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San Francisco Chronicle

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Huge changes are coming to Bay Area bridges. But first, the tolls are going up again

Radical changes are afoot for drivers crossing Bay Area bridges, with a new round of toll hikes and tiered rate system.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 3d

CBS News

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Bay Area rain causes flooded roads, crashes and collapsed ceiling

San Francisco, CA · 20h

San Francisco Chronicle

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This Bay Area bridge will shut down to make way for a revolution in tolling. Here’s when

A weekend closure on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will let Caltrans install tolling equipment as it prepares to replace toll booths with cameras and sensors.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 4d

SFGate

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The 111-Year-Old Mountain Road That Kept California From Splitting in Half

California · 2d

SFGate

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Regional: Planned Closure Of State Route 4 East Of Discovery Bay Rescheduled For Nov. 22

The planned closure of State Route 4 east of Discovery Bay has been postponed due to a stormy weather forecast, Caltrans officials announced Thursday. The full closure was originally scheduled for Sunday and is now expected to happen on Nov. 22 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Article continues below...

Discovery Bay, CA · 1d

KTVU FOX 2

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Rain floods North Bay roads

Heavy rains impacted drivers across the Bay Area on Friday. In Marin County especially, roads were flooded, which caused multiple car crashes and street closures. Some residents put up sandbags around homes and businesses, bracing for the storms yet to come.

Marin County, CA · 19h

Newsweek

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New Images Show California High-Speed Rail Progress

Photographs of six new completed projects of the California high-speed rail project were released on Thursday.

California · 1d

decorhint.com

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These 10 Scenic California Train Rides Turn Thanksgiving Break Into An Unforgettable Journey

A century ago, locals gave one California railroad a nickname based purely on how it smelled. Its new gas-powered motorcars put out such a strong odor that the name stuck for good. I love that detail, because it proves train rides here have always had personality. Another line in the...

California · 3d

CBS San Francisco

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Rain floods Bay Area roads, damages home and leaves drivers stranded

Heavy rain caused widespread problems across the Bay Area Friday, flooding roads, damaging vehicles and even bringing part of a San Francisco home's ceiling crashing down.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 18h

KTVU FOX 2

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Bridge tolls increasing on January 1st

Bay Area bridge tolls will increase in the new year. John Goodwin from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission joins Sal to discuss where that money will be spent, and the work to remove the toll plaza at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

San José Spotlight

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Silicon Valley BART extension hits construction milestone

Transportation officials overseeing the multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley BART extension are celebrating an early construction milestone in bringing the rapid transit service to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara. Workers in recent weeks completed excavating and reinforcing an 83-foot-deep hole on a former rail yard property nearby PayPal Park. The shaft will serve as the launch... The post Silicon Valley BART extension hits construction milestone appeared first on San José Spotlight .

San Jose, CA · 2d

SFGate

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Alameda Co.: King Tides Could Force Closures Of Roads And Tunnels, Caltrans Warns

Drivers in Alameda and Oakland may face temporary road and tunnel closures over the coming months as unusually high tides raise the risk of coastal flooding, Caltrans warned Friday. The agency is monitoring conditions along state Route 61, also known as Doolittle Drive, and state Route 260, which includes the...

Oakland, CA · 16h

mindfullyamerican.com

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8 California Street Parking Rules That Get Cars Towed Without a Warning

Park in a California peak-hour tow-away lane, and the only warning you get is the sign on the pole. It can be easy enough to miss. Here are the California street parking rules that get cars towed without a warning. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Parking rules...

California · 5d

Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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ClimatePlan Offers Becerra a Roadmap for Rethinking Transportation Priorities

A new report from ClimatePlan, titled Getting There: A Governor’s Playbook for Making It Easier and More Affordable to Get Around and Live in California, outlines immediate steps the incoming Becerra Administration could take to improve the state’s air quality and prepare for the future by creating fundamental changes in how the state prioritizes transportation projects, distributes funding, and coordinates transportation and housing policy.

