Tag: transportation

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 9, 2015
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Transportation News for June 9, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Appeals court tosses suits challenging climate change plan  San Francisco Chronicle: A gift from the old Bay Bridge bridge to the new  Contra Costa Times: BART Transbay Tube closure planned  Los Angeles Times: Cities in the path of the bullet train say they can’t accept its ‘devastating’ route  Politico: Democrats steer toward highway funding cliff  KRON: BART’s Transbay […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 8, 2015
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Transportation News for June 8, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: There’s a major transbay BART shutdown coming up Contra Costa Times: Donna Gerber and Dan Richard: BART and Contra Costa County: We gave our word Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Without new tax, county on collision course over road spending San Francisco Examiner: SF plans nearly $40M in transit improvements ahead of proposed Warriors arena in Mission […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 4, 2015
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Transportation News for June 4, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrans: Failed Bay Bridge rod was stripped, not broken  San Francisco Chronicle: Bridge tolls broadside tourists who rent cars  San Francisco Chronicle: State lawmakers pass bills combatting climate change  Contra Costa Times: AC Transit seeks public ideas for new leader  Napa Valley Register: San Francisco Bay Bridge steel to become public art  San Francisco Examiner: Steel from old […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 3, 2015
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Transportation News for June 3, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Mid-Market BART stations’ portals to get glassy makeover San Francisco Chronicle: Artists can get pieces of Bay Bridge steel  San Jose Mercury News: San Jose City Council puts off vote on allowing Uber, Lyft at airport  San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: How much gas tax money goes to California roads?  Marin Independent Journal: Bill bars Golden Gate […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 2, 2015
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Transportation News for June 2, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. supervisors take Muni challenge seriously: ride it daily  Bay Crossings: Bay Bridge Nocturne  CNBC: Discussion: What to do About Bay Area’s Parking Problem? POLITICO Morning Transportation for 6/2/2015 By JENNIFER SCHOLTES LAWMAKERS PLAN TO LAY INTO AMTRAK: For the first time since last month’s fatal Amtrak derailment, the head of the rail service and […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 1, 2015
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Plan Bay Area 2040: Join the Conversation

 Join the conversation online! For the past month, residents from across the San Francisco Bay Area have come together at a series of public open houses to discuss how to plan for our region’s future growth.Plan Bay Area, the region’s long-range transportation and housing roadmap, is being updated. The Plan looks to the year 2040, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 1, 2015
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Transportation News for June 1, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Transit, cycling, parklets eating up parking spaces  San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. police, Muni get boosts in Lee’s budget plan San Jose Mercury News: Supervisors host transportation safety, congestion relief projects in central Contra Costa  Marin Independent Journal: Marin planners go to bat for affordable housing  San Francisco Chronicle: Talk with US Rep. Mark DeSaulnier about the Oakland […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 29, 2015
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Transportation News for May 29, 2015

San Jose Mercury News: Motorcycle lane-splitting bill passed by California Assembly Marin Independent Journal: Marin planners go to bat for affordable housing  San Francisco Examiner: Lax background checks compromise safety of ride-hail apps, study says Sacramento Bee: California carbon auction brings in another $1 billion  KGO Radio: Bay Area Bike Share to Greatly Expand  CBS San Francisco: Caltrans Says 99 Percent […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 28, 2015
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Transportation News for May 28, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrans downplays latest Bay Bridge rod failure  Contra Costa Times: Bay Bridge bolt tests confirm strength, Caltrans says  San Jose Mercury News: Automakers ahead of schedule for 2020 fuel economy targets  San Francisco Examiner: Major expansion approved for Bay Area Bike Share  San Francisco Examiner: SFO, SFMTA ask state for stricter regulations of Uber and Lyft POLITICO […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 27, 2015
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Transportation News for May 27, 2015

Contra Costa Times: BART budget online Q&A planned  San Francisco Examiner: Software glitch prompts Muni to suspend double stopping after trial run  San Francisco Examiner: BART finds ‘hydrogen bubble’ defects on broken rail  The Registry: Three Mayors Meet on Bay Area Housing Wall Street Journal: New Luxury Rental Projects Add to Rent Squeeze  Los Altos Online: High-speed rail proponent Quentin Kopp […]

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