an extension of existing bus service to Lake Chabot and a shuttle from downtown Berkeley, through Southside, and up into Tilden would radically transform our region's access to parks.
Down here in the East Bay, our two major urban-adjacent parks without transit access are Lake Chabot, near the Eden Area equity priority community and tantalizingly close to the end of existing bus routes, and Tilden, above Berkeley but impossible to access for car free students at the University.
Boston's greenbelt is really impressive, especially for such an old city. I've done a bunch of the Walking City Trail while visiting and it's fantastic, I'm excited to try parts of the Boston Boundless Trail next time I'm in the area!
New from me: tap to pay has quickly become the standard way we pay for transit in California -- 97% of trips will be on contactless agencies by EOY. How'd we get here, and what's left?
cal.streetsblog.org/2026/05/27/a...
I've had access to Claude 5 Fable for a bit. A genuine jump in capability, I could feed it a 15 page design document for a project and it would work for 9+ hours and deliver terrific results.
But working with it is weird & weirder is coming
Lots of examples: open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
Once Tap Plus launches later this year, it will be available on the agencies that operate roughly 95% of public transit trips in California, but there are some notable laggards...