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Today's News Roundup

September 20, 2022

By Library

Image of freeway congestion in the vicinity of Danville, CA.

One of the performance targets under consideration measures traffic congestion, expressed as annual hours of peak-hour excessive delay per capita.

Noah Berger

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

Transportation

‘I saw people driving over the roundabout trying to get out’: Roadshow [Mercury News]
Ramps, lanes along Highway 101 in Petaluma to close at times through end of November [Petaluma Argus-Courier]
Transit agencies can’t hire enough drivers to keep the buses running [Smart Cities]
L.A. County could soon drop this key COVID mask rule. Here’s why [Los Angeles Times]
All the features coming to SF's forthcoming waterfront park [SF Gate]

Housing/Development

PD Editorial: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County seek some ‘housing heroes’ [Press Democrat]
Oakland’s outgoing head of housing talks evictions, buying buildings, and red tape [The Oaklandside]

Regional Economy

Dreamforce 2022: Traffic, street closures and what to expect during the downtown S.F. megaconference [San Francisco Chronicle]
San Francisco's Uber hacked, possibly by teen ‘cybergang’ Lapsus$ [SF Gate]

Environment/Other

California's Coastal Clean-Up Day brings nearly 30,000 volunteers to the shorelines [San Francisco Examiner]
Billions in climate deal funding could help protect U.S. coastal cities [San Francisco Examiner]