Northern California - Caltrain expanding bike capacity - as soon as April

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murphstahoe
02-05-09, 04:44 PM
http://www.cyclelicio.us/2009/02/caltrain-approves-modest-bike-space.html

http://holierthanyou.blogspot.com/2009/02/nice-racks.html

johnny99
02-05-09, 06:20 PM
They increased the minimum bicycle capacity from 16 bikes/train to 24 bikes/train. I hope it doesn't stop there. Wasn't the SFBC asking for 80 bikes on every train?
uspspro
02-05-09, 06:51 PM
Excellent news!

A step in the right direction.

I was so sorry I couldn't make it.

uspspro
02-05-09, 06:55 PM
They increased the minimum bicycle capacity from 16 bikes/train to 24 bikes/train. I hope it doesn't stop there. Wasn't the SFBC asking for 80 bikes on every train?

24 per car in the new style cars, with an attempt to have 2 cars on the high demand routes

40 per car on the old style cars... when those have 2 cars, there is 80 spots.

going from

old choices --> 16,32,32 or 64
- to -
new choices --> 24,40,48 or 80

I think that's pretty good progress.
johnny99
02-05-09, 10:18 PM
I think there is some progress, but they did not commit to have 2 bike cars during commute hours and didn't seem to say anything about how hard they would try to do this. Personally, I think increasing the minimum capacity is far more important than increasing the average capacity.
johnny99
02-07-09, 10:16 AM
Interesting editorial about the increased bike capacity:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/reports_of_bike_activists_win.php