Congratulations, to MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) for winning the 2017 Transportation Planning Excellence Award. The award is from Federal Highway Administration for the "Plan Bay Area and One Bay Area Grant Program" for excellence transportation planning. The Plan Bay Area is a long-range transportation and land use project throughout nine counties within San Francisco Bay Area. The One Bay Area Grant Program provides funding sources for the transportation planning to make it happen in regional areas.

The AC Transit (Alameda Contra Costa Transit District) is planning to increase passenger fares next month effective July 1, 2017. The AC Transit board approved therein increase to keep-up with administrative expenditures and remain fiscally sustainable. The new state fiscal year begins in July 1, 2017 and AC Transit joins fare increases for passengers along with other transit agencies in San Francisco Bay Area. Other Bay Area transit agencies are considering to increase parking fees as well for passengers and encouraging input from the public.

The Southwest Airlines is testing a process for passengers as they exit the airplane thereafter landing at airports in San Francisco Bay Area. The Southwest Airlines is launching therein testing process for two weeks period at SJC (Mineta San Jose International Airport) and SMF (Sacramento International Airport). The deplaning procedural project will use dual-doors for passengers to exit the airplane upon airport arrivals.

The JetBlue flight 915 from New York going to SFO (San Francisco International Airport) in the Bay Area was redirected to Michigan. The flight diverted landing was because of a fire on the plane from a lithium laptop battery in a backpack that forced the airplane to land at GRR (Gerald Ford International Airport) in Michigan. The flight emergency landing was successful without reported injuries and the airplane was not damaged. The 158 passengers on the airplane were fine and without reported injuries and flight attendants were very helpful throughout the situation.

The City of San Francisco Controller's Office released an interesting report regarding the muni vehicle maintenance record keeping and data collection. The Controller's Office released therein report to review SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) muni records of managing fleet vehicles within the city. Including overhead line trucks, inspector vehicles, and transports for fleet vehicles and reports finding lacks of control. The report identifies muni management lacking adequate controls and spending more to fix vehicles at reasonable shops.

The City of Sausalito and Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District (GGBHTD) is having conflicts with the development size of the ferry project. The GGBHTD board approved to change the size of the Sausalito ferry project because it was not part of the initial proposal plan. The Ferry Terminal project is planning to rebuild and renew the terminals in Sausalito because of its aging stage for passengers safety.

The Uber ride-sharing company is piling up more legal problems considering the recent allegations between Uber and Waymo. The self-driving cars allegations between Uber and Waymo is going through a trial basis, and the judge ordered Uber to turn over the full and not redacted materials it made with self-driving cars. Therein term-sheets should be given to Google's Waymo project because it may contain information showing, Uber was aware of trading secretive allegations.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing Tesla Motors factory injuries are declining last year because it was higher in 2014 and 2015. The calculated injury rates for 2014 is 8.4 out of 100 workers and 8.8 out of 100 workers in 2015, and 8.1 out of 100 workers in 2016. The Tesla Motors factory workers in Fremont, California have been trying to consider becoming a union for assistance with working conditions when necessary. The Tesla automaking company mentioned working on improving safety and working condition elements for the factory workers.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) transportation system is being hit with a class-action lawsuit because of allegations regarding an app collecting personal information. The BART and Boston based developing company called Elerts Corporation thereby develops the app software for BART Watch mobile data. The mobile app was launched for users to report suspicious and/or criminal activities to BART Police on a timely manner for safety assistance.

The Caltrain Administration posted a press release news information identifying $647 million federal funding will be awarded for the Caltrain electrification project. This means an opening ceremony for the improvement project will be happening soon because project contractors will end therein agreement by June 30. The state fiscal year begins in July 1, 2017 and improvement project activities along with construction has to move forward with federal funding allocation.