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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>As part of our series,\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/boomtown\"> Boomtown\u003c/a>, we're answering questions from KQED listeners and readers. Our first one comes from Chris Tann, who lives in south San Jose and gets stuck in congestion when he commutes alone to his job in Cupertino on Highway 85.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\"When will the city and county planners actually think more than a few years ahead, and put in place the necessary changes to bring Bay Area transportation, both roads and public transit, into the 21st century?\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/185882748\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area transportation planners are actually looking many decades into the future, but the changes, as an Orinda city official once put it, will be \"evolutionary rather than revolutionary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving more people around the Bay Area will require us to make better use of our current infrastructure, expand public transit, build dense housing around transit corridors and make the streets safer for people to bike and walk, according to three experts who study Bay Area transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Express toll lanes, modern trains, buses that run faster and more frequently, protected bike lane networks and communities designed to give people more options to get around are the future. Getting there is going to take a long time, a ton of money and lots of political will.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright noborder\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ViRhsrJIythN0WMOJByhB7a9PpZI5c0YLz2ldvdg0YY/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"370\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The Bay Area has the most robust transit system west of the Mississippi, and we need to build on that strength,\" says Jeff Hobson, deputy director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/\">TransForm\u003c/a>. \"We need to use our existing infrastructure better because that’s the cheapest way of serving more people, that’s the most cost-effective way of serving more people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirms traffic congestion has gone up in the last six months, a sign the economy is booming. Traffic on the Bay Bridge is the highest it's ever been, while highway congestion across the region has remained relatively steady over the years. There's not going to be a quick fix to the Bay Area's traffic woes akin to the highway boom of the 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t want to build our way out of this crisis,\" says Randy Rentschler, the MTC's legislative and public affairs director. \"We need some strategic investment, we do. We need to fix some highways, we do. We need to widen some, fix some interchanges, we do. But we don’t want it to be what we are only doing here in the Bay Area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Express Lane Network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10406366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 730px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/pdfs/expresslanefactsheet_103013.pdf\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10406366\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035.\" width=\"730\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png 730w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM-400x327.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way transportation planners want to help ease the commute for drivers is by building a 550-mile network of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/\">express toll lanes\u003c/a>, not expected to be completed until 2035. In express lanes, solo drivers pay fluctuating FasTrak tolls based on traffic while carpools, vanpools, buses and other eligible vehicles use them for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will take a few decades to complete the network, but \u003ca href=\"http://bayareaexpresslanes.org/map/#\">work is underway. \u003c/a>There are now express lanes on southbound Interstate 680 between Sunol and San Jose, and on State Route 237 between Milpitas and San Jose. Two new lanes are being constructed on Interstate 580 between Livermore and Dublin. Chris Tann can expect an express route on Highway 85 sometime in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, express lanes don't benefit every solo driver. They benefit those who can pay. TransForm, which advocates giving people of all income levels more options to get around, has urged MTC to consider ways for low-income drivers to get discounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/resource/moving-people-not-just-cars\">a 2013 report\u003c/a>, TransForm suggests \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">toll money be used to expand bus service, instead of building more highway lanes. Existing lanes could be converted to express routes, the report says. \u003c/span>The money could then be used to ramp up a network of public transit buses that would use the same express lanes, and move more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building Housing By Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407128\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station. \u003ccite>(James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Tann is like a lot of commuters in Silicon Valley who don't live close to work, and for whom a bus or train is not always an easy option. The built environment encourages people to drive. Private tech shuttles are one response to the lack of convenient, reliable transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://planbayarea.org/plan-bay-area.html\">Plan Bay Area\u003c/a>, which provides a long-range transportation and housing vision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, encourages new housing along transit corridors so people have the option of taking a bus or train, instead of driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of new housing production will be focused on the 15 Bay Area cities expecting the most growth. Topping the list are San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, and cities mostly on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the new housing will benefit people of all income levels remains to be seen. Bay Area cities are drastically behind on their affordable housing goals, and it will take many years to catch up, barring bold action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expanding Public Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407141\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center construction.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transbay Transit Center construction. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bullet train that whisks you from the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco to Los Angeles. A quiet, sleek BART train that runs 24 hours in a second Transbay Tube. A Muni bus that glides from Union Square to the Outer Richmond in a dedicated transit lane. An AC Transit bus that zips you from San Leandro to downtown Oakland. Transportation planners have got some big transit projects in the works, but some will take decades to complete. However, there is some relief on the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bus rapid transit\u003c/strong>: By 2018, the first rapid bus lines in the Bay Area should be up and running in \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/scar-brt\">San Jose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://brt.actransit.org/aboutbrt/maps/\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/van-ness-avenue-bus-rapid-transit-home\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. Bus rapid transit works well because it frees buses from car traffic, allowing them to run faster in their own lanes. Level platforms and easy payment options allow seamless boarding for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/delivery-plan\">BART's $3 billion fleet of the future\u003c/a> will come in installments over several years. The first cars should be running sometime in 2017, but all 775 cars won't be fully integrated into the system until 2021, when the average number of weekday fare-gate exits is expected to increase from 400,000 to 500,000. