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Today's News Roundup

November 10, 2021

By Library

Marin County's eastern shore, with the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco in the background.

The Bay Area’s headlines, all in one place.

Atherton is the most expensive ZIP code in the country for the fifth straight year [SF Gate]
Dozens of Bay Area ZIP Codes Among Most Expensive in the US: Report [NBC Bay Area]
Dozens of Bay Area ZIP Codes Among Most Expensive in the US: Report [NBC Bay Area]
How one of California’s cheapest cities became unaffordable: ‘the housing market is broken’ [The Guardian]
Muni publishes on-time performance data that they don't use. Here's why [San Francisco Chronicle]

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Transportation

MTC's Regional Active Transportation Plan is rolling

November 9, 2021

MTC envisions a Bay Area where many more people walk, bike and roll every day on safe, accessible and connected streets, paths and trails to get to people, places and transit. The Regional Active Transportation Plan will help get us here. Read More

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Today's News Roundup

November 9, 2021

By Library

A construction worker working on the roof of an unfinished house.

The Bay Area’s headlines, all in one place.

San Francisco’s clampdown on parklets fuels turmoil [San Francisco Examiner]
Foster City seeks housing element community feedback [San Mateo Daily Journal]
Why Hong Kong Is Building Apartments the Size of Parking Spaces [Bloomberg]
New push for Telegraph bus lane seen as step toward car-free future [Berkeleyside]
Dashboard camera video can be used as evidence of road rage: Roadshow [Mercury News]

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Today's News Roundup

November 8, 2021

By Library

Four bicyclists ride in the Fagan Marsh State Marine Park in Napa County.

The Bay Area’s headlines, all in one place.

Livermore group opposing downtown affordable housing project dealt legal blow by courts [Mercury News]
That rejected 495-unit complex in San Francisco is now a dividing line in Assembly race [San Francisco Chronicle]
New Affordable Housing Project Coming to San Jose [NBC Bay Area]
California, Bay Area expected to be big beneficiaries of infrastructure bill [KTVU]
Biden, California officials laud passage of ‘unprecedented’ infrastructure bill [Mercury News]

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MTC, ABAG leaders applaud passage of new infrastructure bill

MTC-ABAG

Mark Prado November 8, 2021

November 8, 2021

A $4.5 billion set-aside to fund bridge repair projects across California will enable Bay Area cities and counties to compete for funds to upgrade bridges along local streets and roads as part of a new infrastructure bill.

Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Chair Alfredo Pedroza and Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board President Jesse Arreguín are lauding Congress for its passage Friday of the nearly $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, noting that the funding package will help implement many of the 35 strategies included in Plan Bay Area 2050, the long-term regional plan for transportation, housing, the environment and the economy adopted last month by both agencies.

Transportation

Fed report: Air travel still not back to pre-pandemic levels

November 5, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation released its October 2021 Air Travel Consumer Report and it shows flights have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Read More

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