News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
Due to rise in COVID-19 cases in San Francisco, south end Golden Gate Bridge parking lots at the Welcome Center and along Merchant Road are closed, bridge officials have announced. Read More
PropertyShark has released its annual ranking of the 100 priciest zip codes in the United States determined by home sale prices and the Bay Area is well represented. Read More
Marin transportation officials are studying a program that would allow buses to use freeway shoulders to speed travel times, an alignment that has been used successfully in other parts of the country. Now they want to hear from you via a survey. Responses need to be in by this Friday. Read More
ABAG’s BayREN program has launched the Bay Area Energy Atlas. The tool, developed by the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, in partnership with BayREN, is a large database of PG&E account-level electricity and natural gas consumption linked spatially to building characteristics and sociodemographic data. Read More
Overall pavement conditions on the Bay Area’s more than 43,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads landed once again in fair territory last year, with the typical stretch of asphalt showing serious wear and likely to require rehabilitation soon. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released its October 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report. Read More
Six more Bay Area transit agencies will join the new Clipper START program this month, allowing lower-income adults age 19-64 to receive fare discounts ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent on a growing number of transit systems around the region. Read More
In the aftermath of one of the most divisive and consequential elections in memory, join the Metro Talks Equity Series Wednesday, Nov. 18, at noon as expert panelists cut through the noise to examine the propositions, looking closely at the future implications for advancing an inclusive Bay Area.
The SFMTA's Central Subway work continues, although it has been slowed by COVID-19. Read More
This week marks the 84th anniversary of the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The span opened Nov. 12, 1936, six months before the Golden Gate Bridge. Read More
