Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Two major draft amendments to Plan Bay Area 2040, the long-range, widely encompassing regional transportation and land use plan, will be available for public review starting Monday.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Wednesday joined Bay Area state leaders in raising concerns about the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Plan Bay Area 2050, a comprehensive plan that aims to reduce the region’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Express lanes are coming to stretches of Interstate 880 in the East Bay late next summer, but specific details regarding tolling still need to be ironed out. Kris Sanchez reports.

Express lanes are coming to stretches of Interstate 880 in the East Bay late next summer, but specific details regarding tolling still need to be ironed out.

A ceremony on Saturday dedicated a new six-mile segment of the Bay Trail connecting Marin and Contra Costa counties via the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.

A “means-based” fare program that would provide a discount for low-income riders on Golden Gate Transit regional bus routes and regular Golden Gate Ferry service could be in place by early next year, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District said

The 22-foot steel ring was constructed from salvaged steel from the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge, which was demolished several years ago and replaced with a sleek new bridge connecting Treasure Island and Oakland.

Bay Area voters may be asked to approve a one-cent sales tax in 2020 that would fund a wide array of transportation projects and improvements across the region.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is adding emergency text alerts to its 511 San Francisco Bay traveler information service.

The final draft of a plan to guide future development of new homes, offices, community and retail space in Walnut Creek’s north downtown area will be presented to and discussed by the City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday.

Recent inspections have uncovered problem welds and crack-prone steel on the now-shuttered $2.2 billion Transbay Terminal transit hub, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

Hopes for a Transbay Terminal reopening this month faded Tuesday as project officials said they are still working to satisfy the expert peer review panel charged with vouching for the integrity of the project that has been closed since cracks emerged in giant steel girders last year.

Early morning commuters should allow for extra time on Interstate Highway 880 this week, when all southbound lanes of the freeway in Hayward will be closed for four hours overnight for the next four days.

The joint that failed on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge last week showed signs of trouble last summer, but inspectors found no “signs of deficiency” when they checked it in August, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

It could cost as much as $1 million – twice the sum previously estimated – to learn what caused those two beams to crack at the Transbay Terminal and find other potentially vulnerable areas in the $2.5 billion project.

FasTrak customers trying to pay toll violations or invoices have been stymied due to a website server problem, transportation officials said.

New data shows that Bay Area housing increased by only 14,900 new units in 2017, less than 30 percent of the number of new jobs in the region during the same period, according to data released by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments.

Just as the troubled $6.6 billion Bay Bridge project is wrapping up, bridge officials learned Thursday about a new dispute that threatens to dash hopes to avoid further cost overruns on the troubled project.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is considering a 20 percent discount for low-income riders. Bob Redell reports.

Starting Tuesday, drivers traveling east on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge between Marin and Contra Costa counties are advised to ignore the green arrows and red Xs on the overhead electronic signs on the lower deck of the bridge, transportation officials said.