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/bart/\">BART service \u003c/a>to Silicon Valley should be partially complete by 2017, but it's not expected to extend all the way to downtown San Jose until 2025. \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/12/01/bart-will-study-second-transbay-tube-west-side-extension/\">Building a second Transbay Tube \u003c/a>is gaining\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/mayor-ed-lee-announces-support-for-a-second-bart-transbay-tube/Content?oid=2916966\"> political support\u003c/a>, but is still decades away. While 24-hour service isn't in the foreseeable future, BART has beefed up overnight transbay bus service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10411686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 770px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10411686\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\" alt=\"New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016.\" width=\"770\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png 770w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM-400x176.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016. \u003ccite>((Photo courtesy of the SFMTA))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni: \u003c/strong>The Bay Area's largest transit system is also updating its fleet of buses and trains, and \u003ca href=\"http://muniforward.com/creating-a-rapid-network/\">planning a rapid system\u003c/a> that carries up to 70 percent of passengers. That involves making its most popular lines more reliable and efficient, and street changes that allow buses and trains to run quicker. Big projects include bus rapid transit on Van Ness and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/geary-corridor-bus-rapid-transit-home\">Geary\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralsubwaysf.com/\">Central Subway\u003c/a>, now under construction and expected to start service in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>: Caltrain is planning to electrify its tracks to run smoother, faster, quieter service with a new fleet of electric trains by 2021 that will replace most of its current diesel fleet. That's not much consolation to Caltrain's growing number of riders, but in the meantime it is planning to run longer trains with cars it recently purchased from Metrolink in Southern California, which will also add \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/01/12/caltrain-to-add-third-bike-on-longer-six-car-trains/\">more capacity for riders with bikes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smart: \u003c/strong>North Bay transportation officials are currently constructing the first phase of a 70-mile train and bicycle corridor from Larkspur to Cloverdale known as SMART. The first leg from Santa Rosa to San Rafael is expected to be complete by late 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Safe Streets \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407132\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market St.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market Street \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfbike/5682289311\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area doesn't need another highway boom, but what it does need is a boom in bicycle infrastructure, says Bay Area bike advocate Dave Snyder, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://calbike.org/\">California Bicycle Coalition. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connectivity is key. Building low-stress \u003ca href=\"http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/cycle-tracks/\">protected bike lane \u003c/a>networks around the Bay Area that connect to transit hubs is one way governments can get the best bang for their transportation buck: it's cheaper and healthier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every dollar invested in bike infrastructure comes back to you many times, whereas every dollar invested in transit infrastructure compels further expense in operating. Every dollar invested in motor vehicle infrastructure compels further expense in environmental mitigation and health,\" says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no reason,\" he continues, \"why any agency should be pinching pennies when it comes to bike infrastructure. That's the definition of penny-wise and pound-foolish.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Bay Area transportation agencies do have new funding to improve street safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, thanks to voter-approved funding measures in Alameda County and San Francisco. That money will help fix potholes and redesign streets that are hostile to people biking and walking. Similar measures may eventually go before voters in other Bay Area counties, says Hobson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, no city or county except Alameda has the funding to actually build out a 21st century bike network over the next 10 years or more, says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Process \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting transit and safe streets projects approved, funded and built in the Bay Area can be a big challenge. Projects face opposition and get watered down. Or sometimes they become mired in bureaucracy, and sit on shelves for years until transportation officials have the political capital to move them forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Folks say they want things but then there’s a whole host of people who say they don’t, and the big challenge in the Bay Area is to try to find a consensus where people can reasonably agree, even though we’re always going to have lawsuits and difficulties,\" says Rentschler of the MTC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the bottom line: Change will come in increments, but it will take many years to get our transportation system into the 21st century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Curious about the boom/bust cycle that is reshaping the Bay Area? Check out our \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/boomtown\" target=\"_blank\">Boomtown series\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Getting there is going to take a long time, a ton of money and lots of political will.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright noborder\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ViRhsrJIythN0WMOJByhB7a9PpZI5c0YLz2ldvdg0YY/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"370\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The Bay Area has the most robust transit system west of the Mississippi, and we need to build on that strength,\" says Jeff Hobson, deputy director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/\">TransForm\u003c/a>. \"We need to use our existing infrastructure better because that’s the cheapest way of serving more people, that’s the most cost-effective way of serving more people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirms traffic congestion has gone up in the last six months, a sign the economy is booming. Traffic on the Bay Bridge is the highest it's ever been, while highway congestion across the region has remained relatively steady over the years. There's not going to be a quick fix to the Bay Area's traffic woes akin to the highway boom of the 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don’t want to build our way out of this crisis,\" says Randy Rentschler, the MTC's legislative and public affairs director. \"We need some strategic investment, we do. We need to fix some highways, we do. We need to widen some, fix some interchanges, we do. But we don’t want it to be what we are only doing here in the Bay Area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Express Lane Network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10406366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 730px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/pdfs/expresslanefactsheet_103013.pdf\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10406366\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035.