The ridership on public transportation shows increase on San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and other means of transportation. The AC Transit services are making necessary changes to accommodate ongoing increase in public transportation ridership. The services improvement for AC Transit in partnership with BART will take affect on December 7, 2014 with enhanced all night services, and increase number of operating hours for transit services due to increase ridership.

The muni system in San Francisco is always looking for improvement projects for passengers, and MTA (Municipal Transportation Agency) board recently approved $6.6 million for Haight and Noriega muni line improvements. The project will eliminate a number of muni stops along the way and improving traveling time for muni buses along Haight and Noriega streets. It also aligns with the city Vision Zero policies of improving pedestrian safety and avoiding fatalities within 10 years.

Transportation in San Francisco Bay Area is getting harder with traffic congestion, and progressive projects are in place avoiding these traffic matters. Market street areas are marked in red in San Francisco to make it easier for commuting drivers to identify street lanes for muni and public transportation only, to avoid lapse timing for muni traveling time to pickup local passengers. It cost the city $1.8 million for the street project upgrade to avoid downtown traffic congestion and helping muni with traveling time.

The working class people in San Francisco Bay Area commutes with their personal cars and it can become dangerous when personal cars are not safe for traveling. In fact, the federal government transportation officials are highly demanding auto industries to recall all cars with infected air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan to ensure passengers are safe. The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) made the announcement this week and making sure auto industries are following through with recalls.

The San Francisco MTA (Municipal Transportation Agency) is going online to process parking tickets for customers, and depending on the validity of tickets processing services and contesting status for SFMTA to response. The customers can go online and protest a parking ticket if he/she feels the ticket was wrongfully cited, including pictures of not working parking meters, faded paint of the curbside, etc. This effort is part of San Francisco providing technological services for people and saving our environment at the same time.

The JetBlue Airlines announced yesterday they are looking into adding bag fees and changing aircraft capacity seating areas, and creating three types of ticket status for passengers traveling with baggage. The investors seem to agree with the JetBlue Airlines decision, and showing the new incoming airline CEO Robin Hayes is supportive of the effort. This means Southwest Airlines is the only major airline without baggage fees for travelers and making it conveniently easy for passengers.

The Golden State Warriors basketball team makes a historical step of taking BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) across the bay after a Thanksgiving charity event in San Francisco. One BART rider said, "it's great to see them ride with us because they are part of the community team." BART commuters and Warrior fans riding BART didn't know until realizing those guys are wearing Warrior basketball gears.

The City of Richmond is finding out more dangerous elements regarding crude-oil deliveries along railways within their city neighborhoods. A lot of Richmond neighborhoods and schools will be impacted when the train delivering crude-oil spills it endangering environmental areas including local families and children. The city officials and attorney are encouraging BAAQMD (Bay Area Air Quality Management District) to revoke the operational permit on transporting crude-oil by train along Richmond railways.

The roadways development in local San Francisco Bay Area cities are going through challenging stages, like the El Camino Rapid Transit project in City of Palo Alto and redesigning El Camino Real to save trees in City of Burlingame. Both local cities are requesting alternative development plans avoiding traffic congestion and saving environmental trees during the process.

The state highways and roadways run through local cities in San Francisco Bay Area, and City of Burlingame council members are sharing their concerns with local roadway redesign project for El Camino Real regarding trees removal. The State Transportation Caltrans having a project to redesign and widen El Camino Real intersecting with Floribunda Avenue to avoid traffic congestion and accidents. The City of Burlingame Mayor, Michael Brownrigg, sent a letter to Caltrans addressing their concerns and requesting alternative plans to save trees within the project.