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| Jul. 9 |
San Francisco |
California High-Speed Rail Route Approved| The state High Speed Rail Authority has given its final approval to a route that would link the state's major cities and regions | |
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
BART mug suggestion Intent on overturning ban on drinking in stations and on trains, board drector shows a travel coffee mug to keep the beverage from spilling
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| Jun.12 |
Bay Area |
Transit Agencies Get $21M For Security Proposition 1B money is to improve mass transit security. BART is focusing on cameras, biological and radiological detection systems
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| Mar.9 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area transit agencies get millions
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| Jan.30 |
BART |
BART tests cell phone fare payments
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| Jan.10 |
South SF |
City approved design for ferry terminal
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| Jan.9 |
San Francisco |
Free Bike Parking Offered At Caltrain
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| Dec.30 |
Sausalito |
Free New Year's Eve Rides From SF
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| Dec.20 |
SF Downtown |
Cable cars running after closures
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| Dec.8 |
BART |
BART fares to go up in January
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| Nov.28 |
BART |
BART To Lease Space To Peet's Coffee Coffee will soon be available at the Pittsburg / Bay Point Station, with others opening up in San Francisco and Berkeley
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Transport 'sabotage' hits France
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| Oct.28 |
SF Mission |
BART station closed to deter Halloween Authorities plan to close a train station near Castro district this Halloween to ward off potential partiers
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| Aug.24 |
SF Downtown |
Electrical fire stops BART, Muni
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| Aug.11 |
Dublin |
BART Station Closed for Weekend Dublin-Pleasanton station closed Saturday morning and Sunday morning to continue construction of the new West Dublin-Pleasanton Station
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Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan The plan calls for extending to the west side of San Francisco to the Presidio or the ocean via Geary Boulevard; Emeryville direct service
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| Jun.14 |
BART |
Sweeping Upgrades Promised In Budget |
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| May.1 |
BART |
Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit
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| Apr.18 |
SF Downtown |
Cable Car Operators Fail To Get Fares |
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| Apr.11 |
South SF |
Funds For South S.F.-Oakland Ferry |
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BART |
General Manager Resigns |
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| Mar.23 |
BART |
BART Wants TV For Rider Updates |
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| Mar.6 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor mulls making bus rides free Newsom is considering whether it would be more cost-effective to provide free bus and streetcar service instead of collecting fares
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| Feb.6 |
San Francisco |
Muni Apologizes For Paratransit Service |
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| Feb.1 |
San Jose |
$364 Million For San Jose Extension
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Chips push through nano-barrier
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| Jan.13 |
SF Downtown |
3rd Street Rail extension launched The launch was lauded by Mayor Newsom and the MUNI as a new vital link to the southeast pocket
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| Nov.1 |
Fremont |
Feds Approve BART Extension The Federal Transit Administration allows BART to extend service to Warm Springs
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| Oct.15 |
BART |
Smart Card System Rolled Out |
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| Oct.9 |
BART |
Ridership Reaches Record
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| Sep.29 |
Dublin |
BART Breaks Ground On New Station
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| Sep.18 |
BART |
BART: One Fare Fits All |
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| Aug.3 |
BART |
Kids Ride Free On Saturdays In August |
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| Aug.2 |
San Francisco |
Muni Delays All Day Due To Derailment
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WTO global trade talks collapse
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| Jul.17 |
BART |
Spare The Air Leads To Free Commute
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| Jul.8 |
SFO |
Low Ridership On BART Airport Extension
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| Jul.5 |
San Mateo |
SamTrans Celebrates 30th Birthday |
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| Jun.30 |
BART |
Ad Campaign Target Raiders To SFO |
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| Jun.26 |
BART |
Ridership Up 9% On Spare The Air Day |
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BART |
'Spare The Air Day' Means Free Commute
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| Jun.17 |
BART |
BART Sues Over Train Control System |
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| Jun.7 |
San Jose |
Voters Reject BART Expansion Tax The plan to extend BART to SJ may be in jeopardy, now that voters have rejected Measure A
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| Apr.25 |
San Jose |
VTA To Run Free Shuttle For Playoff |
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| Apr.17 |
San Francisco |
MUNI: Free Service Commemorating '06 |
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| Apr.14 |
BART |
Contract To Strengthen Transbay Tube |
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| Feb.22 |
BART |
BART Promises To Add Cars |
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| Jan.21 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Meets with Cable Car Operators
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| Jan.19 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Accuses Conductors Of Stealing| Newsom has accused the city's cable car conductors of pocketing fares, stirring the ire of the union | |
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| Dec.31 |
Apple |
iPod designer called 'Most Excellent' Jonathan Ive was named a commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II
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| Dec.21 |
BART |
BART Prepares To Hike Fares |
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Strike shuts down NYC transit system
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| Dec.17 |
Bay Bridge |
Rain Delays Opening Of FasTrak Lanes |
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| Dec.6 |
East San Jose |
Three Hurt In Light Rail Accident A pickup truck tried to make a left turn onto the East Capitol Expressway when it collided with a light rail train
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| Nov.16 |
San Francisco |
Muni Verdict Makes History |
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| Oct.31 |
Oakland Downtown |
BART Charging $1 To Park At Lake Merritt |
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| Oct.7 |
BART |
Increased Security After NYC Threat |
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Google plans offices, NASA partnership
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| Sep.21 |
San Francisco |
Final phase of Automatic Vehicle System |
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| Sep.20 |
SF Bayview |
Teen Hospitalized After MUNI Shooting |
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| Sep.1 |
San Francisco |
MUNI Fare Hike Goes Into Effect
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| Aug.8 |
