Category: Transportation Infrastructure

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 10, 2018
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Transportation News for January 10, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: $3 toll hike for Bay Area bridges nearly set for June ballot  KTVU: Authorities consider toll hikes on seven Bay Area bridges  Mercury News: Roadshow: Much work remains on Highway 84 widening  Marin Independent Journal: Muir Woods: Supervisors move to ban long buses from road  Napa Valley Register: VINE Transit offering free rides Jan. 15 to 17 […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 9, 2018
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Transportation News for January 9, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: How to fix the Bay Area’s nasty commute? Locals weigh in  East Bay Times: Coming soon: Ford GoBike, LimeBike to add electric bicycles to their fleets  Mercury News: Roadshow: Concrete “dips” can send drivers airborne  Mercury News: Two Marin doctors charged with riding bikes illegally, resisting arrest  Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area toll hike measure likely for […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 8, 2018
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Transportation News for January 8, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Lyft trips in San Francisco more efficient than personal cars, study finds  San Francisco Chronicle: Don’t have a Clipper card? You’re giving BART a big cash windfall  Mercury News: Roadshow: Many disabled parking abusers are family or friends  Mercury News: Roadshow: Changes coming to Capitol Expressway  Marin Independent Journal: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge third lane could open next […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 5, 2018
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Transportation News for January 5, 2018

Mercury News: Proposed $3 toll hike moves closer to June ballot  Mercury News: Roadshow: Will express and carpool lanes lead to driver revolution?  Marin Independent Journal: Stinson Beach-Muir Beach Highway 1 section to reopen  Napa Valley Register: Napa Valley Wine Train may experiment with commuter car  San Francisco Examiner: Port may need to subsidize historic Pier 70 repair to seek […]

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StreetsBlog: Caltrans Releases Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Bay Area

Caltrans Releases Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Bay Area ·         By Melanie Curry ·         Jan 2, 2018 ·           https://cal.streetsblog.org/2018/01/02/caltrans-releases-climate-change-vulnerability-assessment-for-bay-area/          Map shows Bay Area highways and bridges (in red) vulnerable to a relatively low estimated 1.5-foot sea level rise. From Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Map Caltrans just released its first report on the vulnerability of the state highway […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 4, 2018
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Transportation News for January 4, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: SF traffic fatalities in 2017 lowest in city’s history  San Francisco Chronicle: In 2040, all new cars sold in California would be emission-free, bill says  San Francisco Chronicle: Bike advocates put their bodies on the line to protect riders  East Bay Times: Walnut Creek moves to stabilize city parking fund  Mercury News: Cars with sensors steer new […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 3, 2018
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Transportation News for January 3, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: BART rides just got a little more expensive  Mercury News: Roadshow: The emotional scars of witnesses to fatal crashes  San Francisco Chronicle: In auto industry home, Michigan tries to accommodate bikes  Wall Street Journal: Car Sales to Top 90 Million Globally for First Time  Harvard Political Review: Why Congress Can’t Help Caltrain 

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 2, 2018
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Transportation News for January 2, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial: Law rightfully requires DMV to tighten up disabled parking program  San Francisco Chronicle: CHP Mendocino pot-truck bust shows changes coming in transport rules  San Francisco Chronicle: Cyclist safety improving on Mount Diablo’s roads  East Bay Times: Bollinger Canyon Road widening: Headache now, benefits later  East Bay Times: New panel formed to work solely on BART-ACE link  […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 22, 2017
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Transportation News for December 22, 2017

ABC30 Action News: Would you pay $9 to cross the Bay Bridge?  Marin Independent Journal: Poll: Marin supports toll hike for road, transit projects  SFGate: Concerns over rider safety prompt major overhaul for Taraval Street  Mercury News: Repeal the new gas tax? California says ‘Yes!’ Bay Area voters say, ‘No way!’  Mercury News: Study: 298 lives could have been saved […]

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