After adapting to hardships driven by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the Bay Area’s small transit agencies are still facing bumps in the road. COVID-19 vaccine distribution is expected to [...]
Bay Area kids are biking without traffic interruption, pavement has become a gateway for social connection, and original art installations are addressing pandemic-related transportation [...]
Driving delays have long been a major source of stress for many Bay Area workers and travelers — so they’ll be unhappy to learn that rising sea levels imperil the region’s road network, [...]
Bay Area cities and transit agencies are partnering with private companies to expand coverage and accessibility — transportation challenges they were tussling with long before COVID-19 lockdowns [...]
In early May, Doug Gordon, co-host of The War on Cars podcast, tweeted two street curb pictures and asked his followers, “Who wore it better?” One frame showed a parked BMW. In the other, the car [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
