Category: Transportation Infrastructure

  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 6, 2017
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Transportation News for November 6, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: GOP sees prospective gas-tax election fight as oasis in California desert  Los Angeles Times: Capitol Journal Blasting California’s gas tax while working to cut federal tax breaks? That’s called hypocrisy  East Bay Times: Opinion: New taxes, tolls, bonds and fees just keep coming  Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Guest editorial: With the gas tax increase, it’s time […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 3, 2017
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Transportation News for November 3, 2017

Mercury News: Opinion: Mystery fuel surcharge much costlier than new gas tax  Mercury News: Roadshow: Jeez, some don’t know what a red arrow means  San Francisco Examiner: ‘Neighborway’ at Golden Gate Park entrance to reduce nearby car traffic by half  Politifact: Does California spend ‘nearly 5 times as much’ to build a mile of road as rest of nation? 

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 2, 2017
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Transportation News for November 2, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Richmond-to-San Francisco ferry service set to begin in September  San Francisco Chronicle: Government drops push for car-to-car wireless communication  Mercury News: Why are gas prices so high in California?  Mercury News: Roadshow: Are pedal extenders legal in California?  Marin Independent Journal: Solid SMART ridership has agency looking at longer trains  San Mateo Daily Journal: SamTrans begins rebrand  Berkeleyside: The […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 31, 2017
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Transportation News for October 31, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: BART will chase fare evaders at a cost of $740,000 per year  San Francisco Chronicle: Waymo offers peek at its secluded test bed for self-driving cars  Mercury News: Roadshow: New rules for pedestrians  Mercury News: Milpitas Post Editorial: Route 237 corridor reflects surging high-tech growth 

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 30, 2017
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Transportation News for October 30, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: California gas taxes to rise 12 cents a gallon next week  Sacramento Bee: See how much California’s gas tax will rise through 2020  San Francisco Chronicle: BART, in crackdown on cheats, to require riders show proof of payment  East Bay Times: Orinda BART station safest in the system, police chief says  KTVU: New BART cars delayed, again. […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 25, 2017
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Transportation News for October 25, 2017

Mercury News: Roadshow: Toll hike could pay for I-680-I-880 connector  San Francisco Examiner: De Young Museum tries to slam brakes on making Golden Gate Park car-free Saturdays year-round  San Mateo Daily Journal: Dumbarton plan gains support: Advocates urge MTC for funding to create new transbay rail  Wired: LA Looks to Rideshare to Build the Future of Public Transit  San […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 24, 2017
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Transportation News for October 24, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s new cars finally pass safety tests, on track to roll by Thanksgiving  San Francisco Chronicle: Chariot resuming commuter service in San Francisco Monday afternoon  Mercury News: Roadshow: What that stupid driver threw out the window  San Francisco Examiner: SF mulls Uber and Lyft fees, gas tax for transportation funding 

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 23, 2017
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Transportation News for October 23, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Annual Trolley Dances rolled out in and around SF’s Muni routes  San Francisco Chronicle: Retro-look Van Ness streetlights back in plan, but purists take dim view  San Francisco Chronicle: Some Chariot drivers had improper licenses, California Highway Patrol says  East Bay Times: Carpool to these East Bay BART stations, get guaranteed parking  Mercury News: Roadshow: Some new […]

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