The San Francisco Bay Area Tesla Motors company announced their plans to add new supercharging stations in Silicon Valley and nationwide. The supercharging stations will be doubled from 5,000 to 10,000 by the end of this year, and also increasing destination chargers. The destination charging locations are at places like hotels and restaurants, and increasing from 9,000 to 15,000 for customers. The Tesla Motors company is also planning to add 1,000 new charging stations within California alone, and one charging station within each city in Silicon Valley regional areas.

The Marin County leaders and local activists are gearing up for Plan Bay Area 2040 community reviews and comments next month. The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) recently released the draft of therein future planning approach in the Bay Area. The MTC and ABAG agencies are inviting local people to review the plan draft and share comments for improvements. Some county leaders and activists feel the draft will not be used to assign new requirements for zoning accommodations on population growth.

The recently ratified new state legislation for funding to help with statewide transportation isn't enough based on new research findings. The SB1 (Senate Bill-1) state legislation introduced by California State Senator, Jim Beall, D-San Jose was approved to increase car gas taxes and registration fees. The SB1 state legislation will raise funding to fix crumbling highways and roadways in San Francisco Bay Area and statewide - $5.2 billion annually in 10 years. The new study identifies more money is necessary to fix the backlog of state transportation projects and long-term maintenance.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) passengers were robbed by many juveniles over the weekend at Oakland Coliseum station. The juveniles robbed passengers on Saturday around 9:30 PM and took purses, cell phones, etc. and some passenger victims were harmed with head and facial injuries. The juveniles were able to disperse through the crowd and surrounding areas at the station before police officers arrived for security. The BART Administration just hired a Police Chief to oversee the operation for public safety and taking appropriate actions when necessary.

The California State Assembly legislation for safety streets in San Francisco and San Jose has passed the first committee. The AB342 (Assembly Bill-342) was introduced by Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco representative to provide safety streets in the Bay Area. When therein legislation is fully approved through the procedural process and signed into law, it will provide a five-year pilot project to use automated cameras for safety measures. The Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) approach is to help local law enforcement agencies prevent speeding cars within local communities.

The SFO (San Francisco International Airport) is having construction on the runway for safety reasoning and creating flight cancellation and delays for travelers. The air travelers flying through SFO yesterday and today on Monday morning is finding their flight is delayed or cancelled because of the construction project. Some of traveling passengers flights have been diverted to SJC (San Jose International Airport) and/or OAK (Oakland International Airport).

The traffic congestion in San Francisco Bay Area comes along with many variables including parking and safety reasoning for bicyclists and pedestrians. The City of Menlo Park council members approved a yearly pilot project for bike lanes along Oak Grove Avenue from Middlefield to University Avenue. The proposal project will provide a testing opportunity to explore therein safety elements along the way. The bicycle project will also go along Crane Street and University Drive causing the elimination of parking spaces.

The massive power outage in San Francisco this Friday morning created a mess in downtown and traffic was terrible. The traffic lights were out on streets and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Montgomery Street station was impacted. Many local homes, businesses, restaurants, and schools were without electrical power and people standing outside buildings. Some local government buildings and courthouses were closed including other local businesses and restaurants. The iconic cable cars were impacted and not running including some muni buses running on electrical overhead power lines.

The United Airlines new routing flights include Polaris business travelers from SFO (San Francisco International Airport) to Tokyo, Japan. The new United Airlines international flights will have updated business cabins along the transpacific routes with greater customer services. Including special refreshments and amenities with comfortable blankets and pillows for resting as well as cabin business setting. The Tokyo services will be the third international routing flights offering United Airlines new premium cabin services.

The AC Transit (Alameda Contra Costa Transit) system is launching a mobile safety app for passengers to share information for their safety. The new safety app is part of the AC Transit commitment to provide passengers and drivers with safety vehicle environments. The new smartphone app can be easily used by passengers to report illegal activities on the bus for safety reasoning. Therein "See It, Share It" AC TipNow project is easy for passengers to operate and anonymously report disruptive and/or disruptive behaviors.