Transportation
Costs rise July 1 for many Bay Area travelers
July 1, 2019
Mark Prado
July 1 is the day when new fares and tolls are often rolled out, and Monday was no exception. Read More
Transportation
Transportation
BART gets shout out as feds address transportation funding
June 26, 2019
Noah Berger
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
Transportation
BART begins pilot to phase out sale of paper tickets at some stations
June 25, 2019
Mark Prado
BART is expanding the number of stations where the only fare medium available for purchase is the Clipper card. Read More
Transportation
Fed June report: Hawaiian Airlines best for being on time, JetBlue, not so much
June 24, 2019
Hakilon via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Department of Transportation released its June 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report, which reports the latest compiled air carrier data. Read More
Transportation
Good news BART passengers: more space coming
June 21, 2019
BART has secured $300 million from the Federal Transit Administration toward expanding the number of trains in its system. Read More
Transportation
Throwback Thursday: Ferry service then and now
June 20, 2019
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
Transportation
Busy BART's bursting ridership to be subject of Thursday Twitter Town Hall
June 17, 2019
Transportation
Stunning nighttime photos capture beauty of tough bridge work
June 13, 2019
Karl Nielsen
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
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
Transportation
Mega-measure heading toward you!
June 12, 2019
Mark Prado
Next City put together a nice article on the Mega-Measure that has been discussed of late. Read More
Transportation
TomTom index tells the traffic tale
June 11, 2019
Mark Prado
The Dutch company TomTom is a developer and creator of navigation technology and is able to tap into data to note travel patterns around the world. Read More