\" width=\"730\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM.png 730w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-14-at-4.39.25-PM-400x327.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation officials envision a 550-mile network of express toll lanes by 2035. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way transportation planners want to help ease the commute for drivers is by building a 550-mile network of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtcexpresslanes.org/projects/express_lanes/\">express toll lanes\u003c/a>, not expected to be completed until 2035. In express lanes, solo drivers pay fluctuating FasTrak tolls based on traffic while carpools, vanpools, buses and other eligible vehicles use them for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will take a few decades to complete the network, but \u003ca href=\"http://bayareaexpresslanes.org/map/#\">work is underway. \u003c/a>There are now express lanes on southbound Interstate 680 between Sunol and San Jose, and on State Route 237 between Milpitas and San Jose. Two new lanes are being constructed on Interstate 580 between Livermore and Dublin. Chris Tann can expect an express route on Highway 85 sometime in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, express lanes don't benefit every solo driver. They benefit those who can pay. TransForm, which advocates giving people of all income levels more options to get around, has urged MTC to consider ways for low-income drivers to get discounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.transformca.org/resource/moving-people-not-just-cars\">a 2013 report\u003c/a>, TransForm suggests \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">toll money be used to expand bus service, instead of building more highway lanes. Existing lanes could be converted to express routes, the report says. \u003c/span>The money could then be used to ramp up a network of public transit buses that would use the same express lanes, and move more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building Housing By Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407128\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13881_20150102_boomtown_rwc_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction cranes loom near Redwood City's train station. \u003ccite>(James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Tann is like a lot of commuters in Silicon Valley who don't live close to work, and for whom a bus or train is not always an easy option. The built environment encourages people to drive. Private tech shuttles are one response to the lack of convenient, reliable transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://planbayarea.org/plan-bay-area.html\">Plan Bay Area\u003c/a>, which provides a long-range transportation and housing vision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, encourages new housing along transit corridors so people have the option of taking a bus or train, instead of driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of new housing production will be focused on the 15 Bay Area cities expecting the most growth. Topping the list are San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, and cities mostly on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the new housing will benefit people of all income levels remains to be seen. Bay Area cities are drastically behind on their affordable housing goals, and it will take many years to catch up, barring bold action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expanding Public Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407141\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center construction.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/10898_transform.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transbay Transit Center construction. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bullet train that whisks you from the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco to Los Angeles. A quiet, sleek BART train that runs 24 hours in a second Transbay Tube. A Muni bus that glides from Union Square to the Outer Richmond in a dedicated transit lane. An AC Transit bus that zips you from San Leandro to downtown Oakland. Transportation planners have got some big transit projects in the works, but some will take decades to complete. However, there is some relief on the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bus rapid transit\u003c/strong>: By 2018, the first rapid bus lines in the Bay Area should be up and running in \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/scar-brt\">San Jose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://brt.actransit.org/aboutbrt/maps/\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/van-ness-avenue-bus-rapid-transit-home\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. Bus rapid transit works well because it frees buses from car traffic, allowing them to run faster in their own lanes. Level platforms and easy payment options allow seamless boarding for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/delivery-plan\">BART's $3 billion fleet of the future\u003c/a> will come in installments over several years. The first cars should be running sometime in 2017, but all 775 cars won't be fully integrated into the system until 2021, when the average number of weekday fare-gate exits is expected to increase from 400,000 to 500,000. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/bart/\">BART service \u003c/a>to Silicon Valley should be partially complete by 2017, but it's not expected to extend all the way to downtown San Jose until 2025. \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/12/01/bart-will-study-second-transbay-tube-west-side-extension/\">Building a second Transbay Tube \u003c/a>is gaining\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/mayor-ed-lee-announces-support-for-a-second-bart-transbay-tube/Content?oid=2916966\"> political support\u003c/a>, but is still decades away. While 24-hour service isn't in the foreseeable future, BART has beefed up overnight transbay bus service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10411686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 770px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10411686\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png\" alt=\"New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016.\" width=\"770\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM.png 770w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-20-at-1.38.53-PM-400x176.