Transportation

Council Applauds BART Vote to Oppose Bill Weakening Fare Evasion Penalties image

Council Applauds BART Vote to Oppose Bill Weakening Fare Evasion Penalties

The Bay Area Council this week applauded a 5-3 vote by the BART Board of Directors to oppose legislation that would weaken the&...
BART Responds to Council Request to Speed New Fare Gates image

BART Responds to Council Request to Speed New Fare Gates

The Bay Area Council got a quick and thorough response from BART on our request to speed up installation of new fare gates to prevent rampant fare...
Clearing the Air on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Traffic image

Clearing the Air on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Traffic

North Bay Assembly member Damon Connolly on Monday (July 17) joined Richmond City Council member Cesar Zapeda and other Richmond community leaders ...
Council Calls on BART to Dramatically Accelerate New Fare Gates to Better Secure System, Help Bring Back Riders and Generate Badly Needed Revenue image

Council Calls on BART to Dramatically Accelerate New Fare Gates to Better Secure System, Help Bring Back Riders and Generate Badly Needed Revenue

Modern, secure fare gates could generate tens of millions annually in revenue for the financially strapped system and make system substantially saf...
Council Pushes for Expansion of Autonomous Vehicles to Realize Safety, Environmental Benefits image

Council Pushes for Expansion of Autonomous Vehicles to Realize Safety, Environmental Benefits

The Bay Area Council continued its advocacy this week (July 13) to expand access to autonomous vehicles in San Francisco. Council Vice President Em...
Council Calls on BART to Accelerate Installation of New, Secure Fare Gates by at Least a Full Year image

Council Calls on BART to Accelerate Installation of New, Secure Fare Gates by at Least a Full Year

The Bay Area Council is calling on BART to accelerate its timeline for installing new, more secure fare gates to address continuing serious concern...
BART Takes Big Step to Increase Police on the System image

BART Takes Big Step to Increase Police on the System

This week the BART Board voted unanimously to instantly boost the salaries of their police in July by 21% in a bold statement to retain and attract...
Visionary Google Plan with 7K Homes Gets Approval image

Visionary Google Plan with 7K Homes Gets Approval

We are thrilled to celebrate the momentous and unanimous approval of the Google North Bayshore Master Plan by the Mountain View City Council! This ...
Council Scores Big Win to Save + Improve Transit image

Council Scores Big Win to Save + Improve Transit

After months of tireless advocacy, the Bay Area Council applauded the state Legislature this week as it voted to approve a two-party budget deal th...
Going Green: Caltrain Begins Testing Electrified Trains image

Going Green: Caltrain Begins Testing Electrified Trains

In an exciting step toward full electrification, Caltrain ran its first tests running trains using its electric catenary – or overhead contact—...
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