The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) in San Francisco Bay Area is shutting down for repairs and system upgrade for passengers. Transportation in the bay area is essentially critical for people traveling for business or pleasure especially working class people including families and children. BART transportation system is in the process of shutting down transbay tube services on August 1st and 2nd, September 5th, 6th, and 7th 2015.

The traffic congestion and driving in San Francisco during commuting hours can be awful for drivers as well as local city residents. One local city resident said, "I used to drive and now I rather take public transportation because driving my car is making me sick and stress." The Muni transportation system in San Francisco is becoming crowded and trying to run on a timely schedule. The City-By-The-Bay is ranked as 4th worst city to drive within the nation because of traffic congestion including ongoing construction based on latest survey.

The public transportation appears to be moving forward with improvement and expansion projects as necessary because of increasing ridership. That's exactly what AC Transit (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) is planning to expand services including routes and schedules for efficiency. This expansion project is called Service Expansion Plan (SEP) in which was initially reviewed during the beginning of this year.

The STA (Solano Transportation Authority) is seeking public input regarding transportation for Solano County in San Francisco Bay Area. The STA officials are planning for year 2040 ahead of time and created an online survey to reach people for public transportation remarks. The update transportation survey is for the planning efforts called "Solano 2040" and providing public input for a shared decision making process. A transportation plan will become part of a report submitted to MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) for the overall Plan Bay Area project.

We posted previously about the alarming suicide rate for Palo Alto teens and needs prevention in place accordingly for families and friends. It's now official that thermal camera systems will become part of the teen suicide prevention approach to help with community families and friends. The City of Palo Alto and Caltrain are working closely together to secure cameras and install them at Caltrain crossing tracks within city limits. The camera system will detect a human crossing the tracks and send a signal to 911, and it will scan a distance within miles of each tracking direction.

The latest reporting survey by Bay Area Council indicates traveling commuters in San Francisco Bay Area and willing to spend monies for improvement. An annual poll completed by EMC a research survey firm in Oakland showing support for a $3 billion bond measure to improve BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and other public transportation. Including another transbay tube to improve public transportation from across bay area cities because of ridership increase.

The airplane noises around San Francisco Bay Area is becoming problematic for local residents and trying to work with local airports to ease air traffic noise problems. We posted previously about this concern - a group of activist local residents called "Sky Posse Palo Alto" is working closely with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo for ways to resolve this problem. The group is encouraging people to fill-out a survey on the congresswoman's website at eshoo.house.gov to help with this aircraft noise problem.

The California Department of Transportation has completed it's performance report (The Mile Marker: A Caltrans Performance Report) for review and to determine progressive ongoing transportation projects. The report is a comprehensive transparent report emphasizing a new department visionary mission, for transportation throughout the state for safety and healthy reasoning for people. The department is moving forward with it's new mission of making transportation safe, environmentally healthy, and efficient for people in communities.

The traffic congestion problems in San Francisco Bay Area is becoming a way of life especially for working class people commuting along highways and roadways. Highway 101 is another commuting highway for many people and Caltrans have warned drivers about traffic congestion along the Peninsula area. During next few weeks a flood control project will be in place to repair partly along San Francisquito creek in Palo Alto. This project will increase traffic on Highway 101 and Caltrans encouraging drivers to seek alternative routes.

The cable cars in San Francisco provides fun and historical transportation rides for passengers especially tourists in City-By-The-Bay! San Francisco cable cars have been a legendary landmark for the city and providing an annual "Bell Ringing" contest for operators. It's an annual contest spearheaded by SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) and providing local amenities for winners. Including charity contribution to local community agencies, and two winners are Byron Cobb for the division and Scotty Bastable for amateurs.