In celebration of Earth Day, Palo Alto organized a series of activities, including educational booths, live music, food trucks, a chance to meet zoo animals and electric car test drives.
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United is not the only airline that bumps passengers. Air travel consumer reports show this is an industry-wide issue. So we crunched the numbers.
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Uber, Lyft and other ride-share providers in California aren’t required to obtain business licenses for their drivers.
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Starship Technologies created a delivery robot designed to transport food, groceries and parcels from businesses to customers. The company claims its delivery bot is the world’s first of its kind.
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The proposed construction of a 600,000-sq. ft. office building near Google’s main campus is worrying local residents, commuters and City Council members who say peak-hour traffic already creates a gridlock on the city’s major traffic routes.
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As a specific purpose measure, Measure B needs a two-thirds majority, and the additional tax revenue must be spent on transportation improvements.
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As the Peninsula struggles to house a rapidly growing population, many people — especially the middle-class public servants and low-wage workers who keep the region running smoothly — have been moving away to more affordable places.
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Response time for San Mateo County’s emergency personnel arriving to serious incidents has slowed in recent years, largely because of inescapable traffic.
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In response to skyrocketing rents and gridlocked freeways, policy experts, developers and residents are pushing for new transit-oriented construction.
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Facing rising operating costs, Caltrain is considering increasing fares and parking fees, a move that transit advocates warn risks worsening inequities in the Peninsula’s transportation system.
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San Francisco International Airport is receiving a record number of airplane noise complaints after a federal revamp of flight paths has rerouted hundreds of planes a day over once quiet neighborhoods.
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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo discussed housing, transportation, immigration, cybersecurity, airplane noise, and the Syrian refugee crisis during a roundtable discussion with the Peninsula Press.
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