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Muni trains made by Siemens are expected to begin arriving in 2016. \u003ccite>((Photo courtesy of the SFMTA))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni: \u003c/strong>The Bay Area's largest transit system is also updating its fleet of buses and trains, and \u003ca href=\"http://muniforward.com/creating-a-rapid-network/\">planning a rapid system\u003c/a> that carries up to 70 percent of passengers. That involves making its most popular lines more reliable and efficient, and street changes that allow buses and trains to run quicker. Big projects include bus rapid transit on Van Ness and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcta.org/delivering-transportation-projects/geary-corridor-bus-rapid-transit-home\">Geary\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralsubwaysf.com/\">Central Subway\u003c/a>, now under construction and expected to start service in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>: Caltrain is planning to electrify its tracks to run smoother, faster, quieter service with a new fleet of electric trains by 2021 that will replace most of its current diesel fleet. That's not much consolation to Caltrain's growing number of riders, but in the meantime it is planning to run longer trains with cars it recently purchased from Metrolink in Southern California, which will also add \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/01/12/caltrain-to-add-third-bike-on-longer-six-car-trains/\">more capacity for riders with bikes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smart: \u003c/strong>North Bay transportation officials are currently constructing the first phase of a 70-mile train and bicycle corridor from Larkspur to Cloverdale known as SMART. The first leg from Santa Rosa to San Rafael is expected to be complete by late 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Safe Streets \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10407132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10407132\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market St.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-scr.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclists ride on green bike lanes on Market Street \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfbike/5682289311\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area doesn't need another highway boom, but what it does need is a boom in bicycle infrastructure, says Bay Area bike advocate Dave Snyder, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://calbike.org/\">California Bicycle Coalition. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connectivity is key. Building low-stress \u003ca href=\"http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/cycle-tracks/\">protected bike lane \u003c/a>networks around the Bay Area that connect to transit hubs is one way governments can get the best bang for their transportation buck: it's cheaper and healthier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every dollar invested in bike infrastructure comes back to you many times, whereas every dollar invested in transit infrastructure compels further expense in operating. Every dollar invested in motor vehicle infrastructure compels further expense in environmental mitigation and health,\" says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no reason,\" he continues, \"why any agency should be pinching pennies when it comes to bike infrastructure. That's the definition of penny-wise and pound-foolish.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Bay Area transportation agencies do have new funding to improve street safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, thanks to voter-approved funding measures in Alameda County and San Francisco. That money will help fix potholes and redesign streets that are hostile to people biking and walking. Similar measures may eventually go before voters in other Bay Area counties, says Hobson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, no city or county except Alameda has the funding to actually build out a 21st century bike network over the next 10 years or more, says Snyder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Process \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting transit and safe streets projects approved, funded and built in the Bay Area can be a big challenge. Projects face opposition and get watered down. Or sometimes they become mired in bureaucracy, and sit on shelves for years until transportation officials have the political capital to move them forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Folks say they want things but then there’s a whole host of people who say they don’t, and the big challenge in the Bay Area is to try to find a consensus where people can reasonably agree, even though we’re always going to have lawsuits and difficulties,\" says Rentschler of the MTC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the bottom line: Change will come in increments, but it will take many years to get our transportation system into the 21st century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Protesters succeeded in briefly shutting down the San Mateo Bridge late Monday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol, causing a massive traffic backup. At least a dozen demonstrators were detained. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/01/19/protesters-block-traffic-on-bridge\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Weekly\u003c/a> is reporting the demonstrators were part of a \"Reclaim MLK\" rally and were made up of \"more than 100 Stanford University students and community members.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hordes of protesters blocked the westbound side of the bridge for 28 minutes to symbolize the fact that every 28 hours a black person is killed by a police officer or vigilante, organizers said,\" the paper reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kron4.com/2015/01/19/protesters-block-westbound-lanes-on-san-mateo-bridge/\" target=\"_blank\">Video\u003c/a> from KRON 4 earlier this evening:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiTElOIiwicCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJ2IjoiNDIwMDAzIiwicGx1Z2lucyI6eyJkZnAiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%2Fc3o9MXgxMDAwJml1PS81Njc4L21nLktST04vbmV3cy9iYXktYXJlYS9wcm90ZXN0ZXJzLWJsb2NrLXdlc3Rib3VuZC1sYW5lcy1vbi1zYW4tbWF0ZW8tYnJpZGdlL2RldGFpbCZjaXVfc3pzPTMwMHgyNTAmZ2RmcF9yZXE9MSZlbnY9dnAmb3V0cHV0PXhtbF92YXN0MiZhZF9ydWxlPTEifSwiYW5hbHl0aWNzIjp7InBkYiI6Ijk5OTI0MDMwIn0sIm9tbml0dXJlIjp7InByb2ZpbGUiOiJMSU4iLCJhY2NvdW50IjoibGludHZrcm9uLGRwc2dsb2JhbCIsInRyYWNraW5nU2VydmVyIjoibGludHYuMTIyLjJvNy5uZXQifX19\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier posts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Update, 5:30 p.m.:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CHP_GoldenGate/status/557348842450849792\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/GasiaKTVU/status/557349881967153153\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 511.org:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Westbound CA-92 is blocked at the High Rise on the San Mateo bridge due to a demonstration. Motorists are advised to expect delays and to avoid the area. There is no estimated time for re-opening the roadway.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From NBC Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>CHP said about two dozen protesters got onto the bridge and blocked both directions around the mid-span. Officials said the eastbound lanes have reopened, but westbound lanes remained closed due to the protest.