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I love public transit and I bought this shirt immediately

Got deep thoughts and big feelings about our work? Take 5 and let us know via our reader survey: tally.so/r/Pd5EpQ

We'd be much obliged, and we'll put you in the hamper ... er, hopper... for our random drawing: 20 participants will get free snazzy socks!

regional transit connections map, lots of transit on it across the whole Bay

The Bay Area's new transit map is out and it comes with one incredibly exciting change: parks accessible by transit services!

Let's talk regional wayfinding to parks and destinations 🧵

The D Line Extension to Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega opens...

New NBER paper finds that US crash deaths rise by ~15% on dates of major album releases.

Distraction from smartphones is a likely culprit.

www.nber.org/papers/w34866

You have never lived in a world without trans people and YOU NEVER WILL.

EAT YOUR VEGATABLES, YUGI-BOY

"The Assault of Cereal Man by Mayor Von Eerie"
Digital Photography by Rudo Rampage (2026)
#Hoodslam #SlamTown #Wrestling @hoodslam.bsky.social @elcerealman.bsky.social

2 budget balancing charts showing the math to produce a balanced budget if a funding measure passes and if a measure fails. FY27 Base Budget Balancing Actions – Measure Succeeds Budget Balancing Actions – FY27 Measure Succeeds Scenario Incremental Budget Actions (in Million of Dollars) FY27 Base Budget Table – Measure Fails Budget Balancing Actions – FY27 Measure Fails Scenario In a “Measure Fails” scenario, we will need $132M in additional solutions over 6 months (Jan-June 2027) • This presentation describes possibilities (and tradeoffs) of service, non-service, and revenue solutions to meet the target • It also discusses how budget balancing efforts might continue into the next full fiscal year (FY28

Here is our loan plan as proposed by staff for board adoption under 2 different funding scenarios.

If a funding measure succeeds, BART will use $97M in loan funds to balance our FY27 budget. The loan money is needed for cash flow while we wait for the sale tax revenue to become available in FY28.

He’s reliable, a little eccentric, and always there for her.

“BART was made for people like me who were raised by their city,” she writes. “...he shows up late and he shows up loud, but he shows up for me always, and that just might be the most Bay thing about him.”

Regular Rob is showing everyone that he is a very quick learner.
#Hoodslam #SlamTown #Wrestling @hoodslam.bsky.social

If you're a resident along Geary Blvd, or are you interested in the Geary Boulevard Improvement Project? Check out our newest blog, written by our member Cal Law, where they recap January's Geary Community Advisory Committee.

Read the full piece here: buff.ly/zXgG7Lk

Former San Leandro councilmember pleads guilty in corruption case tied to Oakland Bryan Azevedo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and lying to a federal agency on Wednesday. Court officials confirmed he is cooperating with the government’s probe of East Bay corruption.

Huh. This guy gave me his business card at the BART 50th anniversary. I think he was a wrestling promoter too? oaklandside.org/2026/02/11/s...

One Love One Mic 2025 YouTube video by SLAM STUDIOS

Incredible poem about BART and transit in the Bay by Sehinne Yohannes, Oakland's vice youth poet laureate. www.youtube.com/live/FVEADND... (thanks @tboggia.bsky.social for putting it on my radar)

Finished my first packet of signatures for the regional Bay Area transit funding measure! 🫡✨🚎

So far we've got volunteers for 7 @bart.gov stations, 5 @caltrain.com stations, and 1 @sfbayferry.com terminal but we need more helpers to make Make A Friend (On Transit) Day a success!

Help make the Bay a friendly place -- RSVP today and please spread the word docs.google.com/forms/d/15Mn...

The same circumstances are true when it comes to metro systems.

China opened more metro lines in 2025 alone than exist in the entire countries of Russia, UK, or France. Over the past 4 years, China built 2.5x as much metro lines as the US has in total.

Anne Hidalgo's positive impact on Parisian public space has been huge.

But the ultimate significance of her leadership on mobility justice is global: demonstrating what is possible really highlights the commitment of other mayors to convenience for car owners at the expense of everyone else.

1/26: 10:15 a.m. CBP 🧊 cluster raids starting in Koreatown, Pico/Union, Salvadoran Corridor this morning.
ICE also in Riverside

Industrial Heat Goes Electric: Electrified Thermal Solutions Turns On First Commercial-Scale Joule Hive™ Thermal Battery /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based Electrified Thermal Solutions, a leader in industrial-scale low cost thermal energy storage systems, announced the commissioning...

Here's a commercial-scale thermal battery (hot rocks!) that is providing heat at 1800C, which is what you need for processes like steel & aluminum.

Industrial heat was one of those "difficult to decarbonize" sectors until, y'know, we tried.

Get in, loser, we're electrifying everything!

Signature Gathering Kickoff for Connect Bay Area Transit · Luma To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to gather over 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area Transit, the five-county regional transit…

I don't want Oakland to lose bus and BART service so I'm heading to today's rally to save transit throughout the Bay.

You going? What's motivating you to get out there?
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...

She got her revenge
She won the championship
She became the face of #SlamTown

Then, Brooke Havok stole her moment and her title.

Feb 6th, Mighty Mayra faces A LOW-LIFE IN A SLAM TOWN

$30 tix on eventbrite
21+ #DONOTbringYourFNkids
730ish doors,8ish show

#Oakland

Period reminder that if you sustain yourself by working for wages, you're working class.

Scientists, janitors, journalists, teachers, factory workers: working class

Car dealership owners, landlords, restaurant owners: not working class

I am an ebike rider and climate scientist. Going after ebikes and scooters while doing nothing about cars is political theater and climate arson

In our newest blog post, our SFTR member, Andrew, discusses the disability invisibility he's faced on transit, and what he envisions transit agencies and other riders can do to amend these accessibility challenges.

Read the full piece using the link in our bio.

Ever wonder how BART tunneled under the streets of San Francisco?

Watch this film from our archives. Find the full version on our YouTube page!

Two Calweld oscillating tunnel-boring machines were used to bore twin mile-long tunnels between the Mission Street lines and the Market Street lines.

On the other hand, I've spoken to people who are totally tuned out and don't know what's happening in Minnesota. They vaguely know that ICE shot someone - but shootings kinda happen because you know America.

So... really it's up to you to increase the national cortisol levels even further.

Digital flyer that reads "Book Talk at the Ferry Building." With the Book Passage bookstore logo underneath and the cover of the book If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy by Carter Lavin" lower. To the left it says Jan 17th 3pm To the right it says "Oakland-based Author Carter Lavin" with an author photo of him (white man, mid-30s, black hair, short beard, sitting, leaning forward, with a short-sleave button down) It says "Please note; unvented KN-95 or higher quality masks required and will be provided" with required underlined. At the bottom it says "FREE Event at the Book Passage book store in the Ferry Building" all super imposed over a sky view of the SF Ferry building -- a long, narrow white building with many arched windows and a clock tower in the center. Trees in a plaza are visible in front of the building and a clear blue sky with treasure island and the Bay Bridge in the background

See y'all this Saturday at the SF Ferry Building for this very special (free) book event -- my first in person book talk of the year.

Thrilled for it to be at the iconic Ferry Building

Trans people: "Fix your hearts or die!"

Scott Adams: ok *dies*