \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/01/12/caltrain-to-add-third-bike-on-longer-six-car-trains/\">more capacity for riders with bikes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smart: \u003c/strong>North Bay transportation officials are currently constructing the first phase of a 70-mile train and bicycle corridor from Larkspur to Cloverdale known as SMART. The first leg from Santa Rosa to San Rafael is expected to be complete by late 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Safe Streets \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407132\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market St.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market Street \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfbike/5682289311\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area doesn't need another highway boom, but what it does need is a boom in bicycle infrastructure, says Bay Area bike advocate Dave Snyder, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://calbike.org/\">California Bicycle Coalition. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connectivity is key. Building low-stress \u003ca href=\"http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/cycle-tracks/\">protected bike lane \u003c/a>networks around the Bay Area that connect to transit hubs is one way governments can get the best bang for their transportation buck: it's cheaper and healthier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every dollar invested in bike infrastructure comes back to you many times, whereas every dollar invested in transit infrastructure compels further expense in operating. Every dollar invested in motor vehicle infrastructure compels further expense in environmental mitigation and health,\" says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no reason,\" he continues, \"why any agency should be pinching pennies when it comes to bike infrastructure. That's the definition of penny-wise and pound-foolish.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Bay Area transportation agencies do have new funding to improve street safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, thanks to voter-approved funding measures in Alameda County and San Francisco. That money will help fix potholes and redesign streets that are hostile to people biking and walking. Similar measures may eventually go before voters in other Bay Area counties, says Hobson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, no city or county except Alameda has the funding to actually build out a 21st century bike network over the next 10 years or more, says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Process \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting transit and safe streets projects approved, funded and built in the Bay Area can be a big challenge. Projects face opposition and get watered down. Or sometimes they become mired in bureaucracy, and sit on shelves for years until transportation officials have the political capital to move them forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Folks say they want things but then there’s a whole host of people who say they don’t, and the big challenge in the Bay Area is to try to find a consensus where people can reasonably agree, even though we’re always going to have lawsuits and difficulties,\" says Rentschler of the MTC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the bottom line: Change will come in increments, but it will take many years to get our transportation system into the 21st century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Curious about the boom/bust cycle that is reshaping the Bay Area? Check out our \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/boomtown\" target=\"_blank\">Boomtown series\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>As part of our series,\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/boomtown\"> Boomtown\u003c/a>, we're answering questions from KQED listeners and readers. Our first one comes from Chris Tann, who lives in south San Jose and gets stuck in congestion when he commutes alone to his job in Cupertino on Highway 85.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\"When will the city and county planners actually think more than a few years ahead, and put in place the necessary changes to bring Bay Area transportation, both roads and public transit, into the 21st century?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185882748&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185882748'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area transportation planners are actually looking many decades into the future, but the changes, as an Orinda city official once put it, will be \"evolutionary rather than revolutionary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving more people around the Bay Area will require us to make better use of our current infrastructure, expand public transit, build dense housing around transit corridors and make the streets safer for people to bike and walk, according to three experts who study Bay Area transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Express toll lanes, modern trains, buses that run faster and more frequently, protected bike lane networks and communities designed to give people more options to get around are the future. Getting there is going to take a long time, a ton of money and lots of political will.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright noborder\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ViRhsrJIythN0WMOJByhB7a9PpZI5c0YLz2ldvdg0YY/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"370\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The Bay Area has the most robust transit system west of the Mississippi, and we need to build on that strength,\" says Jeff Hobson, deputy director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/\">TransForm\u003c/a>. \"We need to use our existing infrastructure better because that’s the cheapest way of serving more people, that’s the most cost-effective way of serving more people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirms traffic congestion has gone up in the last six months, a sign the economy is booming. Traffic on the Bay Bridge is the highest it's ever been, while highway congestion across the region has remained relatively steady over the years. There's not going to be a quick fix to the Bay Area's traffic woes akin to the highway boom of the 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t want to build our way out of this crisis,\" says Randy Rentschler, the MTC's legislative and public affairs director. \"We need some strategic investment, we do. We need to fix some highways, we do. We need to widen some, fix some interchanges, we do. But we don’t want it to be what we are only doing here in the Bay Area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Express Lane Network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10406366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 730px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/pdfs/expresslanefactsheet_103013.pdf\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10406366\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035.\" width=\"730\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png 730w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM-400x327.