November 2 0 1 8 Nuggets of Bay-Delta news—pearls in the ocean of information—curated by the reporters and editors of ESTUARY News magazine. N E W S The Nature Conservancy’s venture in growing food crops for wintering cranes on Staten Island is under fire from an unexpected source—the Wetlands Preservation […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area to build first hydrogen fuel-cell ferry San Francisco Business Times: First fuel-cell ferry to set sail in San Francisco Bay Area by next year East Bay Times: Electric scooters, bikes may be coming to Fremont next Vallejo Times Herald: San Francisco Bay Ferry launches mobile ticket app Mercury News: BART […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: 10 Northern California road and transit projects spared the knife as Prop. 6 goes down Business Insider: Report: Ford buys Spin, a San Francisco scooter startup Wall Street Journal: Ford Buys Electric-Scooter Startup, Looking to Diversify Beyond Autos Mercury News: San Jose launching driverless car program Mercury News: Full moon, babies and […]
Continue ReadingOn October 4, BPC staff member Brianne Riley attended the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC) Environmental Justice Working Group meeting. Topics of discussion included a timeline update on the Environmental Justice and Social Equity Bay Plan Amendment and BCDC’s Bay Plan Policies Regarding Public Access. These are efforts that we plan to […]
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Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Brown campaigning for pet cause: killing gas-tax repeal East Bay Times: Prop 6 struggles in polls — an omen for California Republicans? Mercury News: Repealing state gas tax increase is on ballot Tuesday: Roadshow KQED: 10 Things to Know About Proposition 6, the Gas Tax Repeal Initiative San Francisco Examiner: Bayview merchants […]
Continue ReadingEast Bay Times: E-scooter companies to pay to operate in Oakland Mercury News: Crystal Springs Bridge to re-open soon: Roadshow Mercury News: Battery problem prompts Lime to pull electric scooters off streets in LA, Tahoe, San Diego Sacramento Bee: Cost for new I Street Bridge hits $172 million after Coast Guard makes changes Los Angeles […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Waymo gets OK for robot cars in state; no humans needed Associated Press: AP: Waymo to test driverless cars in 5 Silicon Valley cities. Is your town one of them? San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Briefing: With automated vehicles, innovation can be a double-edged sword Sacramento Bee: City selects internationally well-known architect to […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Future of Flight Mercury News: Honda research arm cruises into north San Jose Mercury News: Why do Caltrans workers need so many road-blocking protectors? Mercury News: Ruling on independent contractors leaves California entrepreneurs in limbo Santa Rosa Press Democrat: SMART, Santa Rosa at loggerheads over Jennings Avenue pedestrian and bicycling crossing Associated […]
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