Transit News: New BART design, Caltrain funding, Muni pass hikes

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  • BART unveils design for new fleet of train cars (KTVU)
  • BART aims to tame noisy trains (SF Examiner)
  • BART Police Defend Speed Of Response To 16th Street Naked Acrobat Attacks (SF Appeal)
  • More victims say teen girls robbed them (ABC 7)
  • Missing man found safe at West Portal Muni station (ABC 7)
  • 30 million trips and counting: BART celebrates 10th anniversary of SFO extension (BART.gov)
  • Caltrain 2015 operating funding challenges—how you can help (Green Caltrain)
  • Get Ready to Pay More to Park and Ride Muni (SF Weekly)

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Giants games, concerts, Muni Metro work, Komen walk

Baseball Game Traffic Reroutes
The San Francisco Giants will play three home games against the Miami Marlins at AT&T Park this weekend: 7:15 p.m., Friday; 1:05 p.m., Saturday and 1:05 p.m., Sunday.

The SFMTA advises motorists of the increased congestion in San Francisco and advises commuters to use transit and avoid using the Bay Bridge on these dates.

For details about transit service to AT&T Park, including connections from Bay Area transit systems to Muni can be found at www.sfmta.com. Regional transit information for BART, Caltrain and the ferries as well as traffic is available at www.511.org.
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Muni bus on car crash near, in Panhandle (update)

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Update (Friday, 8:43 a.m.): KTVU and SF Weekly reports that a passenger on the bus helped stop it after it had dragged the car for some time.

KTVU tracked down the “cool-headed” passenger, Frank Primus, who was sitting in the rear of the runaway bus. Primus says when he realized the bus wasn’t actually stopping after hitting the Jetta, he dashed up to the driver seat, and put his foot on the brake.

“I realized we were headed toward Fell and the bus wasn’t stopping, the guy wasn’t stopping the bus,” Primus told KTVU.

Cyclists were jumping out of the path of the moving bus, which barely dodged oncoming traffic.

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