Odometer debate: saving earth or saving privacy?
Most of us want to protect our personal privacy and protect the earth from global warming. Can we do both? An East Bay legislator said she is trying to avoid conflicts between the two goals in her bill...
View ArticlePoliticos talk of gas tax, but will public support it?
Talk of a gas tax is getting more attention as our roads and public transit systems struggle from money shortages, but it remains a risky proposition for politicians to consider a tax hike for a basic...
View ArticlePaying to save time on toll lanes
Would you pay to save time driving the freeways? Would paying a toll to use an express lane seem less painful if you knew it was helping ease freeway traffic congestion for the masses?. Bay Area...
View ArticleName that highway: Boatwright proposed for honor
A state senator and former Concord mayor wants to name a portion of Interstate 680 after a retired state senator who also served as Concord mayor. The man proposed for the honor: Daniel Boatwright. The...
View ArticleToll road bill moving along
A bill allowing the creation of an 800-mile network of carpool/toll lanes in the Bay Area has cleared its first stop in the California Senate. Assembly Bill 744 by Assembly Majority Leader Alberto...
View ArticleWant a piece of the $420 million pie?
Caltrans is preparing to open bids Sept. 11 to expand the Caldecott Tunnel, the huge connector between the freeways and cultures of Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Caltrans reported this week that...
View ArticleTweet that bridge open, please
Twitter users will get the news quickly this Labor Day weekend about the closing and reopening of the Bay Bridge. Go to to the Caltrans Web site - baybridgeinfo.org - for tips on getting tweets about...
View ArticleWill the toll on bridge drivers be too big a toll?
People who take car pools across seven Bay Area bridges may be in for an unpleasant change next year: the end of free rides for car pools during rush-hour periods. And on the Bay Bridge, regular...
View ArticleI-680 freeway fix in San Ramon Valley: little now, more later
Caltrans will close two of the four lanes on southbound Interstate 680 in Alamo for three or four hours today – starting at 10 a.m - to repair a hole in the pavement. A major rehabilitation of the...
View ArticleNamesake for I-680 segment is gone, but not forgotten
Donald Doyle, the former state assemblyman whom Interstate 680 between Walnut Creek and Dublin is named after, died Jan 31. If you look closely as you drive along I-680, you can see signs along the...
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