Transportation
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Increase on July 1
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation By Rya Jetha, Bay City News Foundation Tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge will increase July 1, the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District announced Monday. Tolls will increase by $0.20 or $0.35 for most drivers, depending on their method of payment. The District will use the revenue from toll increases more...
SF to San Jose in 30 Minutes on High Speed Rail?
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation, Travel By Mengyuan Dong Bay City News Foundation The final environmental impact report is now complete for the section between San Francisco and San Jose of California’s high-speed rail project. The California High-Speed Rail Authority released the final report Friday on the possible environmental impacts of the roughly 49-mile northern leg of the more...
BART Fares Going Up Average of 15¢ Starting July 1, 2022
Bay Area Updates, Oakland, San Francisco, Transportation By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation BART’s governing board unanimously approved its budget for the coming fiscal year on Thursday as well as a preliminary budget for the following 2023-2024 fiscal year. The balanced budget includes the use of $313.6 million in federal COVID-19 emergency funding in the 2022-2023 fiscal year more...
SamTrans Getting 30 Zero-Emission Buses in 2023
Brand New, Green, Transportation The SamTrans Board of Directors voted this month to replace 30 diesel buses with 20 battery electric buses (BEB) and 10 Hydrogen-fuel cell electric buses (FCEB). This purchase helps move SamTrans planned full conversion of the fleet from a projected to 2038 to 2034. SamTrans will be introducing a mix of more...
Bay Area Toll Authority Chasing $180 Million in Unpaid Bridge Tolls
Transportation By Dania Kalaji, Bay City News Foundation The Bay Area Toll Authority will try to collect more than $180 million in unpaid bridge tolls, about $50 million comes from unpaid tolls and $130 million in late fees, after its Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to crack down on more than 400,000 drivers. The more...
SF Announces Citywide Street Repaving Plan to Improve 500 City Blocks
San Francisco, Transportation Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Myrna Melgar recently announced the City’s $77.2 million Street Resurfacing Program for the coming year that targets paving 500 blocks in neighborhoods citywide, making travel safer, smoother, and more accessible for people who drive, bike, take transit, walk, and with disabilities. The street resurfacing more...
SolTrans Offer Free Service for Election Day (Vallejo & Benicia)
Election, Transportation SolTrans will offer free rides on all Local and Paratransit services on Election Day, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Our commitment is to offer free rides this election day, to allow our community access to the polls. Free rides will be on all local-fixed routes for all riders all day, regardless of more...
Mask Mandate is Back in Alameda County Starting June 3
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, East Bay, Masks, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Alameda County health officials announced Thursday that they are reinstating the county’s indoor mask mandate as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to increase locally and across the Bay Area. The mandate will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday and will apply to most indoor more...
This is BART’s “Unicorn” Train
Transportation, Wow Did you know BART has subway-like seating? In just one car only, BART has longitudinal seating. Alexander Hirji spotted the “unicorn” train car and shared his photo of the unique car on Twitter. BART replied announcing, it’s their unicorn: train car 3042. According to comments in the Twitter thread, this car more...
BART Testing New Transit Pass Compatible with All Bay Area Transit Agencies
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation BART plans to launch a pilot program later this year to test the viability of a global transit pass compatible with every public transit agency in the nine-county Bay Area. The first phase of the pilot program could begin as early as August and more...
This is the Bay Area’s New $2 On-Demand Shuttle
Brand New, East Bay, Transportation Richmond Moves, which is made possible through new grant funding from California Climate Investments, will bring equitable, sustainable, and tech-enabled transit to the city. On April 25, the City of Richmond and Via, the global leader in TransitTech, will officially launch Richmond Moves, the city’s first on-demand public shuttle service, expanding more...
BART, Muni, Caltrain, VTA, AC Transit All Drop Mask Rules
Oakland, San Francisco, Transportation, Travel By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation California will no longer require masks on public transit and at transit hubs like bus stops and airports following the federal mask mandate for transit being struck down this week. What’s the latest? SF’s Muni including taxis and paratransit (effective 12:01am on 4/21) Caltrain, VTA and more...
SF’s Muni and Caltrain Say Mask Mandate Still In Place (For Now)
Bay Area Updates, Masks, Transportation A Monday ruling by a federal judge in Florida overturning mask mandates on public transportation doesn’t appear to be immediately changing most local transit agency policies, at least yet. SFMTA, Caltrain, The Vine transit services, and Solano County Transit all say that riders and staff are still required to wear face more...
SF’s Golden Gate Park May Get a Muni Subway Stop
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco is considering expanding the Muni subway service across the city. SF is eying a new subway line to connect downtown to the Richmond neighborhood via Geary Boulevard, then it would to head to 19th Avenue before ending at Daly City more...
CDC Extends Muni/BART/Travel Mask Requirement 2 Weeks
Bay Area Updates, Masks, Transportation, Travel Thanks to AP News for sharing the update that the nationwide mask requirement for public transit has been extended for 15 days in order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases due to the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. The mask mandate for travel more...
