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Mercury News

Waiting for a VTA bus that doesn’t come

San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley transit agency services off track, state audit shows

Marin Independent Journal

SMART offers Larkspur shuttle for ferry riders

KPIX

Ribbon cutting held for shuttle linking SMART train to Larkspur Ferry

Berkeleyside

Berkeley transportation commission backs wider version of proposed BART station bikeway

Local News Matters

$21-M bike lane project along Union City Boulevard to be completed by late 2025

Local News Matters

Richmond expands microtransit ridesharing program, sees its weekly ridership double

Mercury News

Pittsburg may put sales tax increase on ballot to fund road work

Mercury News

Dogs and their humans fly together on BARK Air, service coming to San Jose airport in the fall

San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s where S.F. and San Jose rank among the world’s most unaffordable areas

Mercury News

The Bay Area has 33 ‘two-million-dollar’ cities. Here’s where they are

Mercury News

Bay Area home prices approach all-time high after spiking 12% in May

Cal Matters

California real estate group won’t fight affordable housing measure, for a price

San Francisco Chronicle

Did Valencia Street’s controversial center bike lanes harm businesses’ recovery? Here’s what S.F. study found

San Francisco Chronicle

Is S.F. the worst-run city in the U.S.? Experts call this analysis ‘misleading’

Mercury News

Contra Costa officials awarded $1.9 million to close two gaps on Bay Trail

Press Democrat

Could Cloverdale double in size to preserve open space?

Mercury News

Electric flying taxi firm preps aviation web to slash Bay Area commutes

San Francisco Chronicle

MLK Jr. has 955 U.S. streets. A Bay Area road symbolizes his unrealized dream

Berkeleyside

Berkeley transportation commission to weigh plans for bikeway near proposed North Berkeley BART development

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA to explore moving Valencia Street center bike lane to the curb

San Francisco Standard

Splinter group of Valencia Street merchants lashes out against new bike lane plan

San Francisco Standard

Cars or no cars? Voters to decide future of Great Highway

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Terra Linda residents saw a problem, San Rafael officials responded

Los Angeles Times

The climate-driven push to stop expanding California’s traffic choked freeways hits a roadblock

Newsweek

California High-Speed Rail Line Gets Boost

Mercury News

When will America get its $25,000 electric car?

Mercury News

Drivers hit 196 animals, including mountain lions, on this Bay Area “roadkill hotspot.” A new project aims to make it safe for wildlife and cars

Mercury News

California YIMBY group endorses Silicon Valley billionaire’s California Forever project

Mercury News

San Jose waives key building fees to spur downtown housing highrises

Mercury News

With rents on the decline, he decided to look for a new place. What could he find in the East Bay for $2,000?

Mercury News

California lost 222 big employers in 4 years, 3rd-most in the US

Local News Matters

San Mateo supervisors approve $30 per hour ‘livable wage’ for regular county employees

Local News Matters

New subscription service lets you know when air quality incidents happen in the Bay Area

Cal Matters

This giant freshwater fish — North America’s largest — gains California protection

San Francisco Chronicle

For five days in 1980, a great white shark named Sandy lived in Golden Gate Park

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. voters will decide if cars should be permanently banned on the Great Highway

Local News Matters

San Francisco resumes its annual battle with nature to keep sand off the Great Highway

San Francisco Chronicle

Road improvement project in Contra Costa County to add bike lane

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni reveals its first ugly holiday sweater. Welcome to the transit merch wars

San Francisco Examiner

SF won’t have power to regulate robotaxis anytime soon

Mercury News

Robotaxis escape legislative move to let cities control them

Bloomberg

Amazon Promised to Deliver Affordable Housing. How’s It Doing?

Mercury News

San Jose waives key building fees to spur downtown housing highrises

Mercury News

Big San Jose affordable housing project lands key construction loan

Mercury News

San Jose OKs new protections for tens of thousands of mobile home park residents

Fairfield Daily Republic

Energy is central to California Forever's ambitious plan

Vacaville Reporter

California Forever releases water study

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. Mayor Breed wants $15 million to revive downtown. But a key city office opposes the plan

San Francisco Chronicle

Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead

kpix

Air District to offer $1,500 for 1998 or older vehicles in buyback program

KPIX

Transit task force seeks simplifying fares, transfers across Bay Area agencies

Press Democrat

SMART Pathway groundbreaking in Moorland neighborhood hailed as victory for schoolkids, community

Vacaville Reporter

Dixon to hold hearing on Caltrans, MTC funding

San Francisco Chronicle

SFO’s Harvey Milk Terminal is finally complete: Self-service baggage stations, less congestion

KQED

Uber and Lyft Are Fighting Minimum Wage Laws. But in This State, the Drivers Won

Cal Matters

These cities have a new tactic to evade California housing laws. Legal experts are dubious

San Francisco Examiner

Rezoning shows chasm between young, older San Franciscans

Mercury News

Saratoga residents concerned about hillside builder’s remedy application

San Francisco Chronicle

A stalled 40-story condo tower in S.F. could be revived with a plan for more density

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