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Tag Archives: traffic
Planning for Climate Change in a Growing Bay Area
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This won’t come as a surprise to Bay Area residents: the region is still growing. By one estimate, the Bay Area will add two million people by 2040, a 30 percent increase over today’s population of about seven million. More … Continue reading
San Francisco-Oakland Area has the Nation's Second Worst Traffic
Is your commute getting longer? You’re not the only one. The average San Francisco-Oakland Area commuter wasted 61 hours getting to work in 2011, one more hour than in 2010, according to a study released by Texas A&M University researchers … Continue reading
Crashes, Roadwork Shut Sections of Highways 37, 4 and 121 Thursday
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Traffic was blocked on Highway 37 and Highway 4 after accidents, and roadwork on Highway 121 required a detour Thursday. From Bay City News: (BCN) Westbound state Highway 37 in Vallejo has reopened after being shut down for hours this … Continue reading
Millbrae Intersections Continue to Claim Victims
by Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen A perilous stretch of El Camino Real in Millbrae where the state was found liable in 2010 for endangering pedestrians continues to claim victims as people try to cross the busy six-lane thoroughfare. Caltrans … Continue reading
Rainstorm Batters Bay Area, Floods Roads
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A drenching rainstorm battered Northern California on Friday morning, flooding roads and knocking out power for thousands of local residents. More than 7 inches of rain was recorded in some communities. Below are updates from our live blog covering the … Continue reading
Giants Fans Crowd the Bay Area Commute
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Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Giants fans were expected to line Market Street from the Embarcadero to Civic Center today for the team's World Series victory parade. That turned this morning's commute into either a headache or a party, … Continue reading
Do High-Tech Traffic Tools Work? Caltrans Hopes They'll Ease I-80 Traffic Mess
Bay Area drivers have some notoriously bad daily commutes, but if you’re looking for the stretch of freeway with top bragging rights, look no further than the Interstate 80 corridor through Richmond and Berkeley. Caltrans ranks it as the worst … Continue reading
Rollover Causes Jam on Bay Bridge
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BCN — All lanes of westbound Interstate Highway 80 have been reopened just west of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco after a rollover crash snarled traffic in the area this morning. The two-vehicle crash was reported at about 6:50 … Continue reading
Avoid Bad Traffic While Enjoying Big SF Weekend Events With This Guide
If you had a jet pack, you could do it all in a day: Listen to blue grass Sunday morning in Golden Gate Park, then zoom over to Candlestick Park taking a bit of the Italian Heritage Parade and the … Continue reading
Dumbarton Bridge Lanes Clear Following Earlier Crash
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Update 2:29 p.m.: Sigalert shows that lanes have been cleared and traffic is moving again on the Dumbarton Bridge. Original post: The California Highway Patrol says two lanes are blocked on the eastbound Dumbarton Bridge due to a crash that … Continue reading
