Category: Transportation Infrastructure

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 3, 2017
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Transportation News for March 3, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Uber plans to apply for California self-driving permit Mercury News: Roadshow: Are Fremont metering lights helping 680 mess? Drivers debate Marin Independent Journal: Larkspur rejects Bon Air Bridge bids as critics pan closure idea Fairfield Daily Republic: Delta ferries in Solano return to service Sacramento Bee: Bullet train suffers two big setbacks that could be fatal Twin […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 2, 2017
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Transportation News for March 2, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: In Mountain View, retrofitting vehicles to make them self-driving San Francisco Chronicle: SF sues Hertz, says it’s ‘gouging’ car renters for bridge tolls East Bay Times: Want gas under $2 a gallon? Go to Louisiana East Bay Times: Oakland: Date set for massive East Oakland sinkhole repair Mercury News: Menlo Park: City may shed a transit-related commission […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 1, 2017
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Transportation News for March 1, 2017

KQED: With Caltrain Project in Danger, Bay Area Delegation Plans Lobbying Trip to D.C. East Bay Times: Berkeley: Ferry service to San Francisco launched Mercury News: Caltrain: Agreement with contractors to extend deadline keeps electrification project alive East Bay Times: Slow mudslide keeps popular commuters’ shortcut closed; Morgan Territory Road residents without water Mercury News: Niles Canyon: Palomares Road could […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 28, 2017
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Transportation News for February 28, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrain acts to keep electrification plan alive San Francisco Chronicle: Legislators seek to assist weary BART riders San Francisco Chronicle: Parking scofflaws can’t escape Muni bus cameras East Bay Times: Editorial: Feds should electrify Caltrain, kill bullet train Mercury News: Roadshow: Fixing Highway 17 with a tunnel — or a fake cliff? San Francisco Examiner: SF to craft […]

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Notice of WETA Board of Directors Meeting, Thursday, March 2, 2017

Click here to view the agenda and additional information. The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, March 2 at 1:15 p.m. at Pier 1, Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.  A Board of Directors Workshop will be held at 1:30 p.m. or immediately following theBoard […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 23, 2017
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Transportation News for February 23, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Google bus battle ends with a fine solution San Francisco Chronicle: Politics derails Caltrain plan San Francisco Chronicle: California’s top Republican ignored business plea to help Caltrain East Bay Times: Fremont: Red-light camera snafu could cost city half a million dollars East Bay Times: Port of Oakland: Big-rig smog checks reflect change in trucking industry Mercury News: Ride […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 22, 2017
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Transportation News for February 22, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Final plan for corporate shuttles approved by Muni board East Bay Times: Editorial: Smart Idea would help repair state’s roads faster East Bay Times: Herhold: Highway 17’s treacherous bargain Mercury News: Bay Area girls’ app finds safer commute routes Mercury News: Beyond the commute: Santa Cruz faces long-term storm repairs Mercury News: Roadshow: Would $8 Bay Area bridge […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 21, 2017
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Transportation News for February 21, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Trump administration deals a big setback to Caltrain San Francisco Examiner: Caltrain launches White House petition after losing federal funding for modernization San Francisco Chronicle: California’s common ground with Washington San Francisco Chronicle: Not just Oroville: More Northern California infrastructure that needs fixes San Francisco Chronicle: More people are working remotely San Francisco Chronicle: Persistent rain brings potholes […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 17, 2017
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Transportation News for February 17, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: How SF compares with other big cities Mercury News: State senator to introduce two bills to ban or limit effectiveness of BART strikes Mercury News: Borenstein: Told you so, BART is reneging on bond promise Mercury News: Roadshow: Hitting a Bay Area pothole cost us $900 in repairs San Francisco Examiner: New California storms may interrupt train […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 16, 2017
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Transportation News for February 16, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Visitors driving famed Lombard Street may wind up paying San Francisco Chronicle: Debris from recent storms leads to warning for Bay Area boaters San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Complacency’ sends traffic deaths soaring in California and US East Bay Times: San Ramon agrees to put $2M toward Iron Horse Trail bridge grants The Independent: BART Pauses Planning for Dublin […]

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