The San Francisco Bay Area BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) administration is placing a hold for possible corporate sponsorship. The corporate sponsorship approach is something BART officials may consider for alternative revenues to assist with capital needs. The Bay Area voters approved $3.5 billion for bonding funds in November election, and needs approximately $10 billion for capital improvement projects. The conceptual idea of corporate sponsorship was shared during BART Board of Directors workshop as consideration.

The major airports in San Francisco Bay Area is showing more air traveling passengers than previous years. The reporting data showing SFO (San Francisco International Airport) served more than 53.1 million passengers during 2016 with 10% increase, OAK (Oakland International Airport) served more than 12 million passengers with 7.7% increase, and SJC (San Jose International Airport) served more than 10.8 million passengers with 10.2% increase. The SFO officials mentioned adding 3 United Airlines new international destinations with new international airlines.

The latest report indicates self-driving cars are navigating local streets and highways better as anticipated within San Francisco Bay Area. The California DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) is working closely with state legislators to define and apply appropriate laws regarding self-driving vehicles. The reporting data reflects safety related incidents by 11 companies testing self-driving cars on local roadway streets and highways. The Google Waymo self-driving car project has been testing more than other companies, and Waymo fleet cars have been driven more than 635,000 miles.

The booming economy in San Francisco Bay Area comes along with many business people traveling from domestic and international flights. The SJC (Mineta San Jose International Airport) is showing growth with passengers traveling in Silicon Valley with 10.2% during 2016 - topping major airports nationwide. Including non-stop additional domestic and international flights with larger aircraft with more seats for traveling passengers. The measured number of new airline seats in which Delta Airlines leads by adding 35% and Alaska added 19% new seating for air travelers.

The local protesters at SFO (San Francisco International Airport) yesterday was impacting travelers at the airport. The protesters blocked arrival walkway entrances and escalators for passengers during their airport arrivals. The national airports protesting across the nation was because of President Trump's latest "90 days temporary Executive Order" banning Middle Eastern travelers. The Police and Security Officers enforced laws to prevent protesters from interfering with traveling passengers at the airports.

The Uber company is on the business hot seat again in San Francisco Bay Area because of providing passengers rides at JFK International Airport, in New York during taxi strikes and boycott protesters at the airport over the weekend. The Lyft car-sharing rival company also provided information to people that Lyft will donate $1 million to ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). The Lyft donation effort is to help ACLU with any legal issues of concerns regarding immigration matters aligned with President Donald Trump's latest Executive Order regarding immigrant populations.

The California HSR (High Speed Rail) Authority has withdrew the waiver filed with FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) of purchasing railway train parts from international vendors. The California HSR Authority officials said trains will be manufactured with parts aligned with Buy American Act (BAA) legislation. The HSR trains will comply with BAA legislation requirements as necessary and should be completed and ready for operation by 2025. The HSR officials are considering single-tunnel options for Pacheco Pass to run trains from San Jose and eastern Gilroy regional areas.

The Tesla Motors company filed a lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court regarding the autonomous car autopilot component former staffing. The lawsuit is filed against Sterling Anderson, former Director of Autopilot Programs regarding proprietary confidential information and recruiting Tesla employees. Therein Tesla former employees are part of a startup company called Aurora Innovation and pursuing autonomous vehicles with technology similarities. The Tesla Motors administration legal team is seeking damages for losses and malicious punitive damages for his action.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) transportation system has received low rating from passengers during a customer satisfaction survey. The BART customers satisfaction have fallen to a 20 year low and transit agency is looking for solutions to improve customer services. The satisfaction questionnaire survey was filled out by 5432 passengers and only 69% passengers showing satisfaction with BART services in San Francisco Bay Area. The BART services drop from 74% during 2014 regarding customer services satisfaction.

The latest study identifies drivers in San Francisco as most dangerous drivers in California considering automobile collisions. The research study was based on cities with populations more than 100,000 people and percentage of young drivers age 15-29 years. The collective data identifies drivers in San Francisco as the worst collision drivers, and San Bernardino is ranked as more vehicular fatalities. The streets and roadways in San Francisco and Oakland were recently named worst in the country, and street improvement projects are happening for repairs.