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Car drives into Muni tunnel, shutting down Market St. subway for night

A car drove into the Muni tunnel at the Embarcadero on Saturday afternoon, disrupting service and confusing dozens of commuters. Car drives into Muni tunnel, shutting down Market St. subway for night

San Francisco, CA · 13d

KRON4 News

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Dozens of speed cameras to be installed in San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Speed cameras will be installed at 33 locations around San Jose to slow down South Bay drivers. Drivers who are caught going too fast on the automated cameras will receive tickets with fines, and city leaders said the program will save lives. Jorge Quiroz and his family experienced something in […]

San Jose, CA · 14d

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California Dominates List of America's Most Accident-Prone Cities, New Study Finds

California accounts for six of the 10 major U.S. cities with the highest accident rates, according to a new study. Some of the state's biggest cities rank near the top, including San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The LendingTree study, updated October 19, examined insurance quote data from the...

California · 13d
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San Francisco Examiner

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Two ballot initiatives to decide future of transit in the Bay Area

Voters in the Bay Area’s five most-populous counties are deciding whether or not to pass ballot measures that would ease public-transit operators’ budget deficits. San Francisco residents casting ballots in this election are weighing Proposition H, a measure that would fund Muni service by creating a new parcel tax . Meanwhile, city voters and those in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties are also deciding whether or not to approve Proposition RTM, aka the Regional Transit Measure. It would fund county public-transportation systems by imposing an additional sales tax of 1% in San Francisco and 0.5% in the four other counties . Since emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Area public-transportation agencies say they have grappled with the winding down of aid from the state and federal governments, fewer riders commuting to downtown offices five days per week, and rising operating and maintenance costs. They say that absent financial relief from Bay Area voters, they will be forced to eliminate lines, close stations, reduce vehicle frequencies and defer capital investments, among other consequences. Here’s how both tax measures would affect Bay Area transit. Prop. H What it is: The measure would create a 15-year parcel tax —

San Francisco, CA · 13d

scotscoop.com

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Redwood City shifts gears on downtown parking rates

As downtown Redwood City prepares to increase downtown parking rates in early 2027, residents and business owners are questioning how the changes will affect their community. In late September, the City Council approved the rate adjustment to better distribute parking demand and address rising operational costs. According to Christian Hammack, the Redwood City transportation manager, the changes are tentatively scheduled to take effect at the beginning of next year.

Redwood City, CA · 14d

San Francisco Chronicle

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These California highways are most at risk of flooding during El Niño storms

SFO, the Bay Bridge, Highway 101 and other critical infrastructure in California are vulnerable to “exceptional” flooding and erosion this winter, according to a new report.

California · 15d

The Sacramento Bee

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Highway 37 to close this weekend. What are alternate routes to the Bay Area?

Central Valley motorists making their way into the North Bay this weekend may experience some delays as Caltrans shuts down Highway 37, a key regional connector . But there are ways travelers can circumvent the traffic. Both directions of a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday so crews can prepare the road for impending El Niño storms , Caltrans said in a news release. The closure will extend from just west of Vallejo near Wilson Avenue to Sears Point, at the Highway 121 split. “Significant delays and increased travel times” can be expected while the North Bay highway is closed to passing traffic, Caltrans said. However, there are some alternate routes. Travelers headed to the Napa Valley or Sonoma County coast can make a fairly easy diversion by exiting Interstate 80 about 6 miles north of Highway 37. Highway 12 provides for a direct — though slightly more winding and arguably more scenic — drive into the northern and eastern portions of the North Bay. Traffic headed to Marin County locations can avoid the closure by staying on I-80 through the East Bay and then taking Highway 580 near Richmond

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 14d

scotscoop.com

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Bay Area transit tax decides the future of local public transit

Voters in five Bay Area counties will decide this fall whether to approve a sales tax that would cause deep service cuts to local transit agencies. The Regional Transit Measure (Measure RTM) will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot and could raise sales taxes by 0.5% in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, and by 1% in San Francisco, giving approximately $980 million a year to local transit agencies such as BART and the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans).

