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Eyebars on Bay Bridge, other spans, raise safety concerns

ages and wears out under the strain of the daily traffic load and exposure to the elements. The section that was repaired with an eyebar during Labor Day weekend, came loose and fell onto the ground on westbound of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, ...

From DENIS CUFF, Inside Bay Area,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of California Berkeley,  Chicago Tribune

BART offers free riders to service members on leave from Iraq, Afghanistan

seven months, and it's trying to do that through attrition. BART will offer $50 free ride tickets to members of the armed services on leave from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over the objection of one director who said it's unwise to give away ...

From DENIS CUFF, Contra Costa Times,  19 Nov 2009

BART to trim 70 to 80 jobs, but perhaps without layoffs

BART SEES job cuts: BART will need to trim 70 or 80 jobs in the next seven months to reduce costs, but likely can accomplish that without layoffs, agency General Manager Dorothy Dugger said Thursday. Without cost cutting, the district will have a $26 ...

From DENIS CUFF, Contra Costa Times,  19 Nov 2009

Feds to check if BART service and fares amounts to bias

the federal agency will force BART to analyze whether its airport connector plan unfairly consumes funds more fairly spent on bus service for low-income and minority residents of Oakland. feds to review Bart for bias: A federal agency says it is ...

From DENIS CUFF, Inside Bay Area,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Linton Johnson

Capitol Corridor train engine overhauled to burn the cleanest among passenger trains in California

smog and contribute to global warming also are reduced. OAKLAND — A greener era in train travel has rolled into the Bay Area with the debut of an engine overhauled for $826,000 to run cleaner than any other diesel passenger train locomotive in the ...

From DENIS CUFF, The San Jose Mercury News,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amtrak,  Environmental Protection Agency,  General Motors

Caltrans expands lane closures on Bay Bridge to slow S-curve drivers

temporary electronic signs flashing motorists their speed as they approach the S-cuve, Ney said. More lanes will be closed on the Bay Bridge in the middle of the day in an attempt to slow down drivers on the S-curve. Caltrans already has been closing ...

From DENIS CUFF, Inside Bay Area,  13 Nov 2009

Another Bay Bridge closure still in the works

Caltrans said it's still to early to say when the Bay Bridge will be closed temporarily again to make more permanent repairs on a cracked metal beam. The highway agency needs to finish designing the repairs for the cracked eyebar before a determination ...

From DENIS CUFF, Inside Bay Area,  11 Nov 2009

New bridge bypass throws a curve at drivers

Wujek, an Orinda resident who sometimes crosses the bridge to her San Francisco job. "I think the speed limit is correct. People just need to follow it. It makes me aware of my responsibility to drive safely." Driving the accident prone S-curve on the ...

From DENIS CUFF, Contra Costa Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: California Highway Patrol,  University of California Berkeley

Debate begins on proposed bridge toll increases in Bay Area

Tolls on seven Bay Area bridges should be raised from $4 to $5, but a proposal to start collecting tolls from carpools during the rush hour should be dropped, a transportation advocacy group said. "Removing this important incentive of a free trip ...

From DENIS CUFF, Inside Bay Area,  7 Nov 2009

Caltrans to close Bay Bridge lane daily to check steel beam

Caltrans is closing a westbound lane of the Bay Bridge upper deck from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on weekdays through Nov. 13 for inspections of a cracked eyebar. The transportation agency stepped up the inspections after reinforcing the eyebar during a six-day ...

From DENIS CUFF, Inside Bay Area,  6 Nov 2009

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