Local News Featured Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s new Next-Generation Clipper system sees major hiccups for SamTrans, Caltrain and BART By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Apr 1, 2026 A long-awaited upgrade to the region’s transit payment system launched a few months ago, but a number of technical problems have contributed t…
Bay Area Featured BART sees ridership rebound Bay City NewsUpdated Feb 25, 2026 BART ridership continued its slow rebound in January with more riders returning to the rail system, even as the transit agency faces deep fina…
Local News Featured How has Bay Area transit become more integrated? By Andres Jimenez Larios Bay City NewsUpdated Mar 31, 2026 Officials from the regional transportation planning agency Metropolitan Transportation Commission joined with the public policy nonprofit SPUR…
Local News Featured Caltrain nixes Clipper discount By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Nov 12, 2025 Caltrain is moving ahead with cost-cutting and revenue-growing measures to narrow a gaping deficit, with plans to remove a 13-year-old discoun…
+2 Columnists The new difficulty of buying a Caltrain ticket By Emma Shen Nov 8, 2025 I’ll admit I’m long overdue for my Youth Clipper Card — and with only a year of discounts left in me, I had never felt compelled to procure on…
Local News BART opens gates to easier ways to pay By Andres Jimenez Larios Bay City NewsUpdated Aug 21, 2025 Inside San Francisco's Embarcadero station, Mayor Daniel Lurie, BART general manager Bob Powers, and several other local officials on Tuesday …
Columnists On transit By Greg Wilson Aug 9, 2025 This week, my attention was drawn to a Daily Journal article titled “Regional transit pass now arriving.” As a longtime commuter on various fo…
Bay Area Featured Regional transit pass now arriving By Andres Jimenez Larios Bay City NewsUpdated Aug 7, 2025 Following the success of initial trials of an unlimited Bay Area transit pass, universities and major employers are deciding whether they woul…
Bay Area Featured Clipper Card outages on 1st day of fare increases Bay City NewsUpdated Jul 1, 2025 Public transit agencies across the Bay Area experienced fare payment malfunctions on Tuesday morning following a regionwide malfunction of the…
Local News Featured Caltrain weighs options to rectify structural deficit By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Nov 7, 2025 Caltrain’s leadership is largely eliminating service cuts as a potential solution to its ballooning deficit, but it is still contemplating oth…