Tag: transportation

  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 24, 2015
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Transportation News for August 24, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Politics and potholes mix it up in Sacramento  San Francisco Chronicle: Art on BART wouldn’t be a pretty sight  Marin Independent Journal: Expanded service considered as Larkspur ferry ridership grows  San Francisco Examiner: Scooting to nowhere: SF parking permits may halt expansion of tech transit company  San Francisco Chronicle: Governor wants bipartisan fix for state highway repairs  […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 21, 2015
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Transportation News for August 21, 2015

Inside Bay Area: Transit agency federal grants still uncertain San Jose Mercury News: Bay Bridge metering lights will be upgraded (first time since 1974) Marin Independent Journal: Golden Gate bus and ferry riders to be queried on service Sacramento Business Journal: State’s biggest companies say taxes are part of the answer to transportation needs   POLITICO Morning Transportation for […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 20, 2015
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Transportation News for August 20, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: DA: Major flaws in Uber background checks  San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area median home price near record  San Francisco Chronicle: Governor wants bipartisan fix for state highway repairs  Oakland Tribune: Senate panel votes to raise California gas tax 12 cents a gallon  San Jose Mercury News: Bay Bridge underwater blast permits still needed  San Jose Mercury News: AC […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 19, 2015
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Transportation News for August 19, 2015

Oakland Tribune: Caltrans seeking permit to bring down Bay Bridge support pier with explosives San Francisco Examiner: Scooter-sharing advocates urge SFMTA to keep electric mopeds accessible to residents SF Appeal: Enclosed, Secure Bike Parking Unveiled in Civic Center Station POLITICO Morning Transportation for 8/19/2015 By JENNIFER SCHOLTES  NOT-SO-HUMBLEBRAG: We’re blushing, Carly Fiorina. Apparently our story this week on […]

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Contra Costa Transportation Authority Public Scoping Meeting – August 24, 2015

The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (the Authority) prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the 2014 Countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) in September of 2014 (SCH #2014042045). The Authority postponed their scheduled March 2015 certification process on that SEIR and consideration of approval of the 2014 CTP, and now intends to proceed with […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 18, 2015
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Transportation News for August 18, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Chronicle Watch: Wi-Fi remains hit or miss on Bay Area transit  Marin Independent Journal: Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier funding likely to get OK’d this week for work  San Francisco Examiner: BART directors approve 15-year art program  San Francisco Examiner: Angry cabbies say The City pushed taxis out of Outside Lands  Pleasonton Weekly:Governor signs Baker’s toll […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 17, 2015
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Transportation News for August 17, 2015

SF Gate: Earthquake causes BART delays Sacramento Bee: Health care, transportation, climate to occupy returning California lawmakers San Francisco Chronicle: Now driving urban design driverless vehicles   POLITICO Morning Transportation for 8/17/2015 By JENNIFER SCHOLTES WEEKEND ‘#FLYPOCALYPSE’ COULD FACTOR INTO ATC DEBATE: Most of the East Coast fliers stranded on Saturday due to an FAA software issue have […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 14, 2015
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Transportation News for August 14, 2015

San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: BART’s new Fremont station could open this year  San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: New sprawling Apple campus brings driver to tears  Marin Independent Journal: Bridge placed over Petaluma River to connect SMART trains between Marin, Sonoma  San Francisco Examiner: BART outline goals to avoid possible turmoil  Sacramento Bee: SF Bay Area commuters make big shift […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 13, 2015
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Transportation News for August 13, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. gets 1st glimpse at new Transbay center’s skin San Francisco Examiner: SF lawmaker announces ‘Idaho Stop’-style bike yield law proposal  Capital Public Radio: Lawmaker Defends California Climate Change Bill POLITICO Morning Transportation for 8/13/2015 By JENNIFER SCHOLTES, with help from Lauren Gardner, Adam Sneed and Heather Caygle PILOT REPORTS OF DRONE SIGHTINGS LEAP DRASTICALLY: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 12, 2015
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Transportation News for August 12, 2015

House – bill introduced re multimodal freight network –Representative Reichert (R-WA) introduced the National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act (H.R. 3398) to improve the condition and performance of the national multimodal freight network, and for other purposes. Senate – bill introduced re multimodal network — Senator Merkley (D-OR) introduced a bill (S. 2008) to enhance transportation programs in […]

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