The Uber company is warning an Executive Official of losing his job if he doesn't waive his rights regarding a legal dispute. The Uber is going through a legal dispute with Waymo, a self-driving project by Google regarding trading secretive business information illegally. The looming legal trial allegations between therein companies are in place because of engineer Anthony Levandowski hired by Uber company. The Waymo self-driving company alleges engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded 14,000 secret trading documents and shared with Uber company.

The VTA (Valley Transportation Agency) serving Santa Clara County is collaborating with local agencies to research study elements for electric transit bus fleets. The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $2 million for therein research project for Silicon Valley prospective innovation. The VTA public transit system across the county is moving forward to adopt Zero Emission vehicles and this research project will optimize transit buses performance.

The Hawaiian Airlines have a new livery airplane look in San Francisco Bay Area airports and travelers like how the friendly image represents. The Hawaiian Airlines have not changed their airplane logo since 15 years and the company decided to make a new livery image change. The new Hawaiian Airlines livery image features more purple and orange with a flower lei wrap around the airplane body. The airlines officials have decided to make a new change with summer season coming up and welcoming traveling passengers with a friendly entrance into the airplane.

The elevator at Powell Street BART station in San Francisco is still out of service thereafter advocacy team for disability people filed a lawsuit. The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station on Powell Street is mostly used by many disabled passengers and thereby elevator operation is necessary. The Bay Area disability and senior advocacy team filed the lawsuit during early April against BART, regarding limited services with non-operational elevators and escalators.

The SJC (Mineta San Jose International Airport) has been showing passenger growth with more than 10% within a yearly period in San Francisco Bay Area. The SJC Airport was named #1 in the nation as the best operating airport with income and revenue increase along with more traveling passengers. The American City Business Journals shared this information with more added airlines at SJC Airport for passengers options of traveling. The past year SJC Airport added four new airline carriers: Air Canada, Air China, British Airways, and Lufthansa Airlines.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) is being criticized for not spending bond funding for transportation improvement projects faster. The San Francisco voters approved bonding funds to improve transportation in The City and SFMTA is not spending it fast enough as appropriated. The SFMTA Board of Directors have been discussing how $26 million bond money should be spent quicker if not for programs to improve muni bus and train services.

The Alaska Airlines have ratified a program for frequent-flyers allowing them for status extension thereafter a child birth. The program is called "Elite Leave" for the Alaska Mileage Program frequent-flyers to extend their status for an additional year when they are on parental leave. The Alaska Airlines new Elite Leave program is taking another step to best serve customers and embracing innovation. Parents have to provide the airline with proof of the pregnancy with a note from the doctor and/or an employer to qualify for the Elite Leave program.

The SCTA (Sonoma County Transportation Authority) approved $26 million for various local improvement transportation projects. These county transportation projects are funded by federal and state funding through the One Bay Area Grant Program managed by MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission). The improvement projects will include repaving local roadways, bicycle and pedestrian pathways over bridges and highways, as well as repairs for local traffic congestion areas.

The ride-sharing cars may become part of creating traffic congestion problems in San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco mayor is proposing to exchange data information between ride-sharing companies and The City, to assist with local traffic resolutions as necessary. Because ride-sharing cars are double parking in local neighborhood parking areas and business parking, as well as many cars driving on local roadways and highways without tracking data. The proposal pilot project is in early stages and hoping to align with Vision Zero 2024 to reduce traffic related accidents.

The latest information regarding Uber and Google, Waymo Project is going to trial thereafter a judge review of the self-driving cars legal case situation. The U.S. District Judge William Alsup mentioned in his ruling about sending the case to trial is appropriate. The case situation is about allegations of engineer Anthony Levandowski taking trading secretive information from Waymo's self-driving car unit with him when he was hired by Uber. Whereas, he was using therein secret information to found Otto, and Uber later acquired the company and wants to settle it through arbitration.