Category: Transportation Infrastructure

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 18, 2016
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Transportation News for July 18, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Self-driving cars: Consumer groups want government to hit brakes East Bay Times: Pittsburg: Highway 4 cameras to turn on this week Fairfield Daily Republic: Officials: Solano residents can expect roads to decline Napa Valley Register: Napa water taxi, historic B&B and apartment project face council vote Napa Valley Register: Napa Vine Trail segment faces further grand opening […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 14, 2016
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Transportation News for July 14, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Twin Peaks routing now separates vehicles from hikers, bikers San Francisco Chronicle:Officials try to untangle commute on Hwy. 101 on Peninsula San Francisco Chronicle: What to do with empty terminals in Oakland? Nothing, port says. San Francisco Chronicle: Upgrades to unsafe tank cars could take 15 years, board says San Francisco Chronicle: Happy birthday to San […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 13, 2016
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Transportation News for July 13, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: SFMTA has the right compromise on tech buses East Bay Times: Changes to BART’s internal affairs policy raising concerns among civil rights watchdogs San Francisco Examiner: Some ‘Next Muni’ stop predictions on the fritz across SF San Francisco Examiner: Twin Peaks road closure pilot starts today

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 12, 2016
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Transportation News for July 12, 2016

  East Bay Times: Freight rail boosts Bay Area, state’s economy (East Bay Times My Word) Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Railroad Square development draws support, questions NBC: Caltrans to Close Lanes of San Mateo Bridge For Repairs San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Southern California gets a big, fat $0 from Feds for freight, road improvements

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 8, 2016
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Transportation News for July 8, 2016

East Bay Times: Bike sharing to expand in San Francisco Bay Area East Bay Times: Borenstein: BART bond measure tax double what agency claims East Bay Times: Richmond: New Bay Trail additions in the works Mercury News: Roadshow: Why I-280 is getting repaved before I-580 International Railway Journal: Caltrain approves electrification and EMU contracts

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 7, 2016
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Transportation News for July 7, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Californians are driving more, which is bad for climate change East Bay Times: Dublin, Livermore plan for new joint $79 million road expansion project Marin Indepenent Journal: Work begins on new segment of Marin-Sonoma Narrows San Francisco Examiner: SF leader on ‘Smart City’ challenge leaves SFMTA for Google X Los Angeles Times: How to remake the L.A. […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 6, 2016
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Transportation News for July 6, 2016

  East Bay Times: Caltrans: pay by the mile program seeks to balance enforcement, privacy, equity San Francisco Chronicle: California’s greenhouse gas emissions drop, barely Mercury News: Campbell: Designs for Del Grande project being narrowed down Marin Independent Journal: Marin-based water taxi looks to break into commute service Sacramento Bee: California’s most famous freeway fixer, Myers Inc., is bankrupt Government […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 1, 2016
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Transportation News for July 1, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: BART welcomes a new kind of train San Francisco Chronicle: BART to close tracks between South Hayward, Fremont this weekend East Bay Times: Local pols get sneak peek at eBART train East Bay Times: It’s surreal: Silicon Valley’s biggest private development project East Bay Times: Eye on the East Bay: Richmond council hopes solar-train dream sees light […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 30, 2016
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Transportation News for June 30, 2016

Golden Gate Bridge, Ferry And Transit Fares Increase Friday San Francisco Chronicle Tolerating dangerous streets in SF? Not so fast San Francisco Chronicle Housing costs push commuters outward, expanding definition of Bay Area, study says East Bay Times Ballot measure threatens bullet train, Delta tunnels East Bay Times Cameras might replace guards on suicide watch […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 29, 2016
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Transportation News for June 29, 2016

American Drivers Regain Appetite for Gas Guzzlers New York Times Rail agency taps Brisbane tract eyed for transit-oriented housing San Francisco Chronicle Red hot Bay Area housing puts big chill on Section 8 East Bay Times Solution to SF’s homeless problem starts with supportive housing San Francisco Chronicle 3 SF supervisors move to put tech […]

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