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way transportation planners want to help ease the commute for drivers is by building a 550-mile network of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/\">express toll lanes\u003c/a>, not expected to be completed until 2035. In express lanes, solo drivers pay fluctuating FasTrak tolls based on traffic while carpools, vanpools, buses and other eligible vehicles use them for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will take a few decades to complete the network, but \u003ca href=\"http://bayareaexpresslanes.org/map/#\">work is underway. \u003c/a>There are now express lanes on southbound Interstate 680 between Sunol and San Jose, and on State Route 237 between Milpitas and San Jose. Two new lanes are being constructed on Interstate 580 between Livermore and Dublin. Chris Tann can expect an express route on Highway 85 sometime in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, express lanes don't benefit every solo driver. They benefit those who can pay. TransForm, which advocates giving people of all income levels more options to get around, has urged MTC to consider ways for low-income drivers to get discounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/resource/moving-people-not-just-cars\">a 2013 report\u003c/a>, TransForm suggests \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">toll money be used to expand bus service, instead of building more highway lanes. Existing lanes could be converted to express routes, the report says. \u003c/span>The money could then be used to ramp up a network of public transit buses that would use the same express lanes, and move more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building Housing By Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407128\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station. \u003ccite>(James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Tann is like a lot of commuters in Silicon Valley who don't live close to work, and for whom a bus or train is not always an easy option. The built environment encourages people to drive. Private tech shuttles are one response to the lack of convenient, reliable transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://planbayarea.org/plan-bay-area.html\">Plan Bay Area\u003c/a>, which provides a long-range transportation and housing vision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, encourages new housing along transit corridors so people have the option of taking a bus or train, instead of driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of new housing production will be focused on the 15 Bay Area cities expecting the most growth. Topping the list are San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, and cities mostly on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the new housing will benefit people of all income levels remains to be seen. Bay Area cities are drastically behind on their affordable housing goals, and it will take many years to catch up, barring bold action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expanding Public Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407141\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center construction.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transbay Transit Center construction. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bullet train that whisks you from the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco to Los Angeles. A quiet, sleek BART train that runs 24 hours in a second Transbay Tube. A Muni bus that glides from Union Square to the Outer Richmond in a dedicated transit lane. An AC Transit bus that zips you from San Leandro to downtown Oakland. Transportation planners have got some big transit projects in the works, but some will take decades to complete. However, there is some relief on the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bus rapid transit\u003c/strong>: By 2018, the first rapid bus lines in the Bay Area should be up and running in \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/scar-brt\">San Jose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://brt.actransit.org/aboutbrt/maps/\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/van-ness-avenue-bus-rapid-transit-home\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. Bus rapid transit works well because it frees buses from car traffic, allowing them to run faster in their own lanes. Level platforms and easy payment options allow seamless boarding for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/delivery-plan\">BART's $3 billion fleet of the future\u003c/a> will come in installments over several years. The first cars should be running sometime in 2017, but all 775 cars won't be fully integrated into the system until 2021, when the average number of weekday fare-gate exits is expected to increase from 400,000 to 500,000. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/bart/\">BART service \u003c/a>to Silicon Valley should be partially complete by 2017, but it's not expected to extend all the way to downtown San Jose until 2025. \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/12/01/bart-will-study-second-transbay-tube-west-side-extension/\">Building a second Transbay Tube \u003c/a>is gaining\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/mayor-ed-lee-announces-support-for-a-second-bart-transbay-tube/Content?oid=2916966\"> political support\u003c/a>, but is still decades away. While 24-hour service isn't in the foreseeable future, BART has beefed up overnight transbay bus service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10411686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 770px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10411686\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\" alt=\"New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016.\" width=\"770\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png 770w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM-400x176.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016. \u003ccite>((Photo courtesy of the SFMTA))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni: \u003c/strong>The Bay Area's largest transit system is also updating its fleet of buses and trains, and \u003ca href=\"http://muniforward.com/creating-a-rapid-network/\">planning a rapid system\u003c/a> that carries up to 70 percent of passengers. That involves making its most popular lines more reliable and efficient, and street changes that allow buses and trains to run quicker. Big projects include bus rapid transit on Van Ness and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/geary-corridor-bus-rapid-transit-home\">Geary\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralsubwaysf.com/\">Central Subway\u003c/a>, now under construction and expected to start service in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>: Caltrain is planning to electrify its tracks to run smoother, faster, quieter service with a new fleet of electric trains by 2021 that will replace most of its current diesel fleet. That's not much consolation to Caltrain's growing number of riders, but in the meantime it is planning to run longer trains with cars it recently purchased from Metrolink in Southern California, which will also add \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/01/12/caltrain-to-add-third-bike-on-longer-six-car-trains/\">more capacity for riders with bikes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smart: \u003c/strong>North Bay transportation officials are currently constructing the first phase of a 70-mile train and bicycle corridor from Larkspur to Cloverdale known as SMART. The first leg from Santa Rosa to San Rafael is expected to be complete by late 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Safe Streets \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407132\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market St.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market Street \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfbike/5682289311\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area doesn't need another highway boom, but what it does need is a boom in bicycle infrastructure, says Bay Area bike advocate Dave Snyder, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://calbike.org/\">California Bicycle Coalition. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connectivity is key. Building low-stress \u003ca href=\"http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/cycle-tracks/\">protected bike lane \u003c/a>networks around the Bay Area that connect to transit hubs is one way governments can get the best bang for their transportation buck: it's cheaper and healthier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every dollar invested in bike infrastructure comes back to you many times, whereas every dollar invested in transit infrastructure compels further expense in operating. Every dollar invested in motor vehicle infrastructure compels further expense in environmental mitigation and health,\" says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no reason,\" he continues, \"why any agency should be pinching pennies when it comes to bike infrastructure. That's the definition of penny-wise and pound-foolish.