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Border War Brewing Over San Francisco Toll Plan
REDWOOD CITY (KCBS / AP) — A border war is brewing that threatens to make the trip between San Francisco and San Mateo County very expensive. Angry over a San Francisco proposal to impose a congestion...
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Demolition Begins On Notoriously Bad San Jose Interchange
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Relief is in sight for a bottleneck that plagues drivers on Highway 101 through San Jose. Caltrans has started work on a $45 million project to relieve gridlock at the off-ramp. The...
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San Francisco Likely To Keep Traffic Restrictions On Market Street
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A pilot program to restrict the number of cars on Market Street between Sixth Street and Tenth Street seems destined to become permanent. Over the objections of some business...
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Bay Area Remains A Leader In Traffic Congestion
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Traffic congestion across the nation was up 11 percent over the last year, with the Bay Area remaining one of the main culprits. San Francisco ranks sixth in terms of most...
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Road Improvement In Brentwood Promises Traffic Relief, Economic Boost
BRENTWOOD (KCBS)— A dusty corner off Highway 4 in Brentwood attracted some high level attention Monday. Some elected leaders were there to celebrate a project they say will produce jobs and money for...
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Highway 101 Project Expected To Ease Peninsula Commute
MENLO PARK (KCBS) – Ground has been broken on a major project on Highway 101 in San Mateo County, which will bring some much needed traffic congestion relief to Peninsula commuters. Caltrans, the San...
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Key Downtown San Jose Street Opens To 2-Way Traffic
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Crews were out early re-striping St. James Street in San Jose on Thursday, the culmination of a 30-year fight by residents to see the heavily-used thoroughfare converted to a two-way...
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City CarShare Acquires 11 Parking Spaces in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— San Francisco’s latest efforts to reduce traffic congestion involves a car sharing non profit that hopes to free up to 15 private car street-parking spots off the streets. It’s a...
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Toll Lanes To Ease Silicon Valley Traffic Congestion
SAN JOSE (KCBS)— The interchange between highways 880 and 237 in north San Jose and Milpitas is considered one of the most clogged commuter areas in Silicon Valley. But relief could soon be headed that...
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Wasted Time In Traffic Costs Commuters $121B; Bay Area Among Worst
AUSTIN, Texas (CBS SF/AP) – An annual study of national driving patterns shows that Americans spent 5.5 billion additional hours sitting in traffic in 2011, and Bay Area roads are among the most...
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Phil Matier: Bay Area Express Lane Network Plan Picking Up Steam
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Transportation planners are moving forward on the first phase of a major regional project to create a network of express lanes along Bay Area highways. Transit planners are...
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SF Shop Owners, Bike Advocates Battle Over Polk Street Bike Lane Proposal
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco’s Polk Street is filled with restaurants, bars and shops and a new transportation plan is drawing the line between merchants and bike advocates. Polk Street is due...
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Caltrans Warns Drivers About Construction Near Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
RICHMOND (CBS SF) – Motorists crossing the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge were being told to brace for months of delays because of lane changes to accommodate work for replacing the westbound bridge decks,...
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Worst Of Bridge Closure Gridlock Appears To Be In Rearview Mirror
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Perhaps never before has the term “Friday light” sounded so good to Bay Area commuters. After what was a challenging Thursday for many in the region, struggling to get to and...
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MTC Chief Says Traffic On New Bay Bridge Will Improve
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger said Wednesday that traffic on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge continues to be slow but he expects it...
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Supervisor Calls For Increased Enforcement Of San Francisco’s Double Parking...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Vehicles double parked on San Francisco’s streets should be the target of more enforcement by parking control and police officers, a city supervisor said at a hearing held...
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49ers Work To Ease Worries Of Neighbors Ahead On New Stadium Opening
SUNNYVALE (KCBS) – With the opening of the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium in Santa Clara fast approaching, the team is reaching out to surrounding communities, who have expressed concerns about...
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Phil Matier: BART Riders May Experience Sticker Shock Soon
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Come next year, BART riders may be in for a case of sticker shock as a fare increase goes into effect. Fares are set to go up more than five percent starting in January. The transit...
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KCBS Cover Story: SF Officials Making Traffic Congestion Plans For San...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Transportation officials have been planning for waterfront development in San Francisco for years, well before the recent news of the Golden State Warriors purchasing land in the...
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Bay Area Residents Say Housing, Traffic Problems Reaching ‘Crisis’ Level In...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Most Bay Area residents belive the region’s high cost of housing and increasing congestion on local roadways are reaching “crisis” levels, according to a new poll released...
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Silicon Valley’s Transportation Tax For Alleviating Traffic Remains Gridlocked
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — Traffic relief in Silicon Valley will have to wait now that a half cent transportation tax has been delayed until the 2016 election. “We know when to press ahead when the...
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New Tech Making It Easier To Find Parking In Palo Alto
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — New technology could make it easier to find a parking space in Palo Alto with an idea to give drivers information about open spaces in city garages. At certain times of the day,...
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I-880 Ramps Open In San Jose, Bringing Traffic Relief To Santa Clara Valley...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — There’s traffic relief for many drivers in Santa Clara Valley now that two of three new ramps are opening at the Interstate 880 Stevens Creek Blvd. Interchange in San Jose. The...
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Is Traffic Congestion in San Francisco Really Improving? One Study Says It Is
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— A study by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) shows car traffic has dropped in San Francisco in recent years, despite economic boom and the growing...
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San Francisco Ranks 2nd For Worst Traffic In The U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco has the second worst traffic in the country, just behind Los Angeles, according to a website that measures congestion levels in urban cities. The TomTom Traffic...
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Reservation System Proposed For Visitors To Muir Woods
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_1806201518430319580AA.mp4 MILL VALLEY (CBS SF) – Muir Woods National Monument normally draws a million visitors a year, leading to crowded parking and...
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MTC Partners With Waze To Ease Traffic Congestion
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The agency responsible for helping plan and finance the Bay Area’s transportation systems is teaming up with a tech company that crowdsources real-time traffic information in...
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San Francisco Considers Imposing A Fee On Every Uber, Lyft Ride
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim is calling for the city to consider imposing a fee on trips using ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to help pay for congestion...
View ArticleReport Links Increased San Francisco Traffic Congestion To Uber, Lyft
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A new report released by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Tuesday linked a rise in traffic congestion in the city to ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft....
View ArticleCA State Senator Suggests Rush Hour Fee To Cut Down City Congestion
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — State Senator Scott Wiener has an idea that will likely prove to be wildly unpopular: congestion pricing. “We already have a form of congestion pricing. If you cross the Bay...
View ArticleBay Area Commuters Spending 100+ Hours A Year In Traffic, Study Finds
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – In what should come as no surprise to commuters on the Bay Area’s congested roads, a new study finds the region is again among the worst in the nation, with drivers spending...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mayor’s Plan To Ease Congestion Could Cost Drivers Money
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s board of directors on Tuesday unanimously approved a new Curb Management Strategy, which aims to revamp the city’s curb...
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