Ian Griffiths

Ian Griffiths

@icgee.bsky.social

mobility, cities, design, good government / principal at www.cpcs.ca / cofounder www.seamlessbayarea.com / making big plans and logical diagrams to stir blood 🏳️‍🌈

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Microtransit could be me so much more utilized if people knew about it. A key challenge is that microtransit services are often run by cities, not transit agencies. Regardless they should be communicated as part of a broader network - integrating trip planning in obvious first step.

✨ new from me: over 1 million Bay Area residents are served by microtransit, but it's hardly discoverable. What should agencies and our region do to make it easier to take multimodal trips combining micro and fixed route transit? @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social

Bay Area transit is better than ever and has a bright future if we pass Measure RTM! Let the progress continue

Most @sfmta.com don’t know they can pay by tapping their credit card, let alone get free transfers. I ran into one friend whose clipper card got frozen in the upgrade to clipper 2 who was taking Ubers everywhere. His mind was blown when I told him he could just use his visa! @mtcbata.bsky.social

Coming up this Thursday!

Californians for Electric Rail@calelectricrail.org

Join us @icgee.bsky.social @publicenterprise.bsky.social and @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social for a webinar about how transit funding holds back ambitious investments like electric rail that we need for climate action & affordable transportation. January 8th, 1-2 PST. actionnetwork.org/events/trans...

This thread is exactly why @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social exists. Connections and integration of regional and local systems are key to a transit system that maximizes mobility for the greatest number of people.

Jarrett Walker@humantransit.bsky.social

When I commuted from San Francisco to study at Stanford in the late 1980s, the San Francisco peninsula rail line @caltrain.com was a primary limiting factor on my education. It ran every two hours and stopped at 10 PM. Why? 🧵 1/

Ian Griffiths reposted

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After over a year of listening to advocates around the state, the SB 125 Transit Transformation task force proposed a great set of project delivery reforms (see our letter). When transit agencies opposed, they voted to table all of them. Deeply disappointing. calelectricrail.org/wp-content/u...

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Seamless Bay Area@seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social

At the State Transit Transportation Task Force, transit agencies pushed back against measures to accelerate timelines and constrain costs of capital projects, saying that they are already doing what is needed....

Less than 48 hours away - see you Thursday! ⬇️

Ian Griffiths@icgee.bsky.social

Does the news have you feeling down? Channel your energy toward something positive - come out and meet the @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social community at our 2025 Kickoff social and fundraiser next Thursday 2/13. Register here: lu.ma/by63hp6m

Remember when McDonalds and Coca-Cola used to be the greedy companies that were destroying the world? Seems so quaint now compared to the corporate greed and absolute disdain for ethics we are seeing now.

Took the high speed train from Taipei to Kaoshiung in just 90 minutes. Was unfortunately in the middle seat, but the upside: equal view outside both sides of the train. Also the ride is only 90 minutes!