Transit News: Muni hiring shenanigans, Caltrain forecast, BART escalators, free AC Transit passes

Despite budget deficit, Muni spends $1 million to hire more drivers (The Bay Citizen)
Caltrain moves from doom to boom, but forecast could get gloomy (San Jose Mercury News)
Central Subway tunnel construction to begin (SFGate)
BART Escalator Watch 2012: 10 Repaired, 19 To Go (SFist)
AC Transit to give out free passes on June 26 (SFGate)
Report: Modernizing Caltrain Could Generate 9,600 Jobs (SF Appeal)
Two Arrested For Setting Castro Muni Station Fires (SFist)

Category: AC Transit, BART, News