The LimeBike company in San Mateo is sharing concerns with JUMP Mobility e-bikes contractual permit of operation in San Francisco. The JUMP Mobility operational permit was approved and issued by SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) for e-bikes local usage in the city. An arbitration agreement between SFMTA and operating agency for JUMP Mobility provides an opportunity for e-bikes to expand locally. The LimeBike CEO (Chief Executive Officer) is requesting SFMTA to reopen the process for bicycle operational permits and public hearing.

The bicyclists within San Francisco Bay Area may have a selection of e-bikes transporting them from place-to-place in the Bay Area. The Ford GoBike is planning to launch 250 e-bikes during April 2018 as part of the pilot project, and e-bikes are produced locally by GenZe in Fremont. The e-bikes are pedal assisted with a 345 watt-hourly lithium battery and could have a speed range of up to 18 miles per hour. It also shows the e-bike speed as well as battery charging levels and it will be at docking stations within the San Francisco.

The Google company hired 30 employees to save their bikes from burglars because local thieves are stealing its onsite bicycles. The Google company is changing Silicon Valley including free company bikes to help local employees get around onsite geographical locations. However, the company estimates between 100 to 250 bikes disappear within a weekly basis and hopefully hired employees will help decrease numerically disappearing bikes. The Google company is also testing some bikes with installed tracking systems along with locking devices.

The traffic fatalities in San Francisco shows decrease by one-third last year in 2017 comparing to therein previous year in 2016. The Vision Zero adopted by San Francisco during 2014 has a goal of zero fatalities by 2024 by making city streets safer for drivers and pedestrians. Including ways and means of redesigning local city streets and enforcement to ensure pedestrians are safe when walking along city streets. The resourceful data shows 20 traffic fatalities in 2017 (14 pedestrians) and 30 traffic fatalities in 2016.

The Port of San Francisco is reissuing the procedural process for bidding investors to repair the historic Pier-70 in San Francisco. The funding standardized levels have not been assessed for development and pier repairs will depend on how and what size of ship therein operator will use. The port officials will reissue RFPs (Request For Proposals) on February 27, 2018 for RFP intentional considerations. The shipyard has been under different operators since the Gold Rush and steelworkers built Transbay Tube during 1971.

The Caltrain transit agency approved new policies to track down passengers trying to get free rides and start issuing penalty tickets. Because current data shows approximately 2,100 passengers are provided verbal warnings every month and some passengers get upset with violent behaviors - penalty tickets will start in April 2018. Those violent passengers start attacking Caltrain operators/conductors and police officers are informed along with the train being delayed.

The passengers riding BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains are experiencing higher rates to start the new year. Because effective on New Year's Day all BART riding fares increased up to 2.7% and it happens every other year in San Francisco Bay Area. Including 50 cents charge for passengers using paper tickets and not passengers using Clippers to ride BART trains. The BART effort is to encourage people to use Clipper Cards to avoid hardship for ongoing maintenance and provides more efficiency for the system.

The 2018 Silicon Valley Auto Show is schedule to happen at San Jose Convention Center on January 4 - January 7, 2018 for people to experience and test drive new innovative cars. The Silicon Valley Auto Show exemplifies an epic event for automotive innovation in Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area for the future. The Silicon Valley Auto Show will have luxury fuel efficiency and autonomous vehicles on display from various innovative manufacturers. The auto show is a new automotive future for the world in autonomous vehicles with knowledge of how to drive with innovation.

The State of California new laws affecting drivers are in effect during New Years Day within San Francisco Bay Area and statewide. The California Governor Jerry Brown signed into laws new rules for drivers including SB-65 (Senate Bill-65) prohibiting drivers to smoke and/or ingest cannabis marijuana while driving a car. The passengers on buses equipped with seat belts will be required to use them while onboard otherwise an infraction penalty ticket will be issued.

The Caltrain improvement project on 25th Avenue in San Mateo is happening for the grade separation project to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians. The Caltrain improvement project is costing $180 million from local and state funding allocations - businesses on 25th Avenue will remain open during construction. The project construction will continue including some nights and weekends for therein project to finish during 2020 as anticipated. Some local neighborhood areas will be temporarily impacted by daily construction noise and activities.