Rollover Causes Jam on Bay Bridge
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...
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Do High-Tech Traffic Tools Work? Caltrans Hopes They'll Ease I-80 Traffic Mess
A normal midday traffic snarl on westbound I-80 in Emeryville. Bay Area drivers have some notoriously bad daily commutes, but if you’re looking for the stretch of freeway with top bragging rights, look...
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Giants Fans Crowd the Bay Area Commute
Fans at the 2010 World Series victory parade. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend/KQED. Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Giants fans were expected to line Market Street from the Embarcadero to Civic Center...
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Rainstorm Batters Bay Area, Floods Roads
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...
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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...
View ArticleCrashes, Roadwork Shut Sections of Highways 37, 4 and 121 Thursday
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...
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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...
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Planning for Climate Change in a Growing Bay Area
A new plan seeks to cut the Bay Area's greenhouse gas emissions while the region continues to grow. (Craig Miller/KQED) This won’t come as a surprise to Bay Area residents: the region is still growing....
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San Francisco Considers Charging Drivers to Enter or Leave Downtown
By Bryan Goebel If you think rush-hour traffic is bad in downtown San Francisco now, a new report from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority says it's going to get even worse in the coming...
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Should San Francisco Charge Drivers to Enter or Leave Downtown? Residents...
Cars line up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza.Craig Miller/KQED The population living and working in San Francisco has been increasing in recent years; so has the number of cars trying to get in and out of...
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Avoid Bad Traffic While Enjoying Big SF Weekend Events With This Guide
Team Luna Rossa Swordfish competes in a fleet race during the America's Cup World Series. ( Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) If you had a jet pack, you could do it all in a day: Listen to blue grass Sunday...
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San Francisco’s Latest Pedestrian Death: 72-Year-Old Man Killed on Van Ness
Pedestrian and traffic in San Francisco’s Financial District. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED). San Francisco has recorded its seventh pedestrian fatality of 2014. Police say a car struck and killed a man near...
View ArticleWindow Washer Still in Intensive Care After Surviving Financial District Plunge
Update, Monday 10:05 a.m.: The still-unidentified window washer who fell from the roof of an 11-story building in downtown San Francisco is recovering from his injuries. Fire Department spokeswoman Lt....
View ArticleThe Bay Area’s 10 Most Congested Roads
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirmed Friday morning what many of you knew — getting on the Bay Bridge is pretty damn hard. The average speed from U.S. 101 to Treasure Island at the peak...
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