The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) is launching the Building Progress project to update its maintenance facilities. The SFMTA project is to modernize its maintenance facilities with modern technology to become more competitive with updated technology systems. The muni Building Progress project would make a better tracking system for local muni buses and railway trains with updated modernize technology systems. The muni Potrero Yard will be the first to be modernized with updated technology systems and will reach out for local community feedback.

The SamTrans transit agency is launching a mobile app for passengers to obtain bus tickets as well as real time transit bus arrivals in the Peninsula-West Bay locations. The SamTrans agency Mobil App will modernize ticket payments and planning trips for passengers. It provides an opportunity for passengers to expedite payments for their bus tickets on the road and transit ticket receivership. The SamTrans administration is hoping therein mobile approach will enhance overall customer services experience for passengers.

The transportation contractors providing Tech Shuttle services for tech companies hired replacement drivers to transport employees. The union drivers are going through a labor dispute during it's negotiating phase with contracting shuttle companies and tech companies without a strike. Therefore, replacement drivers have been in training to replace shuttle union drivers to transport tech companies employees. The representation of union drivers by Teamsters local membership protest have been disrupting tech shuttle buses in San Francisco.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) agency will make some major infrastructure tracking repairs during Labor Day weekend in East Bay. The AC (Alameda-Contra Costa) transit buses will be available for services during the weekend and Labor Day services will run a Sunday schedule. The BART track repairs will also happen on Saturday, September 22, and Sunday, September 23, 2018 and possibly therein same schedule will occur for services. There will be local temporary inconvenience and loud noises during train tracking repairs over the weekend.

The UA (United Airlines) announced that first checked in bag fees for traveling passengers will increase to $30 effective today. The UA airlines are following therein bag fees increase by JetBlue Airlines and other airlines will increase their bag fees as well. The JetBlue Airlines increased their reservation changes and/or cancellation fees depending on therein changes/cancellation status in advance. The UA airlines will apply therein bag fees increase only for tickets purchased thereafter today for traveling passengers.

The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit is offering railway services only thereafter 49ers game tomorrow for football fans in South Bay. The VTA transit agency is reminding American football fans for traveling plans to Levi Stadium to watch San Francisco 49ers home game playing Los Angeles Chargers. The VTA transit normal regular services will happen before and during the football game to avoid traffic problems. The VTA administration is encouraging football fans in South Bay to us public transit avoiding local traffic problems.

The municipal cities within the Peninsula/West Bay of San Francisco Bay Area formed a partnership coalition to develop bicyclist bikeway to help with local traffic congestion. The local cities includes Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Redwood City, and Stanford University. The partnership coalition is called MMP (Managers Mobility Partnership) and have been meeting every month to seek local transit resolutions. The MMP partnership effort have decided to launch a bikeway for bicyclists connecting people with point-to-point transit locations.

A tour bus driver was arrested on Friday for DUI (Driving Under Influence) during a wine tour in Sonoma/Napa Valley with passengers onboard. The passengers were able to convince therein driver to pull over and park the vehicle, and responding CHP (California Highway Patrol) officers arrived after passengers called around 5:40 PM. The passengers tried to keep waking up therein driver behind the wheel, and reported to CHP their driver was drunk and having problems staying in roadway lanes.

The SFO (San Francisco International Airport) administration issued a letter to airport cab drivers to stop urinating and defecating at the airport taxi parking lot. The SFO Police Officers and parking officials will be cracking down on taxi drivers to ensure they are not urinating and/or defecating at airport parking lots. The SFO Police Officers will increase patrolling therein airport identified areas during the day and late night. The corresponding letter identifies the urinating and/or defecating condition is becoming a health hazard for people.

The Alaska Airlines and United Airlines are changing local routes within San Francisco Bay Area effective this week for air travelers awareness. The Alaska Airlines will end Horizon Air daily flights from SJC/San Jose International Airport to Eugene, Oregon as well as services from Portland, Oregon to Pasco, Washington. The United Airlines will end its CRJ-200 daily flight services between SFO/San Francisco International Airport and Victoria, B.C. on January 7, 2019.