Oakland City Hall |
City Sues Caltrans Over Blight |
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| Jul.25 |
BART |
Free Rides Offered For Spare-The-Air |
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| Jul.19 |
BART |
Union Approves Labor Agreement
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| Jul.8 |
BART |
BART needs $189m in security upgrades |
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San Mateo |
SamTrans Union Rejects Latest Contract |
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| Jul.6 |
BART |
Strike Averted After Early Morning Deal Union and management negotiators reached a tentative 4-year agreement before 3 a.m. that averted a strike
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| Jul.5 |
BART |
Strike Talks Down To The Wire
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| Jul.4 |
BART |
No Deal Imminent In Talks |
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| Jun.30 |
BART |
Employee Contracts Expire At Midnight BART is now making a new offer with a wage increase capped at 2% in the last 2 years of a 4-year contract
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| Jun.27 |
BART |
No Strike Decision Yet From BART Workers |
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| Jun.22 |
BART |
Workers Vote To Authorize Strike 98% of the 975 members of Union Local 790 who voted approved the authorization
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BART |
Potential Strike Looms, Talks Continue |
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| Jun.8 |
Richmond |
Bomb Scare at Amtrak, BART A disruptive Amtrak passenger frightened a train full of commuters. 4-block area around the stations was evacuated
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| Apr.28 |
BART |
BART Budget Problems |
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| Apr.14 |
San Jose |
Caltrain adding 2 Baby Bullet trains |
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| Apr.9 |
SF City Hall |
Layoff notices sent to 200 MUNI drivers |
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| Apr.6 |
Bay Bridge |
Welders: New Bridge Unsafe| The FBI is investigating disturbing claims that the new span being built is riddled with defective welds | | |
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| Apr.3 |
San Jose |
BART To San Jose Suffers Setback
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| Mar.3 |
BART |
BART Mulls Fare Increase |
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| Mar.2 |
SF Downtown |
Cable Cars Resume Service After Strike
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| Feb.21 |
Caltrain |
Caltrain contracts with Amtrak for 3 years
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CEO Fiorina out
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| Jan.28 |
SF City Hall |
Muni Fare Hike Proposed |
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| Dec.28 |
SFO |
BART Station Sets Record |
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| Nov.9 |
San Francisco |
Rental car company settles suit over GPS |
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| Sep.30 |
Bay Bridge |
Project Could Get Redesign |
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| Aug.16 |
Bay Bridge |
Bay Area Might Be Stuck with Bridge Bill| The state blames the upscale signature design for more than half of the cost overrun | | |
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| Jun.15 |
BART |
BART: Free Rides on Spare Air Days |
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| Jun.11 |
BART |
$980 million BART bond on ballot |
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| May.9 |
San Jose |
BART Won't Help San Jose Traffic Woes |
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| Mar.14 |
Marin County |
Golden Gate Transit May Take Ferry Out |
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| Mar.11 |
BART |
BART threatened to sue SamTrans |
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Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty
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| Mar.2 |
Bay Area Bridges |
Voters Approve Bridge Toll Hike |
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
Muni, BART still strained by outage |
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| Sep.16 |
SFO |
Low Ridership in BART to SFO |
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Rich-poor divide derails WTO talks
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| Sep.5 |
San Jose |
New Questions About BART to San Jose |
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Orinda |
New Toll Could Pay for Caldecott Work |
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| Sep.1 |
San Francisco |
MUNI Fares Go Up |
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| Aug.19 |
San Francisco |
Muni Fares Going Up |
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| Aug.1 |
San Jose |
VTA fare increases |
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| Jul.23 |
Fremont |
BART service disrupted |
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| Jul.17 |
San Jose |
Older man killed in crash with light rail train |
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| Jun.22 |
SFO |
BART Begins Service To SFO| After years of delay, BART hopes to match the success that other cities have had with their rail to airports | |
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| Jun.13 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Collection coffer goes up |
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| May.29 |
Redwood City |
Caltrain installing railroad fencing |
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| May.24 |
BART |
Director Calls Fare System Crazy |
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| May.22 |
BART |
Board votes for another fare increase |
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Pakistan to resume India links
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| Apr.18 |
SFO |
BART-SFO extension to open on June 22 |
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| Apr.11 |
BART |
Plan to eliminate 181 jobs, increase fares |
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| Apr.5 |
Caltrain |
Caltrain christened Baby Bullet train |
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| Feb.14 |
SFO |
$100 million for BART extension to SFO |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
Security zones around bridges
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| Jan.19 |
SF City Hall |
City outlaws Segway scooter
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| Jan.3 |
SFO |
BART SFO extension delayed |
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| Dec.19 |
Benicia |
Endangered fish delayes bridge span |
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| Sep.1 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
$5 toll to cross span Those with a FasTrak pass will pay $4. Last hike was in 1991
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| Jul.29 |
SFO |
First train test ride to SFO |
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| Jul.26 |
BART |
$1b seismic retrofit bond placed on ballot |
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| Jun.28 |
San Francisco |
Gov. Davis unveils bullet trains
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| Mar.29 |
OAK |
BART to OAK connector approved |
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CEO claims victory in merger vote
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| Oct.24 |
BART |
BART strike averted Union, representing 238 controllers and supervisors, accepted a wage and benefits package
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iPod: New digital music player
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| Sep.4 |
BART |
BART Strike Averted |
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| Jun.29 |
BART |
BART strike averted
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| Dec.7 |
SFO |
BART to SFO be ready in 2002 |
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'I love you' virus disrupts computers
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| Mar.9 |
Crockett |
New Carquinez Bridge groundbreaking |
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