Tag: Bay Area

  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 17, 2016
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Transportation News for October 17, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Passengers have mixed reactions to new BART trains San Francisco Chronicle: Ending charge rage: New app lets EV drivers line up for charging San Francisco Chronicle: Prop. 53 could bring big projects to a halt (“San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center…as well as future seismic repairs on the Bay Bridge”) East Bay Times: Golden Gate Bridge to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 14, 2016
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Transportation News for October 14, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s future on line: Can transit system gain voters’ trust? Capital Public Radio: State Testing Ways To Tax Road Usage, Separate From The Gas Tax East Bay Times: Fremont: Opening date of Warms Springs station remains a mystery Mercury News: BART proposes ‘one-stop shop’ open data portal Santa Rosa Press Democrat: SMART launch likely to be delayed […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 13, 2016
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Transportation News for October 13, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: BART, once efficient, must convince voters it can’t fix itself San Francisco Chronicle: SF gets $11 million federal grants for transit, pedestrian safety Mercury News: Palo Alto revs up bike share system Mercury News: Roadshow: Bicyclist vs. car: Young girl on bike was right Marin Independent Journal: Novato to ask SMART to consider countywide quiet zone plan […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 11, 2016
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Transportation News for October 11, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Evercar seems to shut down car rentals to Uber, Lyft drivers Los Angeles Times: Roadshow: Santana Row ‘nightmare’ among issues at I-280 public meeting Los Angeles Times: With Model 3 orders looming, Tesla seeks approval to double size of Fremont factory Business Insider: San Francisco’s subway is so packed, people will soon pay $16 a day […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 10, 2016
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Transportation News for October 10, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: As self-driving cars arrive, Google Maps looks for its place San Francisco Chronicle: Yes on Measure RR: The Bay Area can’t work without BART San Francisco Chronicle: Water taxi service approved for SF-Berkeley runs East Bay Times: BART holding East Bay open houses to show off new cars San Francisco Examiner: Voters will see sales tax hike, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 6, 2016
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Transportation News for October 6, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Foster City, San Mateo to help pay for carpooling Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael, Novato, Sonoma SMART trains to have Wi-Fil Marin Magazine: Traffic Nightmare: Just how bad is congestion in Marin, and what’s being done about it? The Independent: MTC OKs More Money for BART Extension Work The Guardian: Blame it on the bike: does cycling […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 13, 2016
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CRI Bay Area Climate News for September 2016

The September 2016 issue of Bay Area Climate News from CRI (Climate Readiness Institute) includes SB 32, AB 197, project updates, and a spotlight on three Bay Area projects. CRI also released Version 1.2 of Climate Change & Bay Area Human Health: Facts Figures and Science-Based Storylines. The document aims to focus greater attention on the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 9, 2016
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Transportation News for September 9, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Bridge rainy-day fund runs low, leaving toll-payers on hook San Francisco Chronicle: 3 mayors brave BART to promote bond measure East Bay Times: Prices to increase for ACE passengers East Bay Times: Borenstein: BART tax could quadruple original claim Marin Independent Journal: Novato, San Rafael seek SMART quiet zones for train horns Fairfield Daily Republic: Suisun City […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 8, 2016
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Transportation News for September 8, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Major job losses feared when self-driving cars take to the road San Francisco Chronicle: Judge’s ruling roadblock for plans to widen Highway 1 in Pacifica San Francisco Chronicle: Court ruling deals blow to 385,000 Uber drivers East Bay Times: Potholes: The sales pitch for the VTA’s Measure B tax The Registry: Fremont Sets a Game Plan to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 7, 2016
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Transportation News for September 7, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Mini-Bay Bridge will stretch over downtown San Francisco  Mercury News: Alameda: $45 million ferry facility to break ground  Mercury News: BART to San Jose train testing means rails will be electrified and dangerous Marin Independent Journal: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge commute relief due in October 2017 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Rural Napa Vine Trail segment unofficially open

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