Tag: public transit

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 13, 2017
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Transportation News for March 13, 2017

New York Times: Cars Will Talk to One Another. Exactly How Is Less Certain. Futurism: Expert: Self-Driving Cars Will Eliminate Traffic Jams by 2030 Bloomberg: States Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Seek Funds for Infrastructure San Francisco Chronicle: Intel to pay $15.3 billion for Mobileye San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s long-awaited Warm Springs extension to open March 25 San Francisco Chronicle: Bay […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 9, 2017
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Transportation News for March 9, 2017

SFGate: BART looking at raising fares, charging more for paper tickets SFGate: Survey: Most Americans afraid to ride in self-driving cars SFGate: Uber self-driving cars are coming back to California roads   SF Cbronicle: Never on weekdays: Bay Bridge bike, pedestrian path mostly closed East Bay Times: Alaska Airlines plots new San Jose, San Francisco routes Mercury News: Roadshow: Why Honda […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 8, 2017
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Transportation News for March 8, 2017

New York Times: Self-Driving Cars Can’t Cure Traffic, but Economics Can New York Times: Omaha’s Answer to Costly Potholes? Go Back to Gravel Roads San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s Oakland airport connector turning into big money loser East Bay Times: Uber future uncertain as CEO Travis Kalanick moves to hire ‘peer’ Mercury News: BART to consider 25-cent fare increase, smaller discount […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 7, 2017
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Transportation News for March 7, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: San Ramon office park testing 2 self-driving shuttles East Bay Times: San Ramon: Driverless shuttles make their debut East Bay Times: Cause of fire at Walnut Creek BART station Saturday undetermined Mercury News: Would higher gas tax fill Bay Area’s spreading potholes? Mercury News: Roadshow: Fix-it ticket brings $1,400 fine, suspended license Marin Independent Journal: ‘Spiffy’: Tiburon ferry […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 6, 2017
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Transportation News for March 6, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: How Uber used secret tool to deceive authorities worldwide San Francisco Chronicle: The self-driving car’s family tree Mercury News: Attorney general wants Uber, Lyft drivers fingerprinted Mercury News: Driverless trucks: Coming soon to a road near you? San Francisco Chronicle: SF bike share program set to rev up with burst of new money San Francisco Chronicle: SF supervisors […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 3, 2017
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Transportation News for March 3, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Uber plans to apply for California self-driving permit Mercury News: Roadshow: Are Fremont metering lights helping 680 mess? Drivers debate Marin Independent Journal: Larkspur rejects Bon Air Bridge bids as critics pan closure idea Fairfield Daily Republic: Delta ferries in Solano return to service Sacramento Bee: Bullet train suffers two big setbacks that could be fatal Twin […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 2, 2017
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Transportation News for March 2, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: In Mountain View, retrofitting vehicles to make them self-driving San Francisco Chronicle: SF sues Hertz, says it’s ‘gouging’ car renters for bridge tolls East Bay Times: Want gas under $2 a gallon? Go to Louisiana East Bay Times: Oakland: Date set for massive East Oakland sinkhole repair Mercury News: Menlo Park: City may shed a transit-related commission […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 1, 2017
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Transportation News for March 1, 2017

KQED: With Caltrain Project in Danger, Bay Area Delegation Plans Lobbying Trip to D.C. East Bay Times: Berkeley: Ferry service to San Francisco launched Mercury News: Caltrain: Agreement with contractors to extend deadline keeps electrification project alive East Bay Times: Slow mudslide keeps popular commuters’ shortcut closed; Morgan Territory Road residents without water Mercury News: Niles Canyon: Palomares Road could […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 28, 2017
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Transportation News for February 28, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrain acts to keep electrification plan alive San Francisco Chronicle: Legislators seek to assist weary BART riders San Francisco Chronicle: Parking scofflaws can’t escape Muni bus cameras East Bay Times: Editorial: Feds should electrify Caltrain, kill bullet train Mercury News: Roadshow: Fixing Highway 17 with a tunnel — or a fake cliff? San Francisco Examiner: SF to craft […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 23, 2017
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Transportation News for February 23, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Google bus battle ends with a fine solution San Francisco Chronicle: Politics derails Caltrain plan San Francisco Chronicle: California’s top Republican ignored business plea to help Caltrain East Bay Times: Fremont: Red-light camera snafu could cost city half a million dollars East Bay Times: Port of Oakland: Big-rig smog checks reflect change in trucking industry Mercury News: Ride […]

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