The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) successfully completed Phase I for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) services in South Bay. The VTA & BART partnership for transit services in South Bay is now open and moving into Phase II of therein project services. The VTA Phase II Project for BART services will extend transit services into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara. The VTA Board of Directors received Phase II Project information to apply for federal funding to expedite the procedural process.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) agency ridership continues to increase and extending services to Pittsburg and Bay Point. The BART Yellow Line extension services was effective this week for additional trains to transport passengers aligned with therein COVID-19 health protection plan. The Yellow Line service is showing more commuting passengers and aligned with the BART Welcome Back Plan for service efficiency. The BART agency transit services will be consistent with their 15 Steps Plan to prevent therein spread of COVID-19 in San Francisco Bay Area.

The SFO (San Francisco International Airport) commercial airport in West Bay is having additional international flights during this month of June 2020. Because of the COVID-19 health pandemic lockdowns the commercial airport flights were dropping and now its starting to pickup again. The SFO Airport administration is highly encouraging traveling passengers to check with their airlines because flights are subject to change.

The SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) Board of Directors authorized $8 million funds to build a new train station in North Bay within Petaluma. The funding is from a sale of the downtown SMART property to construct therein second train station in Petaluma. The new train station was already part of the initial plan to have two train stations in Petaluma, and taking tireless negotiating efforts between partnership agencies. The escrow deal is scheduled to close during November 2020, and funding will help with designing and construction of therein second SMART train station.

The OAK (Oakland International Airport) commercial airport in East Bay is showing more air travelers with other major airports since therein COVID-19 health pandemic lockdown. The OAK Airport in East Bay is showing more weekly departures and Southwest Airlines is increasing flight schedules in San Francisco Bay Area. The OAK Airport Resiliency Task Force will continue to provide appropriate assessments and planning for the airport to continue its effective services. The Alaska Airlines and other airlines are expecting to show more air travelers during this summertime.

The WETA (Water Emergency Transportation Authority) is closing a ferry terminal parking lot in Alameda starting today on Monday, June 22 to Thursday, June 25, 2020. Because of the parking lot maintenance repairs and upgrades for ferry commuting passengers in San Francisco Bay Area. The WETA transit agency transports over three million passengers every year across the Bay Area. The WETA agency transports passengers across the Bay Area for business endeavors, entertainment, personal, sports events, etc. in San Francisco Bay Area.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) Central Subway development project in West Bay is progressively moving forward. The Central Subway continues to be a top priority for SFMTA transit agency as construction crews are working through the COVID-19 health challenging times. The SFMTA Central Subway contractor have to make necessary changes because of therein COVID-19 health pandemic and delaying some of the project constructions. The Central Subway construction crew completed a milestone project development of an emergency exit in Chinatown.

The AC (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) agency is planning to launch BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) services in East Bay during this summertime. The AC transit agency released safety guidelines for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists during BRT transit activities in 34 stations. The BRT services will use electric coach buses to decrease emissions along service lines and Bay Area local communities. Including bus only lanes for BRT services effectiveness and avoiding traffic delays for transporting services in East Bay.

The SFO (San Francisco International Airport) is relocating Delta Airlines to Terminal 2 effective Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in West Bay. The SFO Airport has been undergoing major development projects and runway repairs with upgrades, and comes with new airport policies and parking restrictions. Including the airport roadway constructions and upgrades with new traffic signals alignment with parking garages. The SFO Delta Airlines relocation project will provide the final phase at Harvey Milk Terminal 1 constructions.

Some airlines within San Francisco Bay Area commercial airports are requiring passengers to wear face coverings when traveling onboard airplane flights. The following airlines have policies requiring passengers to wear face coverings: United, America, Delta, Southwest, Alaska, Frontier, and JetBlue to stop the spread of COVID-19 virus. The American Airlines denied passenger Brandon Straka to fly because he was not wearing a face covering and was kicked off the flight on Wednesday, June 17. 2020.