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 15d

egoease.com

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Highway 101 and I-280 closures threaten SF weekend traffic

On a clear Friday in late spring, the city can look almost generous. The bay throws light onto the towers, the ballpark fills, and people convince themselves that the weekend will move at a human pace. Then the alerts arrive. Lanes on Highway 101 and Interstate 280 will be shut for paving, barrier work, or a bridge crew that can only operate when weekday volumes dip. Those SF highway closures turn a familiar drive into a negotiation with surface streets, event crowds, and the simple fact that San Francisco has very few ways around itself.

San Francisco, CA · 14d

hoodline.com

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Napa Picks $81M Flyover to Fix Highway 29 Chokepoint, Construction Years Away

Drivers crawling through the tangle where Highway 29 meets Highway 12 and Airport Boulevard south of Napa may finally get a fix on paper, though not on the pavement anytime soon. The Napa Valley Transportation Authority board has picked an elevated direct-connector ramp, essentially a flyover, as its preferred option for untangling one of the county's worst daily bottlenecks.

Napa, CA · 15d

Guessing Headlights

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California Dominates List of America's Most Accident-Prone Cities, New Study Finds

California accounts for six of the 10 major U.S. cities with the highest accident rates, according to a new study. Some of the state’s biggest cities rank near the top, including San Diego, Los Angeles, ... Read more

California · 13d

ABC10

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Solano County DUI rollover crash leads to arrest after driver tests at .245% BAC

Solano County, CA · 14d

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Hop Aboard This Open-Air California Train Ride For A Scenic Family Adventure

There’s a vintage train winding through a canyon in Sunol, California, and the fact that you haven’t heard about it yet is honestly a little bit criminal. The Niles Canyon Railway is one of those places that makes you wonder what else you’ve been missing while you were busy staring at your phone.

Sunol, CA · 16d

City Journal

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California’s Bullet Train Boondoggle

In 2008, California voters approved funding for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A group of contractors donated tens of thousands of dollars to support the ballot measure. A state program manager projected that the initiative would create more than 100,000 construction jobs. Eighteen years and...

California · 17d

bayareatelegraph.com

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It’s Shocking How Many People a Single BART Train Can Hold

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – If you’ve ever squeezed onto BART and wondered how an entire platform’s worth of people managed to follow you inside, you likely don’t know the half of it. The true max capacity of a BART train is pretty chocking. A full-length, ten-car...

San Francisco, CA · 15d

KTVU FOX 2

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Highway 37 to close for 55 hours starting Friday

Caltrans is alerting drivers that Highway 37, a major route into Sonoma from Vallejo, the East Bay and other communities to the east, will see a full closure in both directions for 55 hours starting Friday. The work being done is to prepare for potential El Niño-related storms.

Sonoma, CA · 16d

KRON4 News

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Caltrans to shut down portions of westbound I-80 in SF this weekend

(KRON) — Caltrans is set to shut down westbound Interstate 80 from 5th to 15th streets in San Francisco from 11 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday to improve the roadway.  The closure means those heading west across the Bay Bridge into or through San Francisco will have a rough go of it.   “Coming into […]

San Francisco, CA · 14d

California is for Adventure

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Mount Tam once had the “crookedest railroad in the world,” and the ride back down ran on gravity alone

From 1896 to 1929, a train with 281 curves hauled visitors up Mount Tamalpais, and open-air gravity cars coasted them back down. Here's what's left at the summit, plus the short plank-lined climb to the fire lookout. The post Mount Tam once had the “crookedest railroad in the world,” and the ride back down ran on gravity alone appeared first on California is for Adventure .

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 16d

CBS San Francisco

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San Jose begins installing speed cameras along Saratoga Avenue

San Jose is installing 33 automated speed cameras across the city as officials look for ways to reduce dangerous driving and prevent traffic fatalities.

San Jose, CA · 16d

TripJaunt

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Car-Free San Francisco: Families Could Save Over $18,000 a Year

San Francisco – Voters here will decide next month whether to reopen the Great Highway to motor vehicles, a choice that coincides with fresh data on the economics of daily travel. A report from the American Public Transportation Association points to meaningful annual savings for households that rely on public transit instead of private cars.

San Francisco, CA · 14d