SF News District 18 Assemblymember Introduces Bill That May Bring Bus Lane To Bay Bridge Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced Assembly Bill 2824 Thursday which, loosely paraphrased, could help usher the construction of a bus lane on the Bay Bridge, theoretically easing traffic along the motorway and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SF News No, It's Not Just You: Bay Area Traffic Reaches Record Highs Once again: Traffic in the Bay Area is getting much, much worse. NBC reports that according to the Metropolitan Traffic Commission, time spent in weekday traffic has skyrocketed by 80% between 2010 and
SF News Google And Facebook Push For $3 Toll Increase On Bay Area Bridges On the heels of a toll increase that makes travel to San Francisco from the north a little more pricey, an even bigger jump for the Bay Area's state-run bridges is being proposed,
SF News Cash-Seeking Transit Officials Mull Proposal To Up Bay Area Bridge Tolls By $3 At a workshop meeting Wednesday, Bay Area transit officials floated an idea sure to invoke the ire of some local commuters: A possible toll increase of as much as $3 on the area's
SF News Report: Bay Area Traffic Up 70 Percent In 6 Years We get further confirmation today that traffic on Bay Area freeways has jumped a staggering 70 percent since 2010. A report released by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission brings us the unwelcome truth, along
SF News Due To Faulty Counters, Muni Ridership Numbers Have Been Wrong For At Least Two Years According to automatic passenger counters, between fiscal years 2014 and 2015 ridership declined on Muni motor coaches by by 3.4 percent and on trolley coaches by 7.3 percent. Wait, what? Muni
SF News As Bay Area Traffic Congestion Hits All-Time High, Here's A Ranking Of The Worst Commutes We all feel that traffic in the Bay Area are worse than ever, and now the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has the stats to prove it, with the release of their 2014 rankings of
SF News Be Careful With Your Bay Area Bike Share: There Are No Spare Parts The powder-blue bicycles available to ride around San Francisco via the year-old Bay Area Bike Share are precious, indeed: once broken, they will be out of service for a while. You see, thanks
SF News Got A Toll Citation For A Bay Area Bridge You Haven't Crossed? That's Your Problem, Says The MTC License plate readers like those used on Bay Area bridges have come under a lot of scrutiny as creepy privacy invaders. But what happens when instead of accurately tracking a driver's movements, they
SF News Hold Up: Bay Bridge Could Still Open On Time With Quick Fix Members of the peer review panel who had already given the thumbs up for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge to open despite some cracked bolts took bridge officials by surprise
SF News Hack Free Muni Rides Under the premise of highlighting some vulnerabilities in Muni's contactless fare card system, two analysts with New York security consulting firm Intrepidus Group have created an app that allows riders to use an
SF News Transportation Commission Shoots Down Free Youth Muni Plan The plan to offer free Muni service to low-income kids was apparently killed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Wednesday, where the Bay Area-wide agency shot down a motion to fund several programs to
SF News Over One-Third of San Francisco's Bridges Deemed Structurally Deficient Nearly 35% of the bridges in San Francisco County have been deemed "structurally deficient", says a new report from Transportation for America. With such a high percentage of crumbling bridges and elevated roadways,
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