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the Chronicle:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A group of people describing themselves as Stanford students blocked westbound traffic on the San Mateo Bridge minutes before 5 p.m. on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television footage showed officers making arrests soon after the students, carrying banners and a Palestinian flag, took to the bridge. Protesters said they hoped to shut down traffic for 28 minutes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/live/\" target=\"_blank\">watch live\u003c/a> at ABC 7 News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check \u003ca href=\"http://traffic.511.org/LatestNews\" target=\"_blank\">511.org\u003c/a> for the latest information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in Oakland, several planned protests occurred on Monday, according to the city's police department. In one especially big demonstration, about 1,500 people marched from Fruitvale BART Station to the Coliseum BART Station in a largely peaceful event, police said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coliseum BART Station and airport connector were briefly closed, thwarting the departure of some fans after the Warriors basketball game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirmed Friday morning what many of you knew — getting on the Bay Bridge is pretty damn hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average speed from U.S. 101 to Treasure Island at the peak of the evening commute was just 4 mph in 2013, according to a new MTC report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The most notable is Interstate 80 going to the Bay Bridge. There's only so much space on that road. It's not going to get any bigger, so it's incumbent upon us to use the capacity to the best that we can,\" said MTC spokesman Randy Rentschler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, people in the Bay Area are spending more time in traffic than they were in 2010. MTC defines a \"congested delay\" as time spent in traffic moving at speeds of 35 mph or less. The average commuter spent 2.6 minutes in congestion in 2014, a 37 percent increase over the 1.9 minutes in congestion in 2010. This marks the Bay Area’s highest level of congested delay on a per-commuter basis in at least 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased traffic is also a sign of the Bay's booming economy and rising housing prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can certainly see that on Interstate 580 westbound in the morning. That roadway is No. 6 on the Bay Area's congested list and a lot of those people don't even live in Alameda County. They live in, let's say, San Joaquin or Tracy and places farther afield,\" Rentschler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The afternoon and evening are the worst times to commute throughout the Bay Area. Three of the 10 most congested commutes were in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are coming home in a narrower period of time on the way home, and so it makes that P.M. commute out of San Francisco the No. 1 most congested place in the Bay Area,\" Rentschler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the MTC conduced a comprehensive study of transit delays was in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The 10 Most Congested Corridors\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>80 East:\u003c/strong> US-101 to east of Treasure Island Tunnel on the Bay Bridge from 1:25 to 8:30 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>880 South:\u003c/strong> I-238 to Dixon Landing Road from 6:35 to 10:35 A.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>101 South:\u003c/strong> Fair Oaks Avenue to 13th Street/Oakland Road from 2:45 to 8:05 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>80 West:\u003c/strong> West of CA-4 to Powell Street from 6:35 to 10:20 A.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>680 North:\u003c/strong> Bollinger Canyon Road to Treat Boulevard from 3:30 to 7 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>580 West:\u003c/strong> San Joaquin County line to Fallon Road from 5:15 to 9:20 A.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>680 North:\u003c/strong> CA-262/Mission Boulevard to CA-84/Calaveras Road from 3 to 7:55 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>80 East:\u003c/strong> West Grand Avenue to Gilman Street from 3:15 to 7:25 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>24 East:\u003c/strong> 27th Street to Wilder Road from 3:25 to 7:15 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>101 North:\u003c/strong> Woodside Road to Hillsdale Boulevard from 3:20 to 7:50 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://files.mtc.ca.gov/pdf/congestion/top_50_congested_2013.pdf\">View the full list\u003c/a> (pdf)\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Golden Gate Bridge is going to be closed this weekend for the first time since 1987, and no amount of pleading that you \u003cem>totally\u003c/em> forgot is going to gain you access, so start making alternate plans. The bridge is being shut down in order to install a movable median barrier that will separate northbound and southbound traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Bridge Closure at a Glance\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Parking lots close at 8 p.m. Friday\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Access roads close at 11 p.m. Friday\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bridge closes at 12:01 a.m. Saturday\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bridge reopens at 4 a.m. Monday\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>East sidewalk still open for biking and walking\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Alternate travel\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengatetransit.org/schedules/current/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Transit buses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/mmb_closure_ferry.php\">Golden Gate Ferry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bay+Bridge,+San+Francisco,+CA/@37.8035934,-122.3206532,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80857ff62346d6e1:0x21139edd71dd8d24!5m1!1e1\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Bridge\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Richmond-San+Rafael+Bridge,+Richmond,+CA/@37.9417249,-122.4196457,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80859c9f18aa8515:0x5831359265792e15!5m1!1e1\" target=\"_blank\">Richmond-San Rafael Bridge\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>If you're a pedestrian or bicyclist, the bridge's east sidewalk will remain open for those less-mechanized modes of travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridge District spokeswoman Priya Clemens says tonight's closure will happen in phases:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rodeo Avenue offramp on southbound Highway 101 is already closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridge parking lots will close at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Access roads will shut down at 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge itself will be off-limits starting at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But really you don't want to be anywhere in the area from 10:30 or 11 on, because you could get stuck,\" said Clemens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge will reopen Monday at 4 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/mmb_closure.php\" target=\"_blank\">schedule of road closures\u003c/a> around the bridge:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 align=\"left\">\u003c/h3>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp align=\"left\">\u003cstrong>North End of the Golden Gate Bridge - Friday, Jan. 9\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>At 8 a.m.\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Southbound Hwy 101 offramp at Rodeo Avenue (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_rodeoavenue.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>At 8 p.m.\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Parking lots at north end of bridge (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_northendlots.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alexander Avenue at Conzelman (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_northendlots.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>At 11:30 p.m.\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Southbound Hwy 101 at Marin City (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_marincity.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Southbound Hwy 101 onramp at Spencer Avenue (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_spenceravenue.