misc Photo du Jour 594 On this seemingly sluggish news day, local MSM outlets are all aflutter over cranes under a bridge.
SF News $6 Toll Approved For Bay Bridge Starting July 1, a $6 toll will get you across the bridge during rush hour, with no discount for FaskTrak. This comes out to $500 more a year for commuters. This recent toll
SF News Bay Bridge Toll Hike Impending Higher toll fees and the death of free carpooling is one step closer to being a reality, folks. Alas. "The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee this morning approved a
SF News Bay Bridge Repairs Will Close Lanes Overnight For Next Three Weeks In lieu of shutting down the entire span of the Bay Bridge, the California Department of Transportation decided to close lanes to repair the crippled eyebar. "Work will begin Friday night, weather permitting,
SF News Wire Dangling From Bay Bridge Nothing to Fear One lane on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge was shut down during this morning's commute due to a dangling wire. But have no fear, the wire, which is used to power
SF News Bay Bridge Speeding Crackdown In an effort to get motorists to slow down on the Bay Bridge, CHP officers had a "crackdown" in the bridge yesterday. CBS 5 reported that officers "issued 34 citations for speeding and
SF News Speed Blamed for Fatal S-Curve Big Rig Crash High speed is being blamed for yesterday's Bay Bridge fatality, or so says Caltrans. The accident -- where a big rig truck toppled over the bridge at around 3:30 a.m. on
SF News Carjacker First Car to Cross Bay Bridge On Friday night, a carjacker was the first civilian vehicle to cross the entire Bay Bridge since its Wednesday closure. "[A] carjacking suspect in a Dodge Nitro made it onto the bridge from
SF News Bay Bridge to Open by 9 a.m. Good news! The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will reopen by 9 a.m. today. Although it was initially reported that the bridge will remain closed during this morning's commute -- and, for the
SF News Bay Bridge to Remain Closed Over the Weekend Bad news. The Bay Bridge will remain closed over the weekend. According to CBS 5, "officials said the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would likely stay closed through the weekend and were unsure if
SF News Bay Bridge Will *Not* Reopen for Evening Commute KRON 4 Morning News reports that the Bay Bridge will not reopen for Friday's evening commute.. Please visit 511 for more information on rerouting your vehicular trip home, which you probably know by
SF News Photos: Another Day Without A Bay Bridge The Bay Bridge is, as most of you already know, still closed today. Yesterday's BART commute was either "just fine" or "insanely crowded," depending on the passenger. Eastern SOMA still remains joyfully (albeit
SF News Bay Bridge Reopening Looms While the Bay Bridge remains closed this morning, Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney told reporters, "We are going to do everything we can to open the bridge today." Caltrans is working on inserting new
SF News Scene from a Snapped-Cable Bay Bridge Accident Victim Schlomo snapped and posted this image of the car injured in yesterday's Bay Bridge snafu. According to Examiner, "A Ryder rental truck, a rental Nissan Sentra driven by a couple from Vancouver, Canada
SF News Photos: A Day Without A Bay Bridge After a cable rod snapped during last night's commute, the Bay Bridge closed down indefinitely. Here are some images of just how the closure is affecting San Francisco and the Bay Area today.
SF News Send Us Your BART Pics Another thing regarding today's Bay Bridge closure: please send us you images of your packed BART rides. We imagine today's commute will be hellish, and we'd hate for the world not to see.
SF News Bay Bridge Closure Alternatives Maybe you haven't heard, but due to a snapped cable during yesterday's evening commute, the Bay Bridge is closed today. And possibly tomorrow. It's closed indefinitely. Anyway, 511 has a list of Bay
SF News Snapped Cable Shuts Down Bay Bridge After a snapped support cable struck three cars on the upper deck at around 5:45 p.m., the Bay Bridge was shut down in both directions this evening to check the structural
SF News Wind Advisory Issued for Bridges Additional high wind advisories are in effect for two Bay Area bridges this morning. "Motorists on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge are advised that gusts reaching 50 mph
SF News Overturned Big Rig Stalls Westbound Bridge Traffic Westbound travelers going over the bridge, listen up: a Safeway big rig truck overturned on the Bay Bridge, which has since caused an INSANE amount of traffic back-up. According to KTVU, the big
SF News Water Main Break On Bay Bridge A water main broke, affecting the lower deck of the Bay Bridge. According to KRON 4, it's shooting water onto the two right lanes (fun!) heading east toward Yerba Buena Island. Expect traffic
SF News S-Curve Slowing Things Down On Bay Bridge Apparently not all S-curves are a good thing. Ye olde Chronicle reported today that "the drive time from San Francisco to Oakland during the evening commute has taken 57 percent longer, on average,
SF News Bay Bridge Expansion Update Over at Curbed, we came across Flickr photog sirgious' spectacular industrial age-ish photo of the new Bay Bridge expansion in progress. Above is the "temporary structure that will support the new bridge before
SF News Soon It Could Cost $5 To Cross Bay, Dumbarton, San Mateo Bridges State-owned bridges like the Bay and San Mateo Bridges may face a toll hike of a dollar (from $4 to $5) in the next year in order to cover costs for retrofitting bridges
SF News Bay Bridge to Close a Fourth Day Over Labor Day Weekend Caltrans will extend Labor Day Weekend's Bay Bridge closure by an additional day. The extra day is needed to seamlessly shove in a section of bridge bypass at the tunnel. So, the bridge
