Letter: Caltrain’s approach to future bike capacity disappointing

Spreading the load across all train cars will help with at least three important elements.

Caltrain’s approach to future
bike capacity disappointing

I’ve been a Caltrain bike commuter since 1999. I am disappointed at the approach that Caltrain staff have been taking with respect to future bike capacity.

I urge the board to hold staff to the 8:1 ratio endorsed in 2015 and to require that designs exploring bike capacity on all seven cars be developed.

Spreading the load across all train cars will help with at least three important elements:

1. Allow cyclists to sit near their bikes to prevent theft and facilitate bike shuffling by destination.
2. Speed turnaround at stations by reducing clustering at certain cars.
3. Eliminate “newbie” confusion by allowing boarding with a bike on any car (as BART does).

I hope the board will do the right thing for the environment, for Caltrain and for the riders.

David Maltz
San Francisco

 

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