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Category Archives: Transportation
UC Berkeley and Three Other Colleges Accused of Mishandling Rape Allegations
NEW YORK (AP) — Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred joined students from four U.S. colleges and universities on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal complaints over how the higher-education institutions handle rape allegations. Students who attended the New York … Continue reading
Corrosion Problems on New Bridge Date Back 9 Years
Update at 1:10 p.m: Caltrans has responded to the Sacramento Bee report: "All the Skyway tendons are stressed, properly grouted, and performing as designed and will do so for the next 150 years." Update at 10:15 a.m: Governor Jerry Brown … Continue reading
Officials: New Bay Bridge Span Could Still Open By Labor Day
by Jason Dearen, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The new $6.3 billion eastern portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge still "has a fighting chance" to open this year, despite concerns over structural issues, officials overseeing its construction said … Continue reading
Federal, State Officials Investigate Caltrans' Handling of San Francisco Bay Bridge
California Transportation Department officials are facing inquiries from both state and federal officials about the new Bay Bridge span, The Associated Press reports. Caltrans managers will answer questions from the state Legislature at a hearing Tuesday in Sacramento. And the … Continue reading
Bay Bridge Structural Problems May Extend to Base of Tower
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Jaxon Van Derbeken reported over the weekend that the iconic tower of the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span is secured by 424 galvanized steel rods that may be at risk of cracking. Unlike the almost 1,900 … Continue reading
The Ongoing Bay Bridge Repair Controversy (Timeline)
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In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, one section of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge's eastern span collapsed onto the lower deck. The bridge was closed for repairs for a month. In 2002, reconstruction started on a self-anchored suspension … Continue reading
Caltrans: Bay Bridge Repair Could Cost $10 Million; Hopes For Scheduled Labor Day Opening
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The planned repair for seismic safety rods that snapped on the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge could cost between $5 million to $10 million, a state transportation official said on Wednesday. California Transportation … Continue reading
Map: Income Disparities Along Bay Area Public Transit Routes
Two local software developers, Dan Grover and Mike Belfrage, have designed an interactive map that allows users to view how neighborhood incomes rise and fall along the Bay Area’s public transportation routes. The data is available for all BART, Muni and … Continue reading
State Senator: Caltrans Took Unnecessary Risks With Bay Bridge
Update: KQED's Dan Brekke reports from the meeting today in which Caltrans described its intended solution for the problem of fracturing steel bolts that have plagued the building of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. "Caltrans engineers said … Continue reading
