Tag: transportation

  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 8, 2018
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Transportation News for October 8, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Shoring up of Transbay center will extend beyond Fremont Street area, officials say San Francisco Examiner: Who will pay for the Salesforce Transit Center cracked beams? Testing may tell San Francisco Chronicle: Sophisticated quake alerts let BART stop before shaking starts East Bay Times: Federal aviation, runway safety bill signed into law, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 4, 2018
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Transportation News for October 4, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: One of few certainties with Transbay center: Repair costs covered by warranty Curbed: Transbay Terminal Center closed until November San Francisco Chronicle: Gas-tax repeal made California ballot because of GOP. Then GOP walked away Los Angeles Times: Garcetti urges voters to reject Proposition 6, which would repeal California’s new gas tax Bloomberg: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 3, 2018
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Transportation News for October 3, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: SF’s damaged transit center closed for weeks — park could reopen sooner San Francisco Examiner: Responsibility for Salesforce Transit Center fix remains an open question KQED: Audio: One Crack Too Many for SF’s Salesforce Transit Center SF Bay: Sample of cracked Salesforce beams to be removed, analyzed KPIX: Transbay Terminal Director: ‘The […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 2, 2018
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Transportation for October 2, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: SF’s Transbay Transit Center likely to be closed for three more weeks East Bay Times: Transbay Terminal reopening delayed; cause of cracked steel beams still unknown San Francisco Business Times: Transbay Transit Center, Fremont St. to remain closed until at least October 12 NBC – Bay Area: Video: Holes Cut in Steel […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 1, 2018
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Transportation News for October 1, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: SF builders struggle to keep transit center from rising San Francisco Chronicle: Company involved with cracked transbay beams also caught up in BART problem San Francisco Chronicle: SF traffic woes to continue in week two of Transbay closure San Francisco Chronicle: Crews prepare to shore up damaged Transbay Transit Center San Francisco […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 27, 2018
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Transportation News for September 27, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Gas-tax supporters tout report finding fewer potholes in Bay Area Mercury News: Bay Area roads need repairs, but at least potholes haven’t gotten worse Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area pothole report: Marin roads improving, Larkspur lowest ranked San Francisco Examiner: SF road conditions improved slightly, report finds PR Newswire: Bay Area Streets […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 26, 2018
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Transportation News for September 26, 2018

Mercury News: AP: New San Francisco transit center closes after crack found in beam San Francisco Chronicle: What went wrong at the Transbay Transit Center? Here are some possibilities San Francisco Examiner: $2.2 billion Salesforce Transit Center closes after crack found in steel beam Curbed: Transbay Transit Center shut down after broken steel beam discovered […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 25, 2018
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Transportation News for September 25, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Transit Week gets off to rough start as train delays disrupt officials’ commutes San Francisco Chronicle: Pie makers and other early birds could get assist during Transbay Tube work KQED: Audio: From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F. SF Curbed: Modernization of Clipper card won’t include high-tech features already used in […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 24, 2018
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Transportation News for September 24, 2018

East Bay Times: Car-free and carefree in San Jose, thanks to Viva Calle Mercury News: Highway 17 back to being a scary mess: Roadshow Press Democrat: California to audit DMV amid hourslong wait times, outages Mercury News: Tales of the DMV misery continue to pour in: Roadshow Napa Valley Register: Napa County looks at congestion-busting […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 21, 2018
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Transportation News for September 21, 2018

Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Hating Caltrans isn’t a good enough reason to repeal the gas tax San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area transit agencies prepare for a Treasure Island population boom San Francisco Chronicle: Buses will keep rolling to Oakland hills schools until at least June 2020 East Bay Times: BART’s fare evasion fines hit African-Americans hardest […]

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