The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) extension in Fremont, California is scheduled to finally open for services on March 25, 2017. The extension project broke grounds during 2009 and has been delayed because of ongoing training as well as updating new technology materials for passenger safety. The BART extension project has been going through challenges and scheduled to have an opening ceremony on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 10 AM. The new BART station will have 42 electrical charging stations including connections to AC Transit and VTA transportation systems.

The Intel Corporation is purchasing Mobileye software sensors for driverless autonomous cars in San Francisco Bay Area. The acquisition cost is $15.3 billion for Intel to excel within the autonomous self-driving cars competition. The company boards have to approve the final deal transaction and Intel Corporation will pay $63.54 for each share. The automakers have been testing self-driving cars in California, Michigan, and other states in America and needing higher levels of connection with driving sensors.

The Alaska Airlines officials announced 13 new flight routes in the Bay Area to expand its operations in Northern California. The airlines officials are adding 3 new flights out of SJC (Mineta San Jose International Airport) and 10 new flights out of SFO (San Francisco International Airport). The competitive airlines carrier bought Virgin America in December 2016 and starting new flight routes in August 28, 2017 flights. Alaska Airlines already connects nonstop flights from SJC to 16 cities, OAK (Oakland International Airport) flights to 6 cities, and SFO to 8 cities.

The public transportation agency serving Santa Clara County is recruiting community citizens to serve on Measure-B oversight committee. The voters in Santa Clara County recently approved therein tax measure to help with local transportation improvement projects. The Measure-B tax initiative will raise $6.4 billion within next 30 years, and not including matching funds during that period - collection will begin April 1, 2107. The measure is to establish a committee of 8 citizenship members and VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) will manage improvement projects.

The massive Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco is uncertain about funding to efficiently operate all systems accordingly. The transit center development is south of Mission Street between Second and Beale streets, and serving approximately 14,000 commuters everyday on AC Transit buses. The HSR (High Speed Rail) train is planning to become part of the transit center operating system, and reality is starting to sink into city officials about questionable funding.

The Toyota Motors company is designing a new 3 wheel vehicle called iRoad that operates on electrical power. It can fit one person and drives up to 28 miles per hour with a compact size, and good for getting around town for tours and sightseeing. The Toyota Motors engineers and administrators are hoping to test therein small compact vehicle in San Francisco Bay Area soon. The iRoad vehicle is being tested within the company Open Road program since September with hopes to test it using Bay Area roads in two years.

The California State Senators are proposing a legislation to fix damaged roads and highways within California. Because infrastructure funding is needed for roadway and highway repairs, Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose) introduced a state legislation to hopefully get support for transportation funding. The legislative bill is asking for $6 billion a year from vehicle registration fees increase and gas tax. The local and state representatives are requesting support because of opposition from other state legislators, and uncertainty about infrastructure federal funding allocation.

The noise from airplanes flying over local cities within San Francisco Bay Area will possibly have a curfew of flying hours. The local residents of Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, etc. have complained about the noise from airplanes creating unhealthy and safety issues. The airplanes flying into San Carlos airport might have specified flying times if a proposal is approved by San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. A draft proposal ordinance is in the procedural process and San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will approve it sometimes in July 2017.

The City of Oakland, California is planning to invest more money for transportation to help fix local roadway potholes and transit improvement projects. The city is also creating a new department to spearhead transportation matters within the city jurisdiction, and planning to hire Ryan Russo as new administrator to oversee the operation. The new transportation department will be called OakDOT (Oakland Department of Transportation) aligned with the mayor's vision for equity, safety, sound infrastructure, and governance responsibility.

The latest 2015 federal legislation for local education agencies to help foster kids with local transportation as necessary. This ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) federal legislation requires the local child welfare system and education agencies to implement transportation for vulnerable foster kids. The focus of therein legislation is to keep foster kids within their school of origin to avoid them from moving to different schools. Unfortunately, some of local schools are not upholding therein legislation to assist foster kids with transportation needs as necessary.