News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
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
We, like the slime mold ...
I’m a full-time freelance photographer with a love of science and an odd obsession with slime mold, a 600 million-year-old, often overlooked, misunderstood and mischaracterized single-celled organism that undulates across rotting foliage in damp forests. For the last two years, I have wanted to create a time-lapse photo sequence of slime mold in a Petri dish as it forages, navigates obstacles and thrives despite challenges. 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
Intelligent Transport has a piece on transportation trends for the coming year. Read More
With the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit trains now connecting to Golden Gate Ferries in Larkspur, the two transportation agencies are seeking to attract more off-peak riders. Read More
Just weeks prior to San Francisco’s devastating earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, the Miles Brothers affixed a hand-cranked Bell & Howell camera to the front of a cable car, and filmed its journey eastward along Market Street from 8th Street to the Ferry Building. Read More
It will cost another $1 to ride halfway to the stars on San Francisco’s famed cable cars as of Jan. 1. Read More
Bay Area cities and counties largely improved the quality of the pavement on their local street and road networks in 2018. Read More
The fires in the North Bay forced some transit operators to augment or outright cancel service on Monday. Read More