The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) is seeking new members to serve on advisory boards, providing informational materials for the commission to consider during any transportation developmental project. The MTC commission is recruiting 3 new members and they will serve on Policy Advisory Council regarding San Francisco Bay Area transportation projects. The role of advisory council is aligned with transportation funding development, transit improvement projects, transit services productivity and efficiency.

Healthy issues in San Francisco Bay Area for families and children is gaining support from American Lung Association, and BART board is stopping e-cigarette smoking at local stations and onboard trains. The BART board tentatively approved banning e-cigarette smoking and will officially approve it on Thursday, February 12, 2015. State legislatures are introducing provisional policies to treat and ban e-cigarettes the same way as regular cigarettes, making it healthy for our families and children throughout the golden state.

The City of Palo Alto has many developmental projects currently happening and residents are sharing concerns with traffic impact among other reasons to disapprove a project on Page Mill Road and El Camino Real. The council meeting last night was filled with residents regarding many projects within Palo Alto, and traffic was one of the major concerns due to environmental impact of unhealthy fuel emissions.

The Caltrain plans to electrify its trains from San Jose to San Francisco doesn't appear to sit well with local leaders in Palo Alto and Atherton, and possibly file a lawsuit because of the environmental report impacts not highly considered within the process. The Town of Atherton submitted a letter to Caltrain sharing its concerns regarding impacts of the EIR (Environmental Impact Report), and Palo Alto and Atherton officials have been communicating with Caltrain regarding this matter.

Many vehicles on freeways and roadways in San Francisco Bay Area have been trying to avoid more potholes on the road then before, many local cities will spent four to five times more money for pothole repairs and maintenance. Mike Furman, a local commuter said, he was driving down Trade Zone Boulevard in Milpitas and "it was like driving on the moon with many potholes." It's costing him more car repairs for his vehicle and making the road unsafe for drivers, and potholes can create more dangers on the road for people to travel.

The AC (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) Transit board approves expansion services to operate throughout the weekends on some bus line services, including all night transit services to make it accessible for weekend working class people. This expansion and improvement services approval by the board comes in place because of the public hearing on January 14, 2015 with input from people and services needs.

A regular San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) passenger who commutes with his wife because of retirement, and unfortunately, his clipper card was stolen and finds it hard to replace without going through a hardship replacement process. The couple contacted BART customer services for a replacement card after finding out their card have been stolen, because the clipper card makes it easier for them to pay and ride BART transportation.

Transportation in San Francisco Bay Area has been booming with traffic congestion and making it worse for commuters especially working class people along with unhealthy fuel emission levels on freeways. The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) reports confirm traffic congestion has elevated within a short period of time with heavy traffic on bay bridges and freeways. Transportation officials are working on some strategic plans including traffic studies within the bay area and possible networking express lanes to make it happen sometime in 2035 for commuters.

The muni transportation services in San Francisco has been seeking improvement projects for passengers and looking into providing free rides for seniors and disabled people. The City of San Francisco mayor and his administration is trying to make it affordable for people in San Francisco and offering affordable transportation muni services. The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) board will decide today for proposal free rides and will work closely to make services improvement as appropriate.

The troublesome BART protesters disrupted transportation services today for BART services in San Francisco, and caused BART stations to shutdown and police arrested some protesters for disruption behaviors. BART passengers were upset with protesters and how they continue to disrupt transportation during commuting hours for working people. Few BART passengers said, "these protesters are smoking too much dope and marijuana and their brain cells are shutdown without knowing the best way to handle social situational issues." Otis Brown said, "MLK (Dr.