Transportation Watch

Officials recommend lifting bike restrictions on BART trains

Isabel Angell — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:28:35 +0000

After several pilot projects testing bike access on Bay Area BART trains, BART officials recommended that bikes be allowed on trains at all hours and in all stations. This would be a big change from the current rules, where riders can’t bring bikes on trains or into the cramped 12th and 19th Street stations during peak commute hours.

Bay Bridge bolt fix could cost $10 million, opening date still unclear

Isabel Angell — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:52:59 +0000

California officials say they have a plan to stabilize bolts that failed earlier this year on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge.

AC Transit cancels fare hike, considers a decrease

Isabel Angell — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:58:08 +0000

Typically transit agencies raise prices as time goes by, not lower them.

Bids to build SF Central Subway are $100 million over city's estimates

Isabel Angell — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:04:30 +0000

The bids are in to build San Francisco’s Central Subway project – and the price tag will be over $100 million more than the city expected.

California's high-speed rail gets first contractor

Isabel Angell — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:38:00 +0000

The first construction phase for California’s high-speed rail plan to link San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours has a builder. And the bid came in $200 million under expectations.