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Bay Area transportation agencies do have new funding to improve street safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, thanks to voter-approved funding measures in Alameda County and San Francisco. That money will help fix potholes and redesign streets that are hostile to people biking and walking. Similar measures may eventually go before voters in other Bay Area counties, says Hobson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, no city or county except Alameda has the funding to actually build out a 21st century bike network over the next 10 years or more, says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Process \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting transit and safe streets projects approved, funded and built in the Bay Area can be a big challenge. Projects face opposition and get watered down. 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"content": "\u003cp>BART says trains are now stopping at all stations and that service is recovering from disruptions caused this morning by anti-police brutality protests. KQED reporter Isabel Angell, who was last at Powell Station, said the protesters there have disbanded after discussing future protest plans. Organizers have planned a \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Actions#Friday_Morning_Begins_96_Hours_of_Action_in_the_Bay_Area.21\" target=\"_blank\">series of actions\u003c/a> through the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning, BART trains intermittently skipped Powell, Montgomery and Embarcadero stations in response to the rolling protest. At one point, the agency said stops were \"changing moment by moment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two people were arrested, said BART spokewoman Alicia Trost: a male for kicking a train window and a female for blocking a train door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni responded to the disruptions by temporarily offering free rides to ticketed BART passengers. No Muni service was disrupted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of protesters gathered at Montgomery Station around 7 a.m., Angell reported. They soon began banging metal spoons against pillars, and some tried to board a train but were blocked by BART police and employees in yellow vests. Deterred, the bulk of protesters headed to Embarcadero Station, chanting \"black lives matter\" and shadowed by police. Some remained at Montgomery and others headed to Powell Station, as BART reacted as best it could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a separate group of protesters \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Protesters-chained-outside-Oakland-federal-6020085.php\" target=\"_blank\">chained themselves\u003c/a> to the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, blocking the main entrance. KQED's Andrew Stelzer reported about 100 additional protesters gathered in support, with very little police presence. Workers were able to enter the building through other entrances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet another action in San Francisco involved a \"lawyer die-in for racial justice\" at the California Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10408221\" class=\"wp-caption alignlcenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS14017_lawer-die-in-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10408221\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS14017_lawer-die-in-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Members of the Bay Area legal community gathered outside the California Supreme Court on Friday morning. For 15 minutes attorneys, legal staff, law students and allies lay silently on the steps of the courthouse in a \"Die-In\" to advocate for racial justice.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS14017_lawer-die-in-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS14017_lawer-die-in-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS14017_lawer-die-in-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Bay Area legal community gathered outside the California Supreme Court on Friday morning. For 15 minutes, attorneys, legal staff, law students and allies lay silently on the steps of the courthouse in a \"Die-In\" to advocate for racial justice. Photo by Anya Schultz/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to focusing on BART police shootings since the early 1990s -- including the killing of Oscar Grant in January 2009 -- activists are \u003ca href=\"http://iam.colorofchange.org/petitions/bart-directors-when-it-comes-to-ending-the-war-on-black-communities-which-side-are-you-on\" target=\"_blank\">demanding that BART\u003c/a> drop charges against 14 people who shut down transbay train service during a Black Friday protest in late November at West Oakland Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers also say they want BART to disband its police force and to offer a ticket discount for the transit system's low-income customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A messy police-protester faceoff occurred during \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/08/25/bart-critic-krystof-lopaur-on-rationale-for-protests\" target=\"_blank\">a series of demonstrations\u003c/a> in July and August 2011 after agency police officers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/07/bart-shooting-witness-slams-cops-victim-idd-watch-bart-press-conference\" target=\"_blank\">shot and killed a man\u003c/a> at Civic Center Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protests disrupted BART service several times, prompted dozens of arrests and led to controversy after the agency shut down cellphone service in its downtown San Francisco stations to try to thwart protesters' communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART said that it would accommodate protests now -- but only outside the system's fare gates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART fully supports the right to peacefully protest, which is why it has an Expressive Activities Permit process allowing for the expression of First Amendment rights outside the fare gates of our stations. However, if protesters choose potentially dangerous actions that cause major service disruptions, BART Police are prepared to enforce the law and ensure public safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Activists organized Friday's protest mainly through Facebook and Twitter -- although on Thursday the event's Facebook page went dark for several hours without explanation. Protest organizers blamed Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Activists-say-Facebook-killed-page-organizing-6018796.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Facebook took the page down, and we are definitely disappointed to see Facebook using surveillance tactics to infringe on our right to organize. What side are they really on in terms of people’s free speech and rights?” said Amai Freeman, 23, a spokesman for the organizers of Friday’s protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Twitter account associated with the event — BART Friday: No Business As Usual — said Facebook gave “no reason for the event being deleted” from its site. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/684891331631587/\" target=\"_blank\">The page\u003c/a> was restored late Thursday afternoon, and Facebook said the problem was simply administrative.\u003cbr>\nWhile the page was down, a Facebook spokesperson said in an e-mail, “The event has been removed until the administrator can verify his or her account. We have personally reached out to the administrator to explain the steps that can be taken to verify their account so the event can be restored.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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