Tag: Bay Area

  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 15, 2016
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Transportation News for November 15, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Left turns whittled down on SF’s Van Ness Avenue Mercury News: Google patent shows vision of self-driving cars flocking to pick up customers Mercury News: AAA predicts busiest Thanksgiving travel season in 9 years Mercury News: Roadshow: If my neck were fused, could I really not drive? Napa Valley Register: Napa County revamping rural road speed limits […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 14, 2016
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Transportation News for November 14, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area voters say yes to 1 BART tax per ballot San Francisco Chronicle: Cutting tech shuttle stops will add cars in SF, report says San Francisco Chronicle: City CarShare hands over on-demand auto rentals to Getaround San Francisco Chronicle: Chronicle Covers: Bay Bridge, a ‘wonder of the world,’ opens to awes East Bay Times: Hydrogen-powered ferry? […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 10, 2016
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Transportation News for November 10, 2016

New York Times: What Trump, Clinton and Voters Agreed On: Better Infrastructure San Francisco Chronicle: Voters hand BART funds to rebuild and three new directors East Bay Times: Watch: How the big BART bond measure passed Mercury News: Roadshow: What’s the nuttiest thing you’ve seen on a freeway? Mercury News: Menlo Park weighs transit tweaks after new school opens

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 9, 2016
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Transportation News for November 9, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: BART Measure RR on track to win East Bay Times: BART bond: San Francisco, Oakland voters instrumental in victory East Bay Times: Editorial: BART election results eliminate hope of fiscal reform Mercury News: Roadshow: Dumbarton Bridge new FasTrak lane reviewed by drivers Los Angeles Times: Lead increases for tax hike to expand L.A. Metro mass transit Orange […]

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Potholed Bay Area Roads Ranked Worst in Nation

As SFGate reported this week, the Bay Area’s crumbling roads have been ranked as the worst of any urban region in the nation by Washington, D.C.-based transportation research group Think. According to Think’s study, “Bumpy Roads Ahead: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother,” 71% of the roads in the San Francisco […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 7, 2016
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Transportation News for November 7, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Slow road to safety as park thoroughfare gets speed humps East Bay Times: BART’s well-paid janitor: A symptom of an ailing system Mercury News: Editorial: Traffic, housing and pension measures need to pass Mercury News: VTA hires new paratransit service for disabled, elderly riders Mercury News: Roadshow: Why Autobahn has so few tailgaters, road boulders Mercury News: Roadshow: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 4, 2016
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Transportation News for November 4, 2016

East Bay Times: Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier project has new $204 million funding plan Mercury News: Sunnyvale: Bike lanes and street improvements come to Maude Avenue Mercury News: Roadshow: Honking at carpool cheats gets a thumbs up (mostly) Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Willits Highway 101 bypass finally opens to traffic

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 3, 2016
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Transportation News for November 3, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Crumbling roads in SF, Oakland ranked worst in nation San Francisco Chronicle: Flywheel Taxi sues Uber for antitrust violations San Francisco Chronicle: Disability community: Don’t slow testing of self-driving cars East Bay Times: Commentary: Make BART do its bond measure right Mercury News: Roadshow: Highway 85 light-rail plan still alive Mercury News: Shocking new studies: Silicon Valley’s “megacommute” […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 2, 2016
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Transportation News for November 2, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area voters asked to support transportation fixes San Francisco Chronicle: Lawyer says Draymond Green’s pro-BART ad violates election law East Bay Times: Winter blend gasoline on tap for California; will prices go down? East Bay Times: Oakland council approves demand-based pricing for downtown parking meters Mercury News: Roadshow: Are BART delays politically timed? Marin Independent Journal: Initial […]

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