Caltrain expanding bike capacity - as soon as April
02-05-09, 04:44 PM
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Caltrain expanding bike capacity - as soon as April
02-05-09, 06:20 PM
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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?
02-05-09, 06:51 PM
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Excellent news!
A step in the right direction.
I was so sorry I couldn't make it.
A step in the right direction.
I was so sorry I couldn't make it.
02-05-09, 06:55 PM
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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.
02-05-09, 10:18 PM
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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.
02-07-09, 10:16 AM
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Interesting editorial about the increased bike capacity:
https://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/...ivists_win.php
https://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/...ivists_win.php
