The party people on New Year's Eve will get free bus rides by AC Transit across the bay, starting at 8 PM until 5 AM on New Year's Day. AC Transit issued a press release to share with people and communities, with an effort of safely transporting passengers during the New Year's Eve activities. Buses will operate a normal weekday schedule on Thursday and Sunday's schedule on Friday - New Year's Day. It's an effort as a way of encouraging people to leave their cars at home and allow alternative safe transportation.

All airlines flying in and out of major airports in San Francisco Bay Area receives feedback survey by passengers, on what's painful during airline flights and traveling. A new survey called Airline Pain Index by Qualtrics identify 3 main reasons why passengers will change airlines because of poor services. The index survey top 3 reasons are as follow: 1) lost of luggage, 2) hidden fees, and 3) unfriendly airline flight crews. Some passengers understand that flights may be cancelled or delayed, and passengers will raise trigger points by these types of flight elements.

The milestone number of passengers flying in and out of a San Francisco Bay Area major airport hits today with new records since 1997. SFO (San Francisco International Airport) hits a new record of 50 million traveling passengers annually today on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. A historical passenger making that mark is Katheryn Castanga of Arlington, Virginia, as soon as she arrived at SFO. She is a regular frequent traveler at SFO on Virgin America airlines and was awarded round-trip tickets to Hawaii.

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, will be reconfigured to ease traffic during commuting hours for San Francisco Bay Area commuters across the iconic bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge lanes were changed recently to have some traffic control on the bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge officials in partnership with Highway and Transportation District have agreed to reconfigure the bridge lanes in January 2016. The reconfiguration approach is because of increasing traffic for working class people and successful completion of Presidio Parkway Project.

The public transportation fares for some transit services in San Francisco Bay Area is increasing effective next year. This includes San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) services fare increase beginning Friday, January 1, 2016 affecting the whole system. The BART 3.4 percent increase was approved by the board and it equates to 10-15 cents fare increase for passengers. These fare increases will be in place during every even calendar year until 2020 as part of the stipulated agreement by the BART Board.

The Tech Shuttles started in San Francisco as a pilot project and it will become permanent in February 2016, and creating problems for some Castro District residents. The shuttles will continue to transport passengers from the city to other locations within Silicon Valley and Peninsula areas. According to SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) 125 shuttle stops are designated for Tech Shuttles, during morning commuting hours for pickup from 6 AM to 10 AM.

The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will become more crowded after holidays are over because of upcoming NFL Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, February 7, 2016 in San Francisco Bay Area. This means more people will be traveling through SFO airport and other major airports in the Bay Area for National Football League (NFL) super bowl activities. The paramedics at SFO has been going through emergency training to prepare for medical needs at SFO on Super Bowl day.

During this holiday season travelers are increasingly flying within locations to meet with families and friends for the holidays. During last week on Wednesday, December 23, before Christmas a Southwest Flight 2547 safely landed with an emergency landing approach because of a landing gear mechanical problem. During yesterday on Sunday, December 27, another Southwest Flight 1655 was diverted to Oakland International Airport because of a pressure problem with the aircraft.

Some Bay Area tech companies are trying to make vehicles become more fuel efficient while the engine is operating at the same time. The vehicle engine will operate using it's engine cylinders and certain number of cylinders may shut-down, if it's not needed during the vehicle operating trip. The San Francisco Bay Area team of tech companies will have a software that operates in a way to off-set the vehicle cylinders while operating.

The protesters creating traffic problems along Highway 101 overpass entering San Francisco International Airport. The protesters locked hand-in-hand starting this afternoon because of San Francisco police shooting that killed Mario Woods. The protesters also displayed a sign saying "Justice for Mario Woods" during their activity creating traffic problems for commuters along Highway 101. The protesters posted their activity pictures on social media outlets, and CHP (California Highway Patrol) posted response messages on Twitter.