Today's News Roundup

Pelican on a fence with a ferry and the Bay Bridge West Span in the distance.

Mercury News

Editorial: VTA’s San Jose BART extension costs surging out of control
San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley transit agency unsure of when it will ban problem riders
New York Times

California, Land of the Car, Could Soon Have Speed Cameras
San Francisco Standard

What Are Those Yellow Painted Circles on Some San Francisco Streets?
San Francisco Standard

San Francisco’s Vintage Streetcars To Be Replaced by Buses. Here’s Why
Railway Age

Transit Briefs: Caltrain
Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito ferry plaza overhaul challenged by residents
Local News Matters

Funding secured to install protected bike lanes near SF’s Golden Gate Park, Presidio
Mercury News

Redesigned strip near Bay Area high school has drivers and pedestrians puzzled and has created safety issue: Roadshow
NBC Bay Area

Autonomous shuttle service could soon be coming to Contra Costa County
Berkeleyside

Hit with a late fee for a Berkeley parking ticket? You might get a refund
Marin Independent Journal

George Russell: Marin’s Highway 37 elevation project is a big one
NBC Bay Area

What worries the Bay Area? High housing costs, poll finds
San Francisco Chronicle

‘It’s a sleeper’: This East Bay downtown is poised for a comeback with new housing, restaurants
San Francisco Chronicle

Rents in this Bay Area city have fallen more than in any of the other largest U.S. towns
KGO-TV

SF looks for ways to revitalize Market Street, a key role in making downtown a global destination
San Francisco Chronicle

Small businesses see a big future in S.F., and they have the products to prove it
San Francisco Chronicle

3.0 and 3.8 quakes strike Sonoma County