Transportation

Futuristic hyperloop pods that whisk commuters around the region are a flashy idea, but not one that Bay Area transportation planners are betting on today. Looking at key proposed projects — like [...]

The first conference focusing on women’s issues in transportation was held in 1978, a Department of Transportation-sponsored research gathering that drew criticism before it even began. After [...]

When women won the vote in 1920, the two primary goals of the newly formed League of Women Voters were to make sure that women had the opportunity to cast an informed vote, and that they would [...]

In 2007, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted a regional rail plan that envisioned opportunities to accelerate Bay Area travel with an integrated network. The vision described [...]

You have likely heard of the popular High Line park in the City of New York. Perhaps you have even visited this rails-to-trails park with its garden walks, world-class eateries, and art [...]

When Senate Bill 1 (Beall) passed in 2017, it raised the gasoline excise tax for the first time in 20 years to generate tens of billions of dollars to restore aging transportation infrastructure. [...]

The San Francisco Bay Area is already crowded, ranked among the nation’s top ten most congested metropolitan regions, and soon it will be even more packed. Over the next two decades, our [...]

The Bay Area housing affordability crisis is changing single-family home ownership as residents explore variations on the dream, turning to creative solutions like cohousing that offer community [...]

What if it were possible to travel by bus, train, electric bike, or rideshare using a single account to pay for these transportation costs? It’s one of several fare policy strategies suggested to [...]

In many parts of the Bay Area driving is more like plodding, with heavy feet on the brakes because of record-level gridlock on roads and streets. Given no sign these conditions will let up, San [...]