News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
Smart Cities Dive took a look at a transportation package approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, noting funding for transit has increased in recent years. Read More
BART is expanding the number of stations where the only fare medium available for purchase is the Clipper card. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation released its June 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report, which reports the latest compiled air carrier data. Read More
BART has secured $300 million from the Federal Transit Administration toward expanding the number of trains in its system. Read More
Rummaging around the MTC photo archive we found a 40-year-old photo of the Marin, a Golden Gate Ferry that takes people from its namesake county to San Francisco and back. Read More
After air quality improved for decades, what we breathe may be becoming worse, according to new federal data analyzed by the Associated Press. Read More
Google will spend $1 billion to address the Bay Area housing crisis, the tech company colossus announced Tuesday. Read More
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the San Francisco Bay Trail, the San Francisco Bay Trail Project is launching a “Share Your 30” contest to inspire Bay Area residents and visitors to get out on the trail, discover and share Bay Trail adventures, and compete to win prizes. Read More
Berkeley photographer Karl Nielsen ranks among the Bay Area’s most acclaimed chroniclers of major transportation projects — and the workers who deliver them. San Francisco’s soon-to-open Central Subway and the Fourth Bore of the Caldecott Tunnel are among the 21st century construction sites at which both the intimacy and the grandeur of the construction process have been captured by Karl’s camera. Nielsen’s most recent subject is the ongoing work to replace 1950s-era expansion joints on the upper deck of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. And this time, his artistry includes words as well as images. Read More
