What a pretty name for a barge, yes? more ›

A salute to a stand up bridge more ›

Huge Chunk of the Bay Bridge sitting on a beach in Half Moon Bay more ›

Update: all lanes are now open. It seems that "a box truck, from a business called 'Diet to Go'...drove directly into the back of the big rig," killing the box truck driver. Very sad. Sigh. According to SFGate, "three lanes of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge are blocked by a fatal accident, the California Highway Patrol says." Did you hear that? How awful. Just terrible. Three whole lanes of traffic have closed... more ›

Photo of one of the dead birds killed by our oil spill more ›

Photos of the 2007 E-surance Icer Air event at the baseball park more ›

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Rob Stutzman, the governor's chief spokesman, says the administration will ask the Legislature to place a measure on the Nov. 2 ballot asking Bay Area voters to redirect the recent $1 toll increase, and transfer responsibility for the new bridge, as well as the rest of the toll bridge retrofitting from Caltrans to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Stutzman feels that "if the Bay Area wants [the bridges], the Bay Area will have to pay for it". Thank Goodness for Senator Tom Torlakson, a Democrat from Antioch. He is sticking to his guns that the state should not expect the Bay Area to pick up this monstrous tab on a state project. He also adds that Bay Area residents decided to raise the Bay Bridge toll to support other transportation projects, and not the cost of the bridge's retrofit. more ›

Caltrans threw SFist for a loop this weekend. The Chronicle reported that retrofit costs for the bridges are soaring...even though Caltrans hasn't exactly been forthcoming with this information. The San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge is reportedly $2.54 billion over budget, and the Richmond-San Rafael bridge retrofit will cost an additional $249 million. Yes, you read that right. We echo the sentiments of state Senator Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch), of the Senate Transportation Committee. He says, "The magnitude of the amount of the money -- it's so far off -- it's 100 percent off." He also comments, "We have to find out how this happened -- what are the cost overruns exactly? How much are the steel and concrete prices? Are there design missteps?" The Chronicle further notes that the deadline to get Caltrans more money is this Friday. more ›