Tag: Bay Area

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 9, 2017
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Transportation News for May 9, 2017

East Bay Times: Help is on the way to fix our roads San Francisco Chronicle: Dublin family seeks $3 million over BART teen mob robbery East Bay Times: BART mob robbery: Pleasanton man to sue agency East Bay Times: State pledges funds for freeway cameras in wake of shootings Mercury News: Time running out for new California redwoods license plate […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 8, 2017
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Transportation News for May 8, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Furor over gas-tax hike shows no sign of easing San Francisco Chronicle: Juvenile fare cheats’ free ride: BART can’t cite them San Francisco Chronicle: Winter lingers on Bay Area bike routes damaged by storms San Francisco Chronicle: Bikes win, Fire Department loses in Market Street redo East Bay Times: Oakland: Proposed AC Transit cuts to schools will […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2017
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Transportation News for May 5, 2017

Mercury News: VTA expected to approve transit overhaul Marin Independent Journal: Muir Beach to get Highway 1 back Friday Marin Independent Journal: Highway 37: Bay Area officials eye future tolls as way to upgrade troubled roadway Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Would you pay tolls to use this North Bay highway? San Francisco Examiner: Sinkhole opens up beneath truck in SoMa […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 4, 2017
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Transportation News for May 4, 2017

San Francisco Business Times: These are the 5 biggest Bay Area transportation infrastructure projects San Francisco Chronicle: Scientists debunk argument against fuel economy standard for cars San Francisco Chronicle: California plans for collecting taxes on spaceflight East Bay Times: BART to overhaul Lafayette station entrance, parking lots East Bay Times: Letter from AC Transit boss argues Oakland schools getting a […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 3, 2017
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Transportation News for May 3, 2017

CBS: Bay Bridge Bike Path Now Open Seven Days A Week San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Bridge bike ride now goes halfway to SF, 7 days a week San Francisco Examiner: SF, Oakland officials mark grand opening of Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrain gets $100 million in tentative federal budget deal Mercury News: Roadshow: Express lanes […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 2, 2017
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Transportation News for May 2, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Proterra to test self-driving bus in downtown Reno San Francisco Chronicle: Making sure low-cost airfares are actually a bargain East Bay Times: Lafayette wants input on curbing downtown congestion Mercury News: Roadshow: I see this San Jose driver flouting the law every morning Marin Independent Journal: Unblinking truth: Marin metering lights still not funded Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma forum […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 1, 2017
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Transportation News for May 1, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Gov. Brown signs bill OKing $52 billion tax to fix state roads Sacramento Bee: California gas tax increase is now law. What it costs you and what it fixes San Francisco Chronicle: BART attack brings out racist responses East Bay Times: BART’s bad week: Disabled trains, dark stations, crime on the rise East Bay Times: Bay Bridge […]

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Transportation News for April 28, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Despite critics’ bullets, train keeps on rolling San Francisco Chronicle: BART police chief: Spike in crime preceded teen mob robbery at Coliseum Mercury News: Milpitas BART Station to open in December, VTA says Mercury News: Roadshow: From dentures to a kayak, here’s what transit riders leave behind Marin Independent Journal: Corte Madera volunteers conceive bike-pedestrian overpass San […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 27, 2017
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Transportation News for April 27, 2017

San Francisco Examiner: 2nd conductor accused of pocketing cable car fares in SF San Francisco Chronicle: Cable cars may go cashless after second conductor arrested for allegedly stealing fares Mercury News: BART seeks arrest warrants after identifying teens in mob robbery Mercury News: Palo Alto: VTA should pay for shuttles to cover bus service cuts Mercury News: Got a gripe […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 26, 2017
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Transportation News for April 26, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco fares and prices: 10 years ago versus today San Francisco Chronicle: A cooler way to see the sights of the city San Francisco Chronicle: BART keeps riders in dark about teen mob robbery East Bay Times: Audio dispatch of Oakland BART mob: ‘It’s a group of 50. They bum-rushed the entire train’ San Francisco […]

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