Jim Wunderman – California Globe

California’s ‘Impending Public Transportation Disaster’ Is Self-Inflicted

May 30, 2023 7:54 amMay 31, 2023 6:17 am

A sure sign of a crumbling, decaying, failing state is the email I received this morning from State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), calling an emergency press conference “on Impending Public Transportation Disaster:” Today, Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Ben...

BART Survey Finds Only 17% Of Users Feel Safe While Riding

May 11, 2023 12:23 pmMay 11, 2023 12:24 pm

According to a new Bay Area Council/EMC Research poll released this week, only 17% of people in the Bay Area who ride Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) feel safe, with 45% of residents saying that they don’t take BART because...

High-Speed Rail Project Takes Heat from Every Corner

February 26, 2019 11:19 amFebruary 26, 2019 12:28 pm

After Gavin Newsom seemed to throw shade on California’s high speed rail project in his State of the State address, opponents of the project jumped on the chance to push it into an early grave. President Trump responded by gleefully...