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KQED

San Mateo 101 Express Lanes Officially Opened With Ceremony — but Critics Say Traffic and Pollution Will Be Worse

San Mateo Daily Journal

Toll roads with variable pricing officially open on Highway 101

La Opinion

Special discounts in express lanes on the I-880 highway

San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley’s Central Bikeway could be a game changer

SF Gate

California startup Dreamstar wants to run a private night train between SF and LA

Mercury News

Highway 17 construction will continue into July: Roadshow

Berkeleyside

Major Berkeley streets could get bus lanes in coming years

San Francisco Standard

Restaurant Owners Furious at San Francisco’s Plan To Rip Out Parklets

Transportation Today

FTA publishes details on formula funding to help communities operate public transit

The Conversation

Low-cost, high-quality public transportation will serve the public better than free rides

San Francisco Chronicle

Only 15% of Bay Area cities have met California’s housing plan deadline. What are the consequences?

The Oaklandside

BART is gearing up to build housing at its Rockridge station

Mercury News

Why do all the new apartment buildings in the Bay Area look the same?

Mercury News

Mission Paradise project could propel Hayward to forefront of affordable housing

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael planning board approves 162-apartment project

Vacaville Reporter

Vacaville Planning Commission to participate in Draft Housing Element study session

San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s what a 55-story condo skyscraper proposed near S.F. Zoo would look like

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Pop-up’ businesses could soon breathe life into downtown S.F.

Mercury News

Bay Area tech bust emerges after yearslong regional hiring boom

San Francisco Examiner

The end of faking it in Silicon Valley

San Francisco Chronicle

A new cold front heads to the Bay Area this week. Here’s how far temperatures will fall

San Francisco Chronicle

When fires create floods: Is California ready for a cascade of disasters?

San Francisco Chronicle

This is what BART’s new fare gates will look like. Can they slash fare evasion?

San Francisco Chronicle

BART, transit agencies to ask California for $6 billion. Here’s where the money could come from

KTSF

The Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission is piloting a program to allow low-income drivers to use the toll express lanes on Route 880.

Mercury News

Left lane is the new slow lane on many streets: Roadshow

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Caltrans said permanent fix for Verano/Highway 12 intersection will take 2 years

Marin Independent Journal

Marin to factor racial equity in road paving plans

Vallejo Times-Herald

SolTrans breaks ground on electrification infrastructure

Alameda Post

AC Transit Board Votes to End Line 78

Planetizen

$14 Billion in Federal Transit Funding Announced

San Francisco Examiner

A skyscraper on the west side? SF Planning isn't so sure

Berkeleyside

7-story co-op housing could rise in South Berkeley, but tenants hope history is honored

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose breaks ground on prefab homeless housing

NBC Bay Area

San Jose Officials Break Ground on Interim Housing Site for Homeless People

Mercury News

Marin-based furniture retailer RH (Restoration Hardware) cutting over 400 jobs

San Francisco Chronicle

El Niño is predicted to return. Here’s what it could mean for California

San Francisco Chronicle

San Franciscans say they feel less safe than in over 20 years, city survey shows

San Francisco Examiner

Major Bay Area freeway reducing tolls for low-income families

San Francisco Chronicle

Can BART slash fare evasion with new, hardened gates? Here's what we know

Mercury News

Why bicyclists don’t pay for roads the same way drivers do: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

Fairfax plans gay pride crosswalk

San Francisco Standard

SF's Whole Foods Was Once a Market With Its Own Transit Line

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain to reduce weekday service for two weeks for electrification construction

SF Gate

Pleasanton to convert Stoneridge Mall parking lot to multifamily housing

SF Gate

Elon Musk said he wants to turn Twitter’s San Francisco HQ into a homeless shelter

Mercury News

Hundreds of San Jose homes may sprout at closed assisted living center site

Berkeleyside

7-story co-op housing could rise in South Berkeley, but tenants hope history is honored

Cal Matters

California cities are cracking down on homeless camps. Will the state get tougher, too?

SF Gate

Salesforce gives up the last of a major downtown San Francisco office property

San Francisco Chronicle

Salesforce to vacate Salesforce East downtown S.F. office building as downsizing continues

SF Gate

Mass layoffs and absentee bosses create a morale crisis at Meta

East Bay Times

Bay Area exodus: Wealthy resident departures worsen ‘doom loop’ fears

NBC Bay Area

Whale That Washed Ashore Near San Leandro Marina Killed by Vessel Strike

SF Gate

Why is it so windy in the San Francisco Bay Area?

Press Democrat

Santa Rosa’s Southeast Greenway plans inch along as supporters wait for state approvals

KTVU

Freeway tolls could be reduced for low-income Bay Area families

Sing Tao Daily

Concessions for low-income drivers using I-880 express lane commuting

Mercury News

Toll lanes being added for 20 miles on Interstate 80: Roadshow

San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo says dense S.F. fog brought 5 vehicles to a halt on Balboa Terrace street

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