News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
Golden Gate Transit is now permitting local bus rides within San Francisco in an effort to help the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as it makes necessary service reductions during the current COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place orders. Read More
Beginning Wednesday, April 8, Monday through Friday BART service will run every 30 minutes until further notice as a response to Bay Area extended shelter-in-place orders. Effectively, every other train is being cancelled during the work week. Read More
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency grabbed all the headlines Monday with deep cuts to MUNI service, but in the North Bay the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Agency cut its service in half. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released its March 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report. Read More
Transportation is a familiar subject for Berkeley photographer Karl Nielsen, who frequently captures arresting images of highway and transit construction, and routinely illuminates a vibrant Bay Area on the move. Read More
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) today released proposed draft amendments to add a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV)/express lane along Interstate 680 through Sunol, Pleasanton, Dublin and San Ramon. Read More
Caltrans and the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) have announced the temporary suspension of cash toll collection at the region’s seven state-owned toll bridges in order to minimize toll collectors’ and toll-paying customers’ risk of exposure to Covid-19 during the current public health emergency. Read More
Express Lane tolling on Bay Area roadways has been halted through April 7, unless congestion along the corridors warrants a return to tolling. Read More
The normally bustling Bay Bridge was virtually empty this week as a shelter in place order was issued for most of the Bay Area. Read More
San Francisco's Cable Cars won't be climbing halfway to the stars anytime soon, the latest victim of the coronavirus. Read More