Th VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit agency in South Bay is providing payment assistance to help Small Business in the Bay Area. The business communities in San Francisco Bay Area has been impacted by therein COVID-19, and Small Businesses have been impacted really bad. The VTA administrative new policies will help Small Business communities with invoices payment plan. The VTA payment services plan applies to Certified Small Business Enterprises (CSBEs) with invoices approved by VTA with payments within 15 days.

The SCT (Sonoma County Transit) agency in North Bay is cancelling some transit service routes because of local fire evacuations. The SCT service routes 30, 32, 34, and 40 will not operate today on Monday, September 28, 2020 until further notice because of wildfire activities and roadway closures. The wildfire evacuations in North Bay is impacting some local transit service routes, as well as business closures and local transit service stops. The SCT agency service routes 10, 12, 14, 24, 28, 42, 66, 67, and 68 are operating on new weekday schedules.

The Alameda CTC (County Transportation Commission) agency is continually managing some current capital projects in East Bay. The Alameda CTC provides East Bay transportation projects and/or program funding, planning infrastructure, and delivering capital projects for San Francisco Bay Area. Including improvement transportation programs in various levels to help local communities, and highway service programs to prevent traffic congestion. The Alameda CTC agency works closely with Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) regarding local highway improvement projects.

The SJC (Mineta San Jose International Airport) commercial airport in South Bay is investing in UV (Ultraviolet) lights for airport escalators. The SJC Airport is installing UVC light devices on all airport escalators to continuously keep the handrails clean every time. It will keep the airport escalator handrails cleaned 99.9% on therein surfaces and keeping it sanitized every day for traveling passengers. The SJC Airport is introducing Schindler Ultra UV Pro with innovative and effective UVC light systems for escalators.

The SamTrans (San Mateo County Transit District) agency in West Bay is seeking people for therein COC (Citizens Oversight Committee) volunteer members. The SamTrans agency is creating therein COC independent committee to oversee the county's Measure W initiative expenditures, as well as the appropriate relief plan functional activities. The COC volunteer members will be appointed by the SamTrans Board of Directors, and people have to submit an application for consideration if they want to serve.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) agency closed their budget expenses from last fiscal year with surplus funds moving into the new fiscal year. The BART staffing shared with board members the FY 2019/2020 (Fiscal Year) expenditure report showing surplus funds with a balance budget regardless of therein health crisis in the Bay Area. The BART agency was looking at approximately $120 million operations deficit and $150 million lost in revenues created by therein COVID-19 health pandemic.

The AC (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) agency in East Bay will begin collecting passengers riding fees effective Monday, October 19, 2020. The AC Transit services for Tempo Line 1T will remain free until Sunday, November 8, 2020 as part of transit updates in East Bay. The transit agency COVID-19 recovery plan includes therein reNEW Plan with health and safety measures for action to protect passengers and employees. The AC Transit recovery plan includes installation of shield barriers onboard buses to protect driving operators.

The SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) train agency in North Bay is having a coloring contest for herein Rail Safety Week. The SMART Safety Coloring Contest is for children 12 years of age and under, and contest is taking place online because of therein COVID-19 pandemic. The transit agency's coloring contest participants can download therein coloring artwork and submit it online by Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit agency in South Bay will use therein MB-2000 Bus Simulator to train driving operators. The VTA agency's new MB-2000 simulation training tool was acquired through a partnership with Mission College and ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union) for a joint apprenticeship program. The VTA partnership agencies MB-2000 Bus Simulator was funded by therein $460,000 federal grant through the Joint Workforce Investment initiative.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) transit agency in West Bay is phasing in passenger fees inspection during this fall season. The SFMTA Transit Fare Inspectors team will return with new looks and new approach interacting with muni passengers in the system. The first phase is sharing transit services information with muni customers without enforcement, traveling passenger fares with available programs, and reminding passengers about therein COVID-19 health protective ways and means of support.