Although he has now officially stepped down as the executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Nathaniel Ford still has some local transit business to attend to — and this time he’ll be getting a little appreciation from his colleagues.Ford is a member of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board — the governing body in charge of Caltrain. Thursday’s board meeting will be his last with the agency. Read More
Caltrain’s board of directors Thursday morning voted not to pursue station closures and to maintain its current train schedule through fiscal year 2012.The board did vote to raise fares and parking fees, however. In a 5-3 vote in San Carlos, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board adopted a resolution that would impose a 25-cent increase on the base fare and a $1 increase in daily parking fees at Caltrain lots. Read More
Caltrain riders flooded a Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board meeting in San Carlos on Thursday morning to plead against station closures in their cities as the agency grapples with a $30 million budget deficit. The board is considering terminating service at up to seven Caltrain stations including South San Francisco, Belmont, San Bruno and the College Park station in San Jose. Read More
