The Uber driver arrested recently in Southern California within City of Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County is because of sexual allegations. The reports indicate an undocumented immigrant Uber driver was sexually assaulting and raped students during transporting activities. One student reported the Uber driver also robbed and raped them along with other felony charges. The investigators are talking with four other college student women in San Luis Obispo County, and county officials are working closely with victims to identify other assaulted women.

The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit agency is inviting communities to share feedback regarding potential development at Blossom Hill Transit Center Parking. The parking location along Blossom Hills Road is good for potential residential and/or commercial usage for future transit income. The VTA administration wants to hear from local communities regarding potential development because of increase with transit transports. The VTA will be working closely with City of San Jose officials for opportunities within local developments.

The GTU (Ground Transportation Unit) is moving to their new office location effective Monday, February 5, 2018. The GTU is responsible for all ground transportation permitting elements within SFO (San Francisco International Airport). The GTU current office location will be closed between Monday, January 29, 2018 and Friday, February 5, 2018 for moving activities. The last day of operation at therein current location will be on Friday, January 26, 2018 and will resume operational business activities when relocation is completed.

The Delta Airlines will require more information for service and support animals when traveling with passengers on airplanes. The received many complaints about service animals urinating and/or defecating onboard airplanes during flights - has doubled since 2016. The new service and support animals requirement will begin March 1, 2018 and owners have to provide proof of their animal's health record within 48 hours before the flight. The new requirements for service and support animals will not apply to small pets in and other pet animals must fly in the cargo area.

The Phase-I of therein BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Silicon Valley Extension project is stretching towards the finish line by June 2018. The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit agency administers the extension project functional activities in partnership with BART. The VTA and BART partnership extension project is going along well within the scheduling timetable, and performing various types of safety system testing for trains before full service.

The shuttle buses transporting Apple and Google tech employees to South Bay were attacked during this week along Highway 280 during commuting hours. The shuttle buses windows were smashed and CHP (California Highway Patrol) is investigating therein targeted situational matter. The CHP officers shared their concerns and mentioned no injuries were reported about the shuttle buses attack. The shuttle buses were vandalized during protesting demonstrations in San Francisco and created problems with local traffic in 2013.

The City of Berkeley is upgrading ways and means of transportation for the UC Berkeley campus pedestrian students and bicyclists. Therein city improvement project on Hearst from Shattuck Avenue to La Loma Avenue is been called a most visible example of a "complete street." The intention of is to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists to and from UC Berkeley campus for students. Including dedicated bus riders specified location elements for accessibility and speed up pickup and/or dropoff passengers.

The U.S. Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao shared information on pending regulations for self-driving cars within San Francisco Bay Area and nationwide. The USDOT (U.S. Department of Transportation) along with NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) will revisit and rewrite therein self-driving cars safety policies. The U.S. Transportation Secretary shared her remarks to revisit therein safety policies during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) tunnel project at Sunset District in San Francisco is experiencing some delays. The SFMTA board awarded therein contractual agreement to NTK during April 2016 for the tunnel improvement project upgrades. It appears the project contractor completed some workload activities for therein tunnel project and SFMTA owes $16.2 million for payment. The SFMTA staffing is recommending to reopen the bidding process because of ongoing delays with the project and costing more to tax payers.

The City of Oakland is banning transporting coal at the Port of Oakland in 2016 because of local health and environmental concerns. The lawsuit was filed by a local developer regarding a proposed new $250 million shipping terminal project in Oakland for coal transporting activities. The East Bay local developer is calling therein City of Oakland regulation unconstitutional and filed a lawsuit. The developer representatives are sharing therein coal transporting activities will be safe and providing thousands of local jobs.