As part of SFpark – San Francisco’s ambitious attempt to reduce city traffic through real-time parking data – a new application is available for smartphones that will help drivers find available parking spots. To address the obvious conflict around drivers using cell phones, which is illegal in California, the app launches a warning if...
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PG&E argued to state regulators yesterday that the September gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno would have occurred regardless of the utility’s sloppy record keeping. The company said that because the faulty weld responsible for the blast has no past record of problems, inspectors would never have checked the seam and instead looked for...
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Powerful lawmakers on the Peninsula presented their ideas for remedying California’s troubled high-speed rail project, suggesting the train should share the right of way with CalTrain in order to avoid the controversial elevated tracks. The ideas are hardly new, but come from state Senator Joe Simitian and state Assemblyman Rich Gordon, who control local...
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The League of American Bicyclists has named Stanford University as the most bike friendly university in the country. Of the 32 schools that applied to the first-ever list of Bike Friendly Universities program, Stanford was the only to receive a platinum rating because its extensive cycling network, education programs, and incentive programs. Nearly 22...
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San Francisco International Airport’s sparkling new and green T2, which serves Virgin America and American Airlines, has a message for Bay Area travelers: “It can be green and fun…You don’t have to choose one or the other.” Read all about it (again) in great descriptive detail in today’s New York Times Bay Area section....
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As Congress took an ax to many federal programs this past week, high-speed rail made the list. Federal officials stripped all funding — $2.5 billion — for California’s bullet train project. California needs at least $14 billion from Uncle Sam to complete the more than 500 mile line and can’t even lay the first...
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Bay Area drivers are paying an average of $4.22 per gallon of gas, the most expensive in the country, but that has not reduced traffic, say bridge toll officials.
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Caltrain has decided to give itself another two weeks to come up with the funds to maintain its full service schedule with 86 trains, after it successfully diverted a drastic reduction due to budget problems. The transit agencies that fund Caltrain rallied under pressure from riders and developers who are building transit-centered properties near...
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If there weren’t already enough reasons to switch to public transportation or electric cars, here’s another: brain damage. California researchers found that exposure to modest amounts of traffic pollution caused memory loss and signs of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. They have yet to study the impact on people, but those driving in open-air vehicles...
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