California · 1d

KQED

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Survivor: Bay Area. BART Gets a Sales Tax, but Still Forecasts a Budget Deficit

At the first BART Board of Directors meeting since voters approved a regional sales tax to prevent service cuts at major Bay Area transit agencies, Director Mark Foley wore a hat and sweatshirt emblazoned with the logo for Survivor. “The Bay Area has spoken, and we survived,” Foley said Thursday,...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

The Fresno Bee

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CEO's gone; High-Speed Rail still plans to lay first tracks this year. Does it need the win?

The recent resignation of its CEO hasn’t changed the California High-Speed Rail Authority ’s plan to lay the project’s first tracks by the end of year, says the head of the agency’s board, a milestone that could improve the public image of the often-maligned project. The agency says it has already begun receiving the building materials it needs to begin that work in Kern County. “We’re moving forward,” board Chair Steve Kawa told The Fresno Bee. “We’re going to be getting track, and we’re going to be laying track in 2026.” The rail authority has spent most of the last two years promising the physical milestone by the end of this year — more than a decade after construction began in the Central Valley — so failing to begin that work could worsen the project’s already strained public image. Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, has indicated he wants to reform high-speed rail, but he has provided few details about any potential plans. Jonathan Underland, Becerra’s spokesperson, did not respond to The Fresno Bee’s request for an interview with the governor-elect. If the agency succeeds in laying track in the next six weeks, it could take a late win in what

Kern County, CA · 2d

The Center Square

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Bay Area residents approve $1 billion tax for public transit

(The Center Square) - San Francisco Bay Area residents approved multiple new taxes to fund public transit in this year’s election, including a $1 billion annual sales tax. Supporters of the tax say the increased income could be a lifeline for the struggling Bay Area Rapid Transit, Caltrain and other regional public transit systems that had warned of major service cuts if the measure were not passed. But amid economic stress in the region, opponents questioned the transit system’s spending practices. “Transit is worth the investment,” read a BART statement after the regional ballot Measure RTM passed. "RTM" stands for "Regional Transit Measure." A spokesperson for the transit system declined an interview request from The Center Square for this story. Measure RTM asked voters in five Bay Area counties - Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco - to increase sales taxes over the next 14 years to support BART, Oakland’s AC Transit, Muni, Caltrain and several other regional public transit systems as they struggle from the post-pandemic ridership drop. The tax is 0.5% in all the counties, except for San Francisco, which will see a 1% tax. The tax will cost residents outside of San Francisco

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

Lassen County News

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California invests $3.4 billion to improve transportation safety, infrastructure and connectivity

The California Transportation Commission recently approved $3.4 billion for more than 120 transportation projects to improve highway safety, strengthen critical infrastructure and expand transportation options statewide. More than 75 percent of today’s investment ($2.7 billion) features annual funding to support approximately 600 local governments and regional transportation authorities to maintain bridges, reduce commute times, improve safety, cut greenhouse gas emissions and expand transportation services to communities throughout the state.

California · 1d

KRON4 News

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Richmond-San Rafael Bridge set for temporary westbound closure as Caltrans works on upgrades

The overnight shutdown is part of a larger effort to modernize the bridge, including a new cashless tolling system and a potential redesign of its westbound lanes. Drivers who use the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge should prepare for construction-related closures this weekend as Caltrans works on several projects to modernize the Bay Area crossing. Westbound Interstate […]

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

tiremeetsroad.com

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Pleasant Hill, CA: Doofus Refuses To Yield When Turning Onto Crescent Plaza Despite Multiple Left-Turn Yield-on-Green Signs

The impatient driver risked an accident and multiple tickets just to save a couple of seconds. A Contra Costa County-area driver and Redditor /u/Tibierius_Jim shared head-shaking dashcam footage from earlier in October (Oct 27, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit, showing an impatient driver disregarding yield-on-green signage and risking an accident and multiple tickets to save a couple of seconds.

Pleasant Hill, CA · 1d