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How Transit Is Turning to Tech to Cut Through Congestion

Norman Foster Foundation

Video: Norman Foster Foundation: What are the urban mobility challenges of our cities?

San Francisco Chronicle

Far from city’s blight, clusters of voters were against Prop. C — here’s why

San Francisco Chronicle

In the Presidio, a building gives way to open views for new Tunnel Tops space

East Bay Times

California housing affordability improves slightly in third quarter

Mercury News

Google village, high home prices, spark this big deal

Mercury News

Roku expands its big San Jose HQ campus even before moving in

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

SRJC looks at building student housing

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael exploring options to address housing shortage

Berkeleyside

Berkeley zoning board to 12-story developer: ‘Funk this thing up’

San Francisco Chronicle

Northern California air quality rated the worst in the world, conditions ‘hazardous’

Fairfield Daily Republic

Air quality jumps to hazardous zone; Solano schools shut doors

San Francisco Examiner

Unhealthy haze over SF Bay Area from Butte County fire prompts health warnings

Cal Matters

As California areas record ‘worst air’ on earth, state needs to protect public after wildfires

San Francisco Chronicle

A second transbay tube for BART? It could happen

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Transbay Tube No. 2? BART Planning 'Transbay Rail Crossing'

SF Weekly

For BART, No Representation Without Taxation

San Francisco Chronicle

Toll plazas may be removed from Bay Area bridges in plan to go all-electronic

East Bay Times

Bay Bridge bike path on west span would offer ‘breathtaking views’ — and a huge price tag

Hoodline

Proposal for full Bay Bridge bike path gains steam, but needs cash

Mercury News

No plans — for now — to close San Jose flea market: Roadshow

Fairfield Daily Republic

State officials to emphasize ‘safe driving’ in Solano during holidays

KGO-TV

Video: Bay Area transportation experts say apps may make traffic worse

San Francisco Chronicle

Salesforce to house 1,500 more workers in second Transbay tower

Mercury News

Bay Area wealth: San Jose metro is nation's 9th most prosperous

Mercury News

This old restaurant site has become part of a big new downtown San Jose complex

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

SSU buying 90-unit Petaluma apartment complex for employees

Marin Independent Journal

Point Reyes ranches listed on National Register of Historic Places

Berkeleyside

Affordable housing for seniors approved by Berkeley zoning board

Bay City News Service

Ground Breaks on San Francisco's Mission District Affordable Housing Units

Mission Local

Mission Housing breaks ground at 490 South Van Ness affordable housing project

SF Weekly

NIMBY-land Brisbane Says Yes to Major Housing

East Bay Times

Air quality in South Bay worsens, “unhealthy” levels throughout Bay Area

San Francisco Examiner

SF looks to grow revenues for planting more street trees

SF Streetsblog

Smoky Conditions Reminder of Dangers from Everyday Pollution

San Francisco Chronicle

SF transit center cracks a limited problem, not design flaw, expert believes

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni CFO Sonali Bose departs, creating another challenge for SF’s transit agency

San Francisco Examiner

Pioneering SFMTA exec put agency on firm financial footing

East Bay Times

The end of cash tolls — even toll plazas — in the Bay Area?

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Toll Authority Mulls Future of Cash Lanes at Bay Area Bridges

East Bay Times

Electric scooters: Fremont approves one-year pilot program with Lime

Mercury News

FasTrak Flex can be exploited by toll lane cheaters: Roadshow

Mercury News

Caltrans to close parts of Highway 1 in Big Sur before major storms

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Rohnert Park approves building a public square at ex-State Farm campus

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano board OKs Fairfield train station area transition district

San Francisco Examiner

BART unveils new canopy at Powell Station entrance

Wired

The Pink Transit Tax: Women Spend More Than Men to Get Around NYC

Outside Magazine

Every Bike Shop Should Be Like Hard Knox Bikes

KGO-TV

Video: Bay Area 'hidden freeways' that were never built

KALW

Audio: Berkeley economist says there’s a “mystery surcharge” for California gas

Washington Post

People are going to sell sex in driverless cars, researchers say

San Francisco Chronicle

Plan to transform much of SoMa adopted after 8 years

San Francisco Chronicle

CA rent-control advocates aren’t giving up after Prop. 10’s landslide loss

San Francisco Chronicle

Homeless fund sparks battle between Oakland mayor and Alameda County supervisors

East Bay Times

Bay Area schools limit outdoor time, adopt other changes amid poor air quality

Mercury News

Two years of California wildfires deadlier than almost 30 years of U.S. quakes

Sacramento Bee

Opinion: Environmental protection a big winner in midterms

Daily Californian

UC Berkeley Haas Institute study shows Bay Area segregation, despite region’s diversity

San Francisco Business Times

Who will pay for new regional plan to solve the housing crisis? Just about everyone

San Francisco Chronicle

Mass transit a good thing — especially for riders whose fares are subsidized

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