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VTA's Chief Megaprojects Officer Tom Maguire stands at a lecture while presenting at the Santa Clara City Council meeting on Oct. 7.

Santa Clara City Council approves 24-hour work plan to keep BART extension on track

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — City council on Oct. 7 unanimously approved revisions to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s construction plan for the BART extension it’s building, allowing around-the-clock work at the future Santa Clara station site.  The extension isn’t expected to be open for passenger service until 2037, but VTA’s Chief Megaprojects Delivery Officer […]

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Opponents of Car-Free SF Roads Say They Increase Congestion. The Reality is More Complicated.

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SAN FRANCISCO — In Tuesday’s election, San Francisco voters will decide the fate of two car-free spaces which have become popular destinations for recreation. Opponents contend that the closed roads have increased drive times and traffic on side streets. But proponents of the car bans say those claims just aren’t backed up by the available

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‘EV Week’ Event Shows Off Electric Vehicles as Consumers Consider New Incentives

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Peninsula Press · 'EV Week' Lets Consumers Test Drive Electric Vehicles SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area-based electric vehicle advocacy group Charge Across Town held their annual EV Week event at Embarcadero Plaza on Oct. 8 and 9, hoping to entice people to make the switch. EV Week 2022 came as local, state, and federal actors

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Bay Area Traffic is one of the worst in the world. San Francisco is the fifth most congested city in the world. Local drivers spent more than three days in congestion last year. (Fabienne Meijer/Peninsula Press)

Congestion in the Bay Area is at a record high. Amsterdam might have some solutions

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BAY AREA — Traffic congestion is one of the Bay Area’s most pressing problems. On average, Bay Area drivers spent over 79 hours in traffic jams last year. It doesn’t have to be that way. In the Amsterdam Transit Region in the Netherlands, where around 1.5 million people live, more than 50 percent commute by other means than cars.

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Palo Alto replaces Caltrain track guards with cameras in suicide prevention program

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PALO ALTO — After nine years of patrolling the tracks at Palo Alto’s Caltrain railroad crossings, the last of the human guards were replaced with cameras as part of the city’s Track Watch program – a suicide prevention initiative.

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Mountain View considers driverless transit system to fight traffic congestion

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MOUNTAIN VIEW – In about 10 years, employees in Mountain View’s North Bayshore area might zoom to work on driverless buses, running as frequently as once or twice per minute, or in small pods that hang from an elevated track and move with an average speed of 60 miles per hour.

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