Transportation Archives : Page 20 of 47 : Bay Area Council

Council to D.C.: Release $1.25 Billion BART Funding

May 31 2019

A deadly accident this week that shut down the upper deck of the Bay Bridge, wreaking havoc during peak commute hours, highlighted the importance o...

Water Transit Subcommittee Welcomes New Co-Chairs

May 24 2019

The Bay Area Council Water Transit Subcommittee convened last week with three new co-chairs and a renewed sense of urgency in its mission to expand...

New SFO-Tel Aviv Flights Highlight Strong Bay Area-Israel Connections

May 17 2019

Underscoring the strong and growing connections between the Bay Area and Israel, El Al Israel Airlines this week began new non-top service between ...

Study Will Explore Bringing Ferries to Berkeley

May 10 2019

The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) on Thursday (May 9) approved moving forward with a study to explore the feasibility of expandin...

Big Plans for Expanding Regional Rail Service

Apr 26 2019

Regional rail operators have big plans for the future of transit. Representatives from ACE Rail, BART, Caltrain, and Valley Link Rail presented the...

Solving Local Transit Barriers through Public Private Partnerships

Apr 19 2019

The Bay Area Council brought together top employers in the Peninsula with local government elected leaders to openly engage on first and last mile ...

Encouraging Ruling in Regional Measure 3 Court Case

Apr 12 2019

Funding from an almost $5.6 billion regional transportation ballot measure that the Bay Area Council helped pass in 2017 soon could start flowing u...

Ferry Service Coming to Berkeley?

Mar 15 2019

A public planning process for connecting Berkeley to a fast-growing regional ferry system got the thumbs up this week from the City Council. Berkel...

Reports of Death of High Speed Rail Greatly Exaggerated

Feb 15 2019

No, high speed rail in California is not dead. Despite some initial confusion over remarks in his state of the state address this week, Gov. Gavin ...

BART Readies Early Bird Bus Service as Seismic Project Nears

Feb 8 2019

As BART gets ready to begin a critical seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube it’s also readying a new express bus service to help early morning r...

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