Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 19, 2017
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Transportation News for June 19, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: As autonomous cars come along, drivers dread letting go San Francisco Chronicle: Business schools are loving the case study that is Uber San Francisco Chronicle: BART riders deserve sanctuary within the transit system East Bay Times: Google’s San Jose renewal plan: ‘Grand Central of the West’ Mercury News: How driverless cars, drones and other tech will change […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 19, 2017
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Energy News for June 19, 2017

The Wall Street Journal: Three Years On, Oil Industry Comes to Terms With Cheap Crude Bloomberg Government: Oil Trades Near $45 as U.S. Continues Drilling Expansion The Houston Chronicle: Oil slump slammed many companies’ revenues The Alaska Dispatch News: Evidence of oil pushes Doyon drilling campaign forward RTO Insider: NERC: Despite Solid 2016, Grid Threats Remain The Seattle Times: Lower demand, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 19, 2017
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California Water News for June 19, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Oroville Dam repair is huge, but so is residents’ mistrust San Francisco Chronicle: Dam safety records should be public Oroville Mercury Register: DWR settlement agreement: Oroville may stick it out for another year California Water Blog: Irrigation Management in the Western States, seen from overseas San Diego Union-Tribune: Could desalinated water from Mexico flow to San Diego? News […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 16, 2017
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Sharing Knowledge: Spring Summit Insights Presented to LTMS Management Committee

While BPC’s 2017 Spring Summit has come to end, certainly the topics of conversation that participants engaged in during the conference are still at the forefront of issues being faced by many organizations in the region and  the region as a whole. Today, we continued to share insights from the Spring Summit with a presentation […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 16, 2017
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Transportation News for June 16, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Trump’s infrastructure scam a tax giveaway to the rich Mercury News: Saratoga budget addresses major increase in traffic safety requests Mercury News: Speed radar signs may be coming to Foxworthy Avenue Marin Independent Journal: Feds wrapping up SMART inspection, but start date not set WAMU: Pedestrian Scramble: D.C. Revives An Idea From The 1940s To Reduce Accidents

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 16, 2017
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California Water News for June 16, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Study: California’s seasonal rain and snow triggering earthquakes Sacramento Bee: California Legislature votes to keep dam-safety plans secret Associated Press: In wake of crisis, California takes a hard look at dams CBS San Francisco Bay Area: Rivers Across The West Turn Dangerous As Days Warm, Snow Melts Sacramento Bee: California still digging out snowy roads, but heat […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 16, 2017
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Energy News for June 16, 2017

Reuters: BP Energy Partners selling midstream portfolio company: sources The Wall Street Journal: Big Oil Firms Are Exploring a New Frontier in Shale: Profits Washington Examiner: Cyber, physical attacks against the grid increasing Bloomberg News: Solar Power Will Kill Coal Faster Than You Think Quartz: Trump’s solar border wall with Mexico could pay for itself – if you assume the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 15, 2017
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Transportation News for June 15, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Warriors parade causing traffic and transportation nightmare San Francisco Chronicle: Uber recruiters find a wall of resistance from women San Francisco Chronicle: Muni switches to less colorful transfers, allows late-night rides on Clipper Mercury News: From Uber drivers to Zuckerberg’s security officers, Palo Alto has an idling problem Mercury News: Roadshow: A fender-bender and a very expensive […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 15, 2017
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Energy News for June 15, 2017

Reuters: Rosneft, partners to invest over $8 billion in Russia’s offshore energy sector The Hill: Interior set to delay methane pollution rule Financial Times: US shale resurgence will boost global oil supply, says IEA The Wall Street Journal: Saudis Cut Oil Exports to U.S. to Ease Global Glut The Wall Street Journal: Saudi Aramco IPO Plans Slowed Over Where to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 15, 2017
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California Water News for June 15, 2017

Associated Press: California ordering inspections at aging dams after crisis Oroville Mercury Register: See the view from the top of the spillway with State Parks new webcam Sacramento Bee: See where the proposed Delta tunnels would go KMPH Fox 26: California firms up marijuana rules, will allow deliveries Carmichael Times: Democrats Deny Funding for Critical Levee Repairs Needed after … […]

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