SF News 19th Avenue Repaving Project to Start Creating Traffic Nightmares on Monday Cue more complaints about the Great Highway being closed! A project to repave 19th Avenue means that a major north-west route through the city — and part of Highway 1 — will see lane closures lasting a full year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Anthropic AI to Pay Authors, Publishers $1.5 Billion in Copyright Settlement Oakland-born figure skater Alysa Liu won’t be performing to the d4vd song she’d chosen for the Milan Olympics; Sinclair and Nexstar will be airing Jimmy Kimmel at their ABC affiliate stations Friday; and Anthropic has settled a lawsuit with authors and publishers alleging copyright infringement.
SF News Saturday Links: Extended 101 Carpool Hours Blamed for North Bay Traffic ‘Carmageddon’ The Cupertino Whole Foods that had multiple pest infestations is set to reopen soon; new research from Stanford found that wildfire smoke is the most dangerous aspect of climate change in the US; and North Bay commuters are experiencing average speeds of 15 miles an hour along Highway 101.
SF News Lurie Strikes Deal With Caltrans to Sweep Encampments at Highway Off-Ramps and Overpasses We’ve all seen large homeless encampments beneath freeway overpasses in SoMa and the Mission, and Mayor Lurie just got the green light from Caltrans to start clearing encampments at eight major overpasses and entrance ramps.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SUV Hits Parked DOT Vehicles in Deadly San Mateo Bridge Crash Late disco legend Sylvester's former Twin Peaks condo is on the market; the Ashby BART station flea market may close at the end of June; and a driver was killed when their speeding SUV crashed into parked San Mateo DOT vehicles.
SF News Sunday Links: Over 800 Constituents Flock To Santa Clara Town Hall, Exceeding Capacity 800 frustrated constituents packed Saturday's town hall in Santa Clara and many were turned away; Trump revoked the security clearances of Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and many other Democrats; and Caltrans is launching its long-awaited study on the large truck ban along part of I-580.
SF News Highway 1 Reopens Ahead of Schedule, Making Way for Big Sur Travel Ahead of Summer Highway 1 has reopened to regular traffic, thanks to a new signal system that will allow traffic to flow in one direction at a time past the area where a rockslide made part of the roadway disappear in late March.
SF News Road Collapse On Highway 1 Strands Around 1,600 People In Big Sur Over Holiday Weekend Anyone who took a daytrip to Big Sur on Saturday, or those who were perhaps spending a weekend there, were surprised to learn they were stranded Saturday evening.
SF News Head Up, East Bay Drivers: Big Stretch of I-680 Will Be Closed All Weekend Long Starting at 9 p.m. Friday night, a nine-mile stretch of I-680 southbound will be closed for pavement repairs all weekend long, and the detours will reverberate for drivers on roads all over the East Bay.
SF News Rainwater Is Oddly Accumulating In Caldecott Tunnel, Despite Lack Of Recent Rain Motorists are noticing “mystery water” flowing through one of the bores of the Caldecott Tunnel, which is raising concerns about the tunnel’s structural integrity, but Caltrans insists this can be fixed with a little drainage work.
SF News Rains Cause Sinkhole On 101 In Humboldt County, Major Repair Underway A whole section of freeway in Northern California basically started sliding down a hill, and travelers on 101 in remote Humboldt County will be held up by a single-lane situation.
SF News Caltrans Crew Hits an Amtrak Train With a Crane While Trying to Clear Wood Street Encampment In Oakland An unexpected snag straight from a Looney Tunes cartoon has held up the renewed clearing of West Oakland's Wood Street encampment, as Caltrans reportedly managed to hit a moving Amtrak train while bagging and tagging unsheltered people’s tents and structures.
SF News Caltrans Worker Killed in Hit-and-Run on I-80 Near Vacaville, Traffic Backed Up for Hours A yet-unidentified Caltrans employee was killed in the line of duty by a hit-and-run driver Friday morning some three miles west of Vacaville, and lanes of traffic are just beginning to reopen late Friday afternoon.
SF News People, There Is a $1 Shuttle That Goes Between Downtown SF and MacArthur BART The cheapest deal in Bay Area public transit takes you ten miles for a measly dollar, as a little-known Caltrans shuttle offers $1 dollar trips between Pier 30 and MacArthur BART, and it’s been quietly running for almost 45 years.
SF News Caltrans Researching Redesign Ideas for SR37, Ahead of Projected Climate Change Road Flooding If you’ve driven on State Route 37, you likely know how regularly the Bay Area commuter throughway experiences major traffic backup. Now, the State of California plans to revamp the Highway 37 corridor through projects expected to cost over a quarter-billion dollars.
SF News SF's Central Freeway On-Ramp Opens Up to Traffic Ahead of Schedule San Francisco’s Central Freeway ramp that connects the westbound portion of I-80 and the northbound lanes of Highway 101 closed this weekend for guard rail repairs — causing massive traffic delays. But on Sunday, repairs were wrapped up 24 hours ahead of schedule, allowing for the ramp to reopen.
SF News Highway 1 Washout Repaired, Road Reopens Months Early The roadwork is complete in record time and Gov. Gavin Newsom was on hand for the reopening of Highway 1 today in Big Sur.
SF News Lombard Street Sucks Right Now Because of Caltrans Paving Work — Don't Use It Getting to or coming from the Golden Gate Bridge became a royal pain in the ass during daytime hours this week as Caltrans started its paving work on the section of Lombard Street between 101 and Van Ness. You should avoid this route at all costs.
SF News Fast-Tracked Highway 101 Deck Replacement Project Nears Completion Two Months Early Remember the potential "car-mageddon" we all worried about on Highway 101 near Alemany Circle before the coronavirus pandemic upended our collective existence? Well, Caltrans wisely decided to get a head start on the deck-replacement project, and now it's just about finished!
SF News Summertime 'Carmageddon' Fears Ignite Over 101 Deck Replacement Project in SF Caltrans is undertaking a major project on the 101 freeway in San Francisco this July, and the agency is holding a series of public meetings to discuss how it may impact businesses, traffic, and more.
SF News ’Carmageddon’ Predicted To Snarl 101-Alemany Boulevard Area Much Of Next Summer When even Caltrans is referring to a construction event as “Carmageddon,” you can expect miles-long traffic jams, and this one’s scheduled to disrupt travel on the 101 around Portola next summer.
SF News Big Sur To Reopen To Traffic Next Week As Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge Gets Replaced The wait is over and long-suffering Big Sur area businesses will once again be accessible from Highway 1 starting next Friday, the 13th of October. Caltrans crews have been working around the clock
SF News 'Major Injuries' For Bay Bridge Toll Collector Struck By Caltrans Staffer A toll collector at the Bay Bridge was rushed to an area hospital, after a driver struck him near the toll plaza Tuesday morning. A California Highway Patrol spokesperson who spoke with the
SF News Video: Time-Lapse Of Big Sur Bridge Construction Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge in Big Sur, which has been in the process of being replaced after the former began collapsing into the canyon earlier this year, is now slated for an early October
SF News Remaining Old Bay Bridge Foundations To Be Imploded By Thanksgiving, Ahead Of Schedule The phrases “ahead of schedule” and “under budget” are not ones we are used to hearing with regards to the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge and the demolition of the old
