A recent report indicates 23% drop for commuters on buses and/or light-railway for working class people in southern San Francisco Bay Area. The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) public transportation system serves Santa Clara County and commuting ridership has been dropped since 2001. The VTA officials will have to make rationale decisions on how to increase commuting ridership on VTA buses and light-railway trains. VTA transit agency administration is considering to redesign the system on how to become more faster, reliable, and more dependable for passengers.

A joint development project for Highway 101 and 84 Interchange Improvement Project in the Peninsula within San Francisco Bay Area is pending for implementation. The City of Redwood City and San Mateo Country Transportation Authority is proposing the project to ease vehicular traffic along identified roadways. The project will add lanes and widen them as necessary, and reconstruct highway ramps to interchange accordingly without problems.

The muni transit lanes in San Francisco painted red along Mission street for muni buses and taxis only is becoming a potential problem for local business. The local muni riders see it differently because it helps muni passengers board muni buses quicker than it was, and helping muni bus lines make it efficient for muni services. The Mission Street "red carpet" lanes controversy appears to raise questions for Supervisor David Campos. He wants to have a community meeting and would like to hear directly from local residents and muni riders.

Working class people in San Francisco Bay Area commute everyday to work and back home thereafter working hours. Part of an effort to ease traffic congestion on highways and roadways in the Bay Area is encouraging people to use public transportation. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) has been used by many people within San Francisco Bay Area, and recently received new train cars for passengers. BART administration is also facing approximately $477 million budget deficit within the next 10 years because revenues are slowly decreasing.

Safety and health issues within transit systems in San Francisco Bay Area has been on top of the list for attention. Caltrain transportation system has been trying to have their safety issues of concern resolved, and didn't reach their installation goals as planned in 2015. Caltrain was planning to install a safety system called PTC (Positive Train Control) for transporting trains to make it safer for passengers. The PTC safety system will operate automatically if the train engineering operator goes over the speed limit, and sends a signal to slow the train from any dangerous situation.

Some people in San Francisco Bay Area continues to drive their personal cars, regardless of commuting traffic congestion on freeways and roadways within the Bay Area. People who are driving Honda personal cars received letters from local Honda Auto dealers because of the recall in February for Honda cars with defective airbags. The Honda airbags are manufactured by Takata and affecting approximately 34 million people nationwide including San Francisco Bay Area.

As traffic congestion continues to become a problem in San Francisco, vehicle parking is also a continual problem and nearly $5 million for unclaimed parking citation reimbursement is revealed. Because about 12,000 people filed claims with the city for refunds within $1 million for parking citation reimbursements, and nearly $5 million are unclaimed for reimbursements. The parking reimbursement funding amount will be redirected to San Francisco's general fund, and allocations are subject to the direction of Mayor's Office.

Earlier this morning on Wednesday a shuttling bus transporting Apple employees was on fire on Highway 280 going southbound. The bus was leaving San Francisco and going southbound towards Apple campus in Cupertino, California, and CHP (California Highway Patrol) reports a vehicle on fire on the highway close to Sand Hill Road. The vehicular fire was reported around 6:45 AM about a rear left side of the bus being on fire, and no injuries were reported about the incident.

The two airlines transaction purchasing deal is worth approximately $4 billion including debt and operational leasing costs. The deal is expected to add more earnings per share in one year and boosting revenues 27%, and approximately $300 -$350 million integration costing amounts. Alaska Airlines will expand it's networking departing flights to 1200 per day, and serves 90 airline carrier destinations in America, Canada, and Mexico.

A man trespassing train tracks yesterday on Sunday night in Hayward, California was killed by the Amtrak train going to Sacramento around 10 PM. The passengers boarded another Amtrak train as officials investigate the incident, and the man was killed when officers arrived on the scene. Alameda County coroners office didn't release trespassing man's identity and train skirting system hit the man along the tracks. The train was carrying 19 passengers onboard and had to get on another train while officials investigate the incident situation.