The appealing legal challenge against VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) has been refused by legal courts and allowing therein release of initiative funding. The VTA administration announced that Measure B funding is ready for spending on critical transportation projects in South Bay. The VTA transit agency issued initiative funding checks for local cities and Santa Clara County for transit improvement projects. The record shows VTA has collected approximately $360 million for therein measure approval.

The AC (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit) agency is proposing passengers fee increase and inviting commuters to attend local community meetings. The community meetings will provide opportunities for AC transit passengers to share their input with therein fare increasing proposals. Because increasing fares for passengers may start during July 2019 as proposed without provisional changes if necessary. The AC transit agency is inviting passengers to attend one of three community meetings starting today 1/28/19 at 6 PM - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

The Hawaiian Airlines from Honolulu to New York was rerouted to SFO (San Francisco International Airport) because of the flight attendant medical condition. The airlines flight attendant, Emile Griffin, appears to have suffered a heart attack on the way between locations and died before the airplane lands at SFO Airport yesterday. The indicating report shows medical attention was provided to save therein flight attendant's life with no success - 60 years old. The flight attendant worked for Hawaiian Airlines during 31 years and other flight attendants stayed by his side on the way.

The Caltrain and SamTrans transit agencies are offering free rides for federal employees within San Francisco Bay Area because of government shutdown. The federal employees have to show their appropriate identification cards to transit operators for therein free rides. The federal government shutdown is impacting families around the Bay Area and Caltrain with SamTrans are offering free transit services. The free transit supportive services will be ongoing during therein duration of the government shutdown.

The data shows SMART (Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit) railway transit agency will reach an important milestone in Northern Bay Area. The SMART system is San Francisco Bay Area's newest transit system and will surpass 1 million passengers ridership. It started operations during August 2017 and will expand services to Larkspur sometime this year, and including other extension locations in North Bay. Some of the action plans for SMART trains could extend more services for passengers traveling north in Napa Valley.

The annual Celebration Train by Caltrain transit is happening this Monday, January 21, 2019 to observe the legendary history of Martin Luther King Jr Day. The Celebration Train will provide free service for passengers traveling to San Francisco and honor the life of Dr. King with fun activities. The train will depart from San Jose at 9:45 AM with various stops along the way to San Francisco. Including fun entertainment onboard the train with music and fun activities for families and children with free commemorative tickets.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) is offering opportunities for laid-off Chariot drivers. Because the Chariot company is going out of business and laying off all drivers shuttling passengers within San Francisco Bay Area. The SFMTA transit agency is offering laid-off drivers a chance to drive muni buses in San Francisco because SFMTA needs more drivers. The SFMTA administration is providing a training program for to accelerate the transitioning process for laid-off Chariot drivers.

The widening of SR-84 (State Route 84/Highway 84) to help with traffic congestion and ease traffic on highways I-580 and I-680 in San Francisco Bay Area. There are five key improvement projects along therein regional connectivity area to highways to ease traffic congestion - costing $525 million. The Alameda CTC (County Transportation Commission) is committed for having $213.5 million funding available for local improvement projects. Including state, federal, and local funds to help with funding allocation to complete therein five key local projects.

A lawsuit has been filed against AC (Alameda Contra Costa) Transit District for allegation of discrimination with an employee. The AC transit employee, Nikki McNaulty, alleges the company didn't accommodate her needs appropriately during her pregnancy at therein working environment. The lawsuit complaint indicates that AC transit agency didn't provide adequate lactation space for the employee during her two pregnancy status. The AC transit employee lawyer, Felicia Medina, alleges it violates California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

The Tesla company in San Francisco Bay Area is cutting back prices within the United States because of phasing out tax credits for customers. The autonomous electric car company customers were entitled to $7500 federal tax credit for purchasing an electric plug-in vehicle. However, effective January 1, 2019 Tesla car buyers will only get $3750 tax credit for the next six months. The anticipation is for electric car buyer's tax credit to phase-out by July and it should be gone by 2020.