The state transportation agency has approved allocation funding to improve transportation infrastructure within San Francisco Bay Area. The CTC (California Transportation Commission) has approved state funding for transportation improvement and encouraging people to take public transportation when necessary. Alameda County is getting allocation funding of $4,453,000 for Highways 580 and 24 interchange into the City of Oakland along Ashby Avenue freeway exits.

Public transportation elements in San Francisco Bay Area is on interactive web-based viewing for people to visualize how it works including data reviewing information. The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) launched the Vital Sign on January 2015 regarding data based information, as a monitoring aspect for bay area housing, economy, and transportation. During last week MTC released a new interactive data web-based monitoring key indicators for San Francisco Bay Area with a transportation module.

Traffic congestion and bicycle extension in eastern bay area regions was almost a give away to approve having Richmond-San Rafael Bridge as part of Bay Area Plan 2040. We posted previously about a public hearing for Richmond-San Rafael Bridge becoming part of the plan and still open for input from people until July 20, 2015. However, MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) has approved the bridge being part of an improvement plan as traffic congestion relief project.

The Bay Area Council has been proactively involved in transportation development and traffic congestive areas within San Francisco Bay Area. They are moving forward with planning strategic projects to overcome traffic problems on Highway 101 within the bay area. Some of possible improvement projects include freeway interchangeable lanes and overpasses, and electrifying Caltrain cars serving from San Jose to San Francisco.

The transformation of Doyle Drive in San Francisco northern waterfront area at Presidio Parkway is coming along as scheduled and planning more roadway closures. The Doyle Drive redevelopment project has been a traffic pain for some people and some people are excited about the progressive project initiative. The roadway redevelopment second phase is soon to be completed within two to three weeks and opening Doyle Drive for vehicular traffic. Doyle Drive will be closed on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 10 PM to Monday, July 13, 2015 at 5 AM for other project constructing elements.

The new millennium types of cars are on roadways in Mountain View - talking about Google self-driving cars after years of study and research of such vehicles. Suburban street neighbors and residents in Mountain View are having the first eye-view of Google self-driving cars during street testing this week. The testing model types of these cartoon look alike cars are two passenger seats, driving up to 25 miles per hour around Google Headquarters and neighboring streets in Mountain View.

The latest transportation road reports within San Francisco Bay Area identifies the roadway conditions for local regional cities. MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) reports indicate few northern bay area cities have the worst roadway conditions and few cities have the best road for commuting drivers awareness. Some drivers appreciate this type of information during their commuting time on bay area roads for car maintenance. Petaluma, St. Helena and Larkspur have the worst roadway conditions and Dublin, Brentwood, and El Cerrito are listed as having the best road conditions.

The San Francisco Bay Area Plan 2040 is already in the procedural process and has additional aspects for consideration during the process. The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) have been spearheading public meetings to hear from people directly for the future plan. During public hearings the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has become an addition for improvement within the plan, therefore, MTC and ABAG wants to hear from people directly.

The deaths on El Camino Real roadway along Peninsula regional area in San Francisco Bay Area has been rapidly increasing within a short period of time. The Town of Atherton administrators are meeting with Caltrans for discussions on having a traffic light to hopefully prevent deaths on El Camino Real roadway. A person was killed recently along this roadway in Atherton, including a person killed after being hit by a Recology Garbage truck over this past weekend in San Carlos.

The Caltrain serving San Francisco Bay Area plans to electrify its train cars and needs an environmental report during the procedural process. This transportation necessity within the bay area has been going through many challenges including lawsuits regarding involved elements during developmental process. One of these elements involve an EIR (Environmental Impact Report) to see how the project impacts our natural environment.