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Southbound Hwy 101 onramp at Alexander Avenue (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_alexanderavenue.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Northbound Hwy 101 onramp at Alexander Avenue (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_alexanderavenue.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South End of the Golden Gate Bridge - Friday, Jan. 9\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>At 8 p.m.\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Parking lots at south end of the bridge (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_southend.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>At 11:30 p.m.\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Northbound Hwy 101 at Marina Boulevard & Richardson Avenue (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_marina.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Northbound Hwy 1 at Lake Street (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_lake.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>At 11:45 p.m.\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Northbound Hwy 101 offramp at Merchant Road (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_southend.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Southbound Hwy 101 offramp at Merchant Road (\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/images/mmb_map_southend.jpg\">see map\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27285605/weekend-golden-gate-bridge-closure-will-make-it\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Independent Journal\u003c/a> has some more-specific closure info for southbound drivers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Marin residents driving south on Highway 101 will encounter the closure at the Marin City/Sausalito off-ramp. Lanes will taper down beginning just south of the East Blithedale/Tiburon Boulevard exit and continue to Marin City, where all traffic will be forced to exit. People wanting to get to Sausalito will have to take Bridgeway into and out of town. All other on-ramps/off-ramps will be closed out of Sausalito.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alternate Travel\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit buses\u003c/strong> will still offer service across the bridge. \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatetransit.org/schedules/current/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for weekend current bus schedules\u003c/a>. Routes 10 and 17 & late-night Route 70 trips will \u003cstrong>NOT\u003c/strong> operate in Sausalito. Use free shuttle and make all connections in Marin City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry:\u003c/strong> Added early-morning to late-night service on Larkspur Ferry. Late-night service added to Sausalito Ferry weekend schedules. \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/mmb_closure_ferry.php\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for ferry schedules\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Richmond- San Rafael Bridge\u003c/strong>: To see what traffic's like on the bridge, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Richmond-San+Rafael+Bridge,+Richmond,+CA/@37.9330009,-122.4130528,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80859c9f18aa8515:0x5831359265792e15!5m1!1e1\" target=\"_blank\">click on this Google Map\u003c/a>. A Caltrans spokesman told the Marin Independent Journal that the Golden Gate Bridge closure will mean lots of extra vehicles on this alternate route to and from the North Bay. \"We expect it to be as busy as it is during the work week,\" Bob Haus said. \"People should leave extra time to get where they are going.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So Long \"Suicide Lane\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're feeling particularly inconvenienced, know that the bridge is being closed for a good reason: to replace the plastic pylons that now separate northbound and southbound traffic with a movable, 1-foot wide median barrier that bridge officials say will \"virtually eliminate crossover collisions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some locals have grimly dubbed the lanes closest to oncoming traffic the \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Median-Barrier-OKd-for-Golden-Gate-Bridge-3005578.php\" target=\"_blank\">suicide lane\u003c/a>\" because of all the accidents involving vehicles crossing over onto the wrong side of the pylons. The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Movable-median-barrier-coming-to-Golden-Gate-5501070.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a> in May that of the 36 people who have been killed in accidents on the bridge since 1970, 16 died in crossover collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last fatality on the bridge, however, occurred in 2001, and the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District says the accident rate has been significantly reduced since the 1980s due to the reduction in speed limit over the bridge to 45 mph, wider driving lanes and increased traffic enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(To hear about the effects of a nonfatal head-on collision on the bridge, listen to Mina Kim's \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/states-of-grace-documents-roller-coaster-healing-process\" target=\"_blank\">interview\u003c/a> earlier this week with Dr. Grace Damman, who survived one with another vehicle driven by someone who fell asleep at the wheel. Damann, who lobbied for the new median, is the subject of the documentary \"\u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/26124168\" target=\"_blank\">States of Grace\u003c/a>.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The New Barrier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how the district describes the new traffic division system that's being put in place:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The barrier will be installed on the 1.7-mile-long Bridge and on the approach portion of Highway 101, north of the Golden Gate Bridge, starting at Alexander Avenue. Using transfer machines, the barrier will be moved several times a day to create more lanes in a particular direction to accommodate variable traffic demands such as the morning and evening commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new merge will be very different for southbound vehicles. Where drivers currently merge from left to right, the new merge will be from right to left. In addition, the speed limit will be dropped to 45 miles per hour from the current 55 miles per hour on the descent down the Waldo Grade. Lastly, with the installation of the barrier, the two inside lanes will lose 6-inches of width. Getting used to driving next to the barrier may take some adjustment for some drivers, and the District advises motorists to take it slow and get used to the new driving conditions.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The movable media barrier system consists of approximately 13,340 feet of 12-inch-wide and 32-inch-high \"steel-clad units filled with high-density concrete tightly pinned together to form a semi-rigid median barrier,\" the district says, plus two barrier transfer machines, aka zipper trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The projects will cost about $30.3 million, the district says. About 19 percent of that will come from toll revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/115360942\" target=\"_blank\">animated video\u003c/a> of what the new configuration will look like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[vimeo 115360942 w=500 h=281]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Lanes will taper down beginning just south of the East Blithedale/Tiburon Boulevard exit and continue to Marin City, where all traffic will be forced to exit. People wanting to get to Sausalito will have to take Bridgeway into and out of town. All other on-ramps/off-ramps will be closed out of Sausalito.