The Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza in San Francisco is approved for replacement by the Highway and Transportation District (HTD) Board of Directors. The toll plaza effort will be constructed by AECOM company in Oakland for the replacement project as consulting engineers when finally approved. The replacement project would cost $6.9 million to upgrade the iconic Golden Gate Bridge tolls plaza with new technology equipment elements.

The vehicular traffic in San Francisco Bay Area is now showing increase during 4 AM Pacific Time during morning commuting hours. If drivers think they are getting up early enough to avoid roadway traffic, and think again in San Francisco Bay Area. The recent reporting data by MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) shows 36% increase at San Francisco Bay Bridge, 20% at Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, and 31% at San Mateo Bridge. The Bay Bridge tolls on weekdays increase from $4 to $6 at 5 AM Pacific Time, and commuting drivers are possibly trying to avoid paying more on bridge tolls.

The Lyft Inc. ride-sharing company announced their efforts to develop self-driving autonomous cars in San Francisco Bay Area. The company team is expecting to grow and planning to have approximately several hundred employees by the end of 2018. The company will start developing autonomous vehicle technology in their new office in Palo Alto, and launching earlier this year the open data platform. The Lyft team will be working along with Alphabet Inc. and the Waymo project regarding self-driving car developmental projects.

The passengers on BART commuting system in San Francisco Bay Area got a surprise with a loud voice of a man yelling threats to passengers. The man yelled "I'm going to stab all of you" as passengers are waiting at accessible BART boarding gates. A passenger Mike Hohndorf along with other passengers informed BART police officers about the threats and reporting the incident problem. It appears that Mike Hohndorf believes BART police officers failed to take therein threatening disturbing person seriously and not protecting passengers.

The City of Redwood City council members approved around $7.2 million to redesign Highway 101 and 84 roadway interchange to ease vehicular traffic. The interchange project will be in a resolution format including funding for the project management. The Highway 101 and 84 roadway (Woodside Road) interchange project will change on and off ramps including widening Woodside Road. The lanes on Woodside Road will become six lanes and improving safety for drivers and commuters.

The new San Francisco muni railway trains are being tested over the weekends by muni light railway vehicles supervisor. The future of muni fleet of new trains control area is comprised of electronic sensors on the train's underside, and connected with electronic cables inside the control cabin. The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) new trains are blasting through Sunset Tunnel near Duboce and Church streets during testing activities.

The Caltrain Electrification project groundbreaking is a symbolic step forward of starting the project construction development. Many elected public officials attended therein Caltrain groundbreaking ceremony at Millbrae Caltrain Station on Friday. The project will electrify the Peninsula's Caltrain commuter railway and celebration of earmarked federal funding to support the project to make it happen. The federal funding was finally released by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao thereafter advocating efforts by local lobbying teams.

The local roads in San Francisco is full of potholes and city residents are questioning "the quality of work" done on their local streets. Because it's costing more tax payer monies to fix and maintain local roads considering the lack of quality work by contractors and city departments. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors shared their concerns about unnecessary local roadwork in The City and wasting money. Some local residents shared their concerns with the curb extension construction on Page and Pierce intersection streets.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) system in San Francisco Bay Area is showing crime rates are increasing among local transit stations. The BART administration shares information regarding crime rates are rising in trains, and shortage of police officers on the roster for coverage. The BART officials and police officers are trying to use various tools with new initiatives to stop violent crimes at transit locations and on its trains. The BART Police Chief and administrators are looking at robbery issues along with other criminal activities for resolution.

The San Francisco Bay Area local roadways for traveling and transporting for people are the worst in 3 cities within the Bay Area. The latest research study by WalletHub identifies awful roadways within the country and 3 cities within San Francisco Bay Area: 1) San Francisco, 2) Oakland, and 3) Fremont. The vehicular traffic congestion along with worst roadways in the Bay Area is not good for transportation elements. The potholes and cracks on roadways start to surface thereafter bad weather conditions, and creating unsafe and unhealthy human conditions for people.