The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit agency is celebrating 10 years of Sustainability Program in South Bay this year! The VTA transit agency team installed solar lighting systems, water efficient irrigation and landscaping systems, and environmentally greener buses. Including more fleet electric buses for efficiency, expanding composting and recycling programs at transit locations, and environmental consideration of all VTA planning activities.

The Marin County is receiving federal grants to repair local roadways within western county roads including Point Reyes National Seashore in North Bay. The rehabilitative roadway projects for improvement is estimated to cost $38 million and therein federal funding will help with identified improvement projects. The federal grant from Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) will pay for 88.53% of the improvement projects plus local funding.

The Waymo and Uber ride-hailing company have settled their lawsuit differences over autonomous car technology theft allegations. The legal settlement today on Friday leads to compromising thereafter the fourth day trial including revelations of embarrassing testimonies. The Waymo/Alphabet Inc. filed a lawsuit against Uber because of allegations thereby Uber company stole trade secrets from Waymo autonomous technology - leading into a legal trial. The Waymo/Alphabet Inc.

The San Francisco City Attorney is suing the State of California for allegation of an unconstitutional state violation regarding Uber and Lyft ride-hailing cars. The California governor signed into enacted legislation to allow Uber and Lyft drivers of having one business license to drive anywhere within the state. The San Francisco City Attorney identifies therein enacted law will prevent The City from Uber and Lyft drivers to obtain a local business license. Because it will not become a requirement for Uber and Lyft drivers living outside San Francisco jurisdiction.

The Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco is expected to open within less than five months, and local residents are sharing concerns with homeless population. The TJPA (Transbay Joint Powers Authority) Citizens Advisory Committee recently had public meetings with local neighborhoods to look at ways and means of strategy to handle homelessness. The TJPA committee shared their concerns with potential impact of increased homelessness within local neighborhoods affecting the transit center.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) released upcoming events in San Francisco impacting local and muni traffic. The traffic improvement projects on Van Ness Avenue will continue, Giants FanFest, Chinese New Year Flower Fair, etc. and other muni routes will be changed and/or roadway closure for awareness. Including Chinese Community Fair in Chinatown and SFMTA is encouraging people to be aware of traffic impacts for safety reasoning.

The self-driving cars legal trial between Waymo and Uber looks at former Uber CEO (Chief Executive Officer) about logistical elements relevant to therein case trial. It was a tough challenging day for the former Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick at federal courts in San Francisco during the trial second day. The Waymo attorneys drilled the former Uber CEO regarding therein appearing relevant information, between his communication with Anthony Levandowski who previously worked for Google.

The SFO (San Francisco International Airport) started closing airport ramps and roadways yesterday for improvement projects. The SFO administration announced closures will be throughout the whole week until Friday, February 9, 2018 from 11 PM to 5 AM daily. The full closure of northbound Highway 101 off-ramp will happen and traffic will be directed to us San Bruno Avenue with changing direction. The Domestic Garage access will be restricted and private cars and other vehicles will need to access the garage by circling the terminals.

An advocacy team of local legislators are urging MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) to not forget about the Dumbarton Rail Bridge project. The San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum, U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, and U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell are joining with a mission, to reinstate therein rail project to help traffic congestion in the Bay Area. The legislative advocacy team is highly recommending MTC officials to make the Dumbarton Rail Bridge project a priority for local commuters.

The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and Caltrans will starting testing bridge signs on Monday, February 5, 2018 to prepare for opening an eastbound traffic lane. The new traffic lane is on Highway I-580 between San Rafael and Richmond, and planning to open during April 2018. The MTC subsidiary affiliate BATA (Bay Area Toll Authority) and Caltrans construction team, will test therein Richmond-San Rafael bridge project signs to ensure they work properly.