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alternate Travel\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit buses\u003c/strong> will still offer service across the bridge. \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatetransit.org/schedules/current/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for weekend current bus schedules\u003c/a>. Routes 10 and 17 & late-night Route 70 trips will \u003cstrong>NOT\u003c/strong> operate in Sausalito. Use free shuttle and make all connections in Marin City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry:\u003c/strong> Added early-morning to late-night service on Larkspur Ferry. Late-night service added to Sausalito Ferry weekend schedules. \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/bridge/mmb_closure_ferry.php\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for ferry schedules\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Richmond- San Rafael Bridge\u003c/strong>: To see what traffic's like on the bridge, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Richmond-San+Rafael+Bridge,+Richmond,+CA/@37.9330009,-122.4130528,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80859c9f18aa8515:0x5831359265792e15!5m1!1e1\" target=\"_blank\">click on this Google Map\u003c/a>. A Caltrans spokesman told the Marin Independent Journal that the Golden Gate Bridge closure will mean lots of extra vehicles on this alternate route to and from the North Bay. \"We expect it to be as busy as it is during the work week,\" Bob Haus said. \"People should leave extra time to get where they are going.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So Long \"Suicide Lane\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're feeling particularly inconvenienced, know that the bridge is being closed for a good reason: to replace the plastic pylons that now separate northbound and southbound traffic with a movable, 1-foot wide median barrier that bridge officials say will \"virtually eliminate crossover collisions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some locals have grimly dubbed the lanes closest to oncoming traffic the \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Median-Barrier-OKd-for-Golden-Gate-Bridge-3005578.php\" target=\"_blank\">suicide lane\u003c/a>\" because of all the accidents involving vehicles crossing over onto the wrong side of the pylons. The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Movable-median-barrier-coming-to-Golden-Gate-5501070.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a> in May that of the 36 people who have been killed in accidents on the bridge since 1970, 16 died in crossover collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last fatality on the bridge, however, occurred in 2001, and the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District says the accident rate has been significantly reduced since the 1980s due to the reduction in speed limit over the bridge to 45 mph, wider driving lanes and increased traffic enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(To hear about the effects of a nonfatal head-on collision on the bridge, listen to Mina Kim's \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/states-of-grace-documents-roller-coaster-healing-process\" target=\"_blank\">interview\u003c/a> earlier this week with Dr. Grace Damman, who survived one with another vehicle driven by someone who fell asleep at the wheel. Damann, who lobbied for the new median, is the subject of the documentary \"\u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/26124168\" target=\"_blank\">States of Grace\u003c/a>.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The New Barrier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how the district describes the new traffic division system that's being put in place:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The barrier will be installed on the 1.7-mile-long Bridge and on the approach portion of Highway 101, north of the Golden Gate Bridge, starting at Alexander Avenue. Using transfer machines, the barrier will be moved several times a day to create more lanes in a particular direction to accommodate variable traffic demands such as the morning and evening commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new merge will be very different for southbound vehicles. Where drivers currently merge from left to right, the new merge will be from right to left. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown began his fourth term as governor by acting on a promise to bring a bullet train to California, signing a symbolic piece of railroad track at a groundbreaking ceremony held on an empty lot in downtown Fresno Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown was flanked by construction workers in hard hats and college students who’ve started a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/iwilllridehsr\">Twitter campaign\u003c/a> promoting the bullet train. They were some of the 1,200 guests invited to the groundbreaking, including officials from Japanese National Railways, which has operated its \u003ca href=\"http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018.html\">Shinkansen\u003c/a> high-speed rail service for half a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/184934593\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all the people applauding him and the planned train system, Brown knows there are plenty of critics who would like to derail the plan. He tackled those concerns right off the bat, saying that initially he, too, had doubts about the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\" 'Cause I wasn’t quite sure where the hell are we going to get the rest of the money. But we’re going to get it. Don’t worry about it,” Brown said, as some in the audience chuckled. “We’re going to get it. 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It’s the one city in the San Joaquin Valley that has actively welcomed the bullet train and its promise of construction jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just across the street from the ceremony, Fresno city planners and rail officials took reporters on a tour of the lot where they plan to build downtown Fresno’s bullet train station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fresno was founded as a railroad town. The Victorian building behind you was the train station site where this town was started, and so we’re hoping this new facility will be the rebirth of a new Fresno,” said city planner \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/plannerdanzack\">Dan Zack,\u003c/a> pointing to a recently demolished building that was once a raisin-packing factory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other counties and cities in the Central Valley have criticized high-speed rail’s impact on farmland and its ballooning price tag. 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"content": "\u003cp>As AC Transit begins construction on \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/planning-focus/your-guide-to-bus-rapid-transit/brt-in-the-east-bay/\" target=\"_blank\">Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Boulevard_%28Oakland,_California%29\" target=\"_blank\">International Boulevard\u003c/a> in Oakland, we wanted to take a moment to consider the impact of the new transit design on one population that relies heavily on the bus system: seniors, particularly low-income seniors, many of whom travel along this corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One commonly voiced fear about the new BRT line is that better transit will raise \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/06/oakland-real-estate-prices-surge-for-a-second-year-still-below-2007-peak/\" target=\"_blank\">real estate prices\u003c/a> in an area of historically lower-income residents. 