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Extended Application Deadline for EV Charging Station Demonstration Program

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) would like to inform you that the application submittal deadline for the EV Charging Station Demonstration Program (Program) has been extended to 4:00 PM, Friday, December 18, 2015.  The website is in the process of being updated to reflect the new deadline and updated Program guidance. […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 13, 2015
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CTC and MTC to Host Public Transportation Forum to Discuss Road Repair and Maintenance

  Are You Concerned About the Condition of Highways, Roads and Local Streets? Please join us at a public transportation forum to discuss the state’s role in funding road repair and maintenance.   Thursday, October 22, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Exhibits and networking: 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Presentations and discussion: 4:30 p.m. to […]

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PIANC: Navigating a Changing Climate Update and Working Group 178 Request

PIANC published a press release and letter discussing the topic of climate change. You can read the press release by clicking here, and view the letter here. The letter: introduces PIANC’s new Think Climate coalition requests assistance in identifying or providing climate change adaptation case studies asks for relevant photos that you would be happy for […]

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With deadline approaching, Senate pay-fors don’t look so bad to House

With deadline approaching, Senate pay-fors don’t look so bad to House By Heather Caygle and Lauren Gardner, Politico Pro 10/07/2015 07:23 PM EDT Call it the legislative version of beer goggles. As House lawmakers scramble to pull together a multiyear highway and transit bill before the Oct. 29 deadline, the mixed bag of pay-fors attached […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 6, 2015
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Transportation News for October 6, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. Muni gets permanent OK for traffic-ticket cameras on buses San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: Confusing traffic lights near new Apple campus  Napa Valley Register: NCTPA still pursuing $38 million bus maintenance yard  San Francisco Examiner: Developers spared from having to pay larger transit fees  Politico: POLITICO Morning Transportation for 10/6/2015

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 5, 2015
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Transportation News for October 5, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Bridge designer fears leaks are damaging main cable  San Francisco Chronicle: S.F.’s temporary tech shuttle rules get good report  San Francisco Examiner: Muni testing mobile ticketing app for select riders  Reuters: California high-speed rail could survive McCarthy as Speaker: official  ABC News: California High-Speed Rail Seeks Private Investors, Input  POLITICO: Politico Morning Transportation for 10/5/2015

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 2, 2015
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Transportation News for October 2, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrans gets go-ahead to implode pier on old Bay Bridge  San Jose Mercury News: New EPA smog rules will help you breathe easier but at a price  Sacramento Bee: Video: Jerry Brown defends air board, says climate change ‘not stuff for amateurs’  Sacramento Bee: Average price of gas statewide dips below $3 a gallon  Wall Street […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 1, 2015
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Transportation News for October 1, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Time to yield on misunderstood ‘bike yield law’  Oakland Tribune: Contra Costa law enforcement agencies to offer free vehicle anti-theft devices  Oakland Tribune: California offering amnesty on traffic debt for poor  San Jose Mercury News: Bay Area commuting nightmares: jobs in city, affordable homes in exurbia  San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: Bay Area traffic worse than Los […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 29, 2015
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Transportation News for September 29, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: BART probes possible pilfering of high-end tickets  Marin Independent Journal: Marin assemblyman hits legislative traffic jam in push for new lane on San Rafael bridge  San Francisco Examiner: Debate rolls on over development impact fee ‘sweet spot’ for Muni  Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown: Don’t tinker with L.A. carpool lanes Capital Public Radio: California Freeway Signs to Issue […]

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