The Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco is expected to open within less than five months, and local residents are sharing concerns with homeless population. The TJPA (Transbay Joint Powers Authority) Citizens Advisory Committee recently had public meetings with local neighborhoods to look at ways and means of strategy to handle homelessness. The TJPA committee shared their concerns with potential impact of increased homelessness within local neighborhoods affecting the transit center.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) released upcoming events in San Francisco impacting local and muni traffic. The traffic improvement projects on Van Ness Avenue will continue, Giants FanFest, Chinese New Year Flower Fair, etc. and other muni routes will be changed and/or roadway closure for awareness. Including Chinese Community Fair in Chinatown and SFMTA is encouraging people to be aware of traffic impacts for safety reasoning.

The self-driving cars legal trial between Waymo and Uber looks at former Uber CEO (Chief Executive Officer) about logistical elements relevant to therein case trial. It was a tough challenging day for the former Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick at federal courts in San Francisco during the trial second day. The Waymo attorneys drilled the former Uber CEO regarding therein appearing relevant information, between his communication with Anthony Levandowski who previously worked for Google.

The SFO (San Francisco International Airport) started closing airport ramps and roadways yesterday for improvement projects. The SFO administration announced closures will be throughout the whole week until Friday, February 9, 2018 from 11 PM to 5 AM daily. The full closure of northbound Highway 101 off-ramp will happen and traffic will be directed to us San Bruno Avenue with changing direction. The Domestic Garage access will be restricted and private cars and other vehicles will need to access the garage by circling the terminals.

An advocacy team of local legislators are urging MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) to not forget about the Dumbarton Rail Bridge project. The San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum, U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, and U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell are joining with a mission, to reinstate therein rail project to help traffic congestion in the Bay Area. The legislative advocacy team is highly recommending MTC officials to make the Dumbarton Rail Bridge project a priority for local commuters.

The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and Caltrans will starting testing bridge signs on Monday, February 5, 2018 to prepare for opening an eastbound traffic lane. The new traffic lane is on Highway I-580 between San Rafael and Richmond, and planning to open during April 2018. The MTC subsidiary affiliate BATA (Bay Area Toll Authority) and Caltrans construction team, will test therein Richmond-San Rafael bridge project signs to ensure they work properly.

The SamTrans transit agency recently merged several trip routes for improvement services within San Mateo County and cross-county local communities. Including additional services scheduling changes and adjustments to improve on-time transit services performance. The SamTrans service operations take into affect traffic impacts and traveling patterns to study for transit service changes performance impacts. The transit services to coastside communities have been implemented as part of community public hearings and Route-118 will transport passengers to Daly City.

A woman was sexually assaulted on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) during this Wednesday night on her way home from San Francisco. The woman boarded BART trains at 16th Street Station in Mission District within San Francisco, and she fell asleep going eastbound and said a man was touching her thigh. The BART Police is investigating the situation and reviewing video cameras on BART trains, and hoping to find the person who assaulted the female passenger.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) completely installed all muni buses with new fare machines for passengers. The new official fare machines will make it easier and smarter for passengers and operators/drivers during routing trips everyday in San Francisco. The new machines will print transaction details on tickets for passengers, and will keep track of fare payments for SFMTA transit accountability. The SFMTA officials are sharing therein new method of payment tracking is more secured and prevention from theft of muni transfers.

The AC (Alameda-Contra Costa) Transit District completed their Bancroft West Pilot project "bus only red lanes" in partnership with City of Berkeley in San Francisco Bay Area. It's a three block distance pilot project between Dana and Fulton Streets with red painted lanes for transit buses only in the East Bay. This project is part of many transit improvement projects for passengers and will monitor therein project for effectiveness. Hopefully, the transit only lanes will help and make transportation services easier for UC Berkeley students.