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You have to use the app between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. to qualify. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/about-us/community/safe-and-sober/\" target=\"_blank\">The Safe and Sober program\u003c/a> will also offer free taxi rides, via Luxor Cab, after 10 p.m. Call (415) 282-4141 to get a cab and tell the driver \"The ride is on Berg Injury Lawyers.\" Rides are capped at $35, and they will pick you up only from a restaurant, hotel or bar downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And AAA Northern California is offering a free \"tipsy tow\" service, open to all Bay Area drivers regardless of AAA membership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 6 p.m. New Year's Eve to 6 a.m. New Year's Day, drivers who have been drinking can call (800) 222-4357 (AAA-HELP) and ask for a tipsy tow and dispatchers will send a tow truck to their location. Advance reservations are not available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service includes a one-way ride for the driver and vehicle to the driver's home, up to 10 miles away from the point of pick-up. Additional passengers, however, will be accommodated only if the there is room in the tow truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2014/news20141219\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will not be offering free rides, but the trains will run every 20 minutes until 3 a.m. After 8 p.m., BART will use a pattern of skipping stops, with Pittsburgh/Bay Point trains not stopping at Embarcadero and Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont lines skipping Montgomery Station. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2014/news20141219\" target=\"_blank\">Check the full timetable\u003c/a>. Pro tip: Buy your return ticket in advance, so you don't have to wait in long lines later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">Muni\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again this year, SF Muni will offer free rides from 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. Do NOT use your Clipper Card. There will also be extra Owl service, and Muni Metro service between West Portal and Embarcadero will be extended until 4 a.m. To see a full list of extended routes and schedules, check \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">the Muni website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.meetdowntownoak.com/shuttle.php\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Oakland's free shuttle\u003c/a> (operated by AC Transit) will be running until 1 a.m. on New Year's Eve. Catch it every 10-15 minutes between Jack London Square and 27th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of AC Transit will not be free and will be operating on a normal schedule. Check out the expanded \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/allnighter/\" target=\"_blank\">All Nighter service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/newsletterandnotices/Notices/Caltrain_Service_for_Upcoming_Holidays.html\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Catch Caltrain for free starting at 8 p.m. There will be extra departures leaving San Francisco and headed south at 12:45 a.m., 1:15 a.m., 1:45 a.m., and 2:15 a.m. (And then in the morning, you'll have to pay again.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/schedulesandmaps/holidayservice.html\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rides will be free from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/News-and-Media/Connect-with-VTA/VTA-Has-Special-Holiday-Schedules-Free-Service-on-New-Years-Eve#.VJSCMV4AA\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>VTA\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will be offering free rides from 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve to 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. 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"content": "\u003cp>There's a battle for riders in San Francisco between the taxi industry and ride-service companies like Uber and Lyft, and it's heating up in time for New Year's Eve, expected to be one of the busiest nights of the year for the warring vehicle-for-hire industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, a growing number of people are choosing ride-service companies over taxis. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/09/17/2014/taxi_rides_san_francisco\" target=\"_blank\">report from San Francisco taxi officials\u003c/a> this fall showed taxi rides in the city are down by more than 60 percent over the last year, and many taxi drivers blame ride-service companies for the decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft are expected to charge higher-than-normal prices New Year's Eve as part of a practice called surge pricing, when passengers can pay several times the amount of a usual ride when demand outstrips supply. The ride services say this encourages extra drivers to hit the streets. In fact, Uber announced on Tuesday that an average ride at 2 a.m. could be more than $100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>P\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/magazine/is-ubers-surge-pricing-an-example-of-high-tech-gouging.html\" target=\"_blank\">eople don't always like the final cost\u003c/a> of an Uber ride incurred during surge pricing. This New Year's Eve, taxis are hoping to grab those disgruntled customers with discounted or free rides. Flywheel, an app for hailing taxis, is offering a $10 flat rate for rides booked on the app between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. Rides more than $50 will be charged the metered balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel CFO Oneal Bhambani calls his app a bet on the taxi industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People will come back to Flywheel not for the $10 rides, they'll come back to Flywheel: a) because it's safe, b) it's always there, at 5 p.m. when you're coming home from work it's available, it's availabe during times of low demand and it's available at a predictable price,\" Bhambani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Gillespie is the president and general manager of Yellow Cab, one of the largest taxi companies in San Francisco. He says hundreds of his drivers use Flywheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's a great move just to go to the public and say surge pricing isn't a necessity, and we're here to serve the public without gouging them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gillespie also says companies like his need to change to keep up with Uber and Lyft, so he's focusing more on customer service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a project where we've been doing things to do extra service to maintain our taxis, whether it be through cleaning them, replacing the seats, (the) kind of stuff that we've always done. But we've really stepped it up to make sure that we're providing a good product to the riding public.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also says they're working to improve service to the outer edges of the city, although he says the bigger problem with that is too few taxis on the road, a common complaint among cab companies, which make their money from renting cabs to drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An even better deal for some cab passengers: Luxor is offering free rides anywhere within San Francisco on New Year's Eve courtesy of a personal injury firm, as long as the ride is booked through its dispatcher and you are picked up from a restaurant, hotel or bar downtown. Luxor's dispatch number is (415) 282-4141.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Uber and Lyft will donate a percentage of their New Year's Eve profits to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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