Tag: transportation

  • 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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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 22, 2017
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Transportation News for February 22, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Final plan for corporate shuttles approved by Muni board East Bay Times: Editorial: Smart Idea would help repair state’s roads faster East Bay Times: Herhold: Highway 17’s treacherous bargain Mercury News: Bay Area girls’ app finds safer commute routes Mercury News: Beyond the commute: Santa Cruz faces long-term storm repairs Mercury News: Roadshow: Would $8 Bay Area bridge […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 21, 2017
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Transportation News for February 21, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Trump administration deals a big setback to Caltrain San Francisco Examiner: Caltrain launches White House petition after losing federal funding for modernization San Francisco Chronicle: California’s common ground with Washington San Francisco Chronicle: Not just Oroville: More Northern California infrastructure that needs fixes San Francisco Chronicle: More people are working remotely San Francisco Chronicle: Persistent rain brings potholes […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 17, 2017
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Transportation News for February 17, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: How SF compares with other big cities Mercury News: State senator to introduce two bills to ban or limit effectiveness of BART strikes Mercury News: Borenstein: Told you so, BART is reneging on bond promise Mercury News: Roadshow: Hitting a Bay Area pothole cost us $900 in repairs San Francisco Examiner: New California storms may interrupt train […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 16, 2017
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Transportation News for February 16, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Visitors driving famed Lombard Street may wind up paying San Francisco Chronicle: Debris from recent storms leads to warning for Bay Area boaters San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Complacency’ sends traffic deaths soaring in California and US East Bay Times: San Ramon agrees to put $2M toward Iron Horse Trail bridge grants The Independent: BART Pauses Planning for Dublin […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 15, 2017
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Transportation News for February 15, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: BART wants to ask voters for bridge toll hike San Francisco Chronicle: GOP must not defund Caltrain electrification grant East Bay Times: Greening the commute: AC Transit to nearly double hydrogen fuel cell fleet Mercury News: Report: More than 55,000 US bridges structurally deficient Mercury News: Roadshow: Best highway love stories for Valentine’s Day Mercury News: Roadshow: She […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 14, 2017
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Transportation News for February 14, 2017

Los Angeles Times: ‘This is the worst I have seen’: California’s roads are in dire shape, says former Caltrans director San Francisco Chronicle: Senators try to speed up deployment of self-driving cars Mercury News: VTA considers changing fares to combat projected deficit Mercury News: Google patents system to reduce injuries to pedestrians, cyclists when self-driving cars hit them Mercury […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 13, 2017
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Transportation News for February 13, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: In demand but increasingly swamped, Highway 37 has no easy fixes San Francisco Chronicle: State must get rolling on transportation bills San Francisco Chronicle: High-speed rail taking shape even as opponents seek to kill it San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrain’s electrification project deserves its promised funding San Francisco Chronicle: BART has plenty of staffers at station with no […]

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