The San Francisco Bay Area Plan 2040 is already in the procedural process and has additional aspects for consideration during the process. The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) have been spearheading public meetings to hear from people directly for the future plan. During public hearings the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has become an addition for improvement within the plan, therefore, MTC and ABAG wants to hear from people directly.

The deaths on El Camino Real roadway along Peninsula regional area in San Francisco Bay Area has been rapidly increasing within a short period of time. The Town of Atherton administrators are meeting with Caltrans for discussions on having a traffic light to hopefully prevent deaths on El Camino Real roadway. A person was killed recently along this roadway in Atherton, including a person killed after being hit by a Recology Garbage truck over this past weekend in San Carlos.

The Caltrain serving San Francisco Bay Area plans to electrify its train cars and needs an environmental report during the procedural process. This transportation necessity within the bay area has been going through many challenges including lawsuits regarding involved elements during developmental process. One of these elements involve an EIR (Environmental Impact Report) to see how the project impacts our natural environment.

The airline travelers may have to carry-on baggage that fits within airlines traveling codes and regulations in San Francisco Bay Area and nationwide. IATA (International Air Transport Association) announced last Tuesday new discussions about resizing carry-on baggage for airline travelers. Some airline travelers are opposing this IATA approach because trying to turn carry-on baggage to smaller sizes would be unfair. Because many travelers use carry-on baggage for additional space for traveling items and may not have space in a regular traveling luggage.

The new Hainan Airlines flight from Beijing to San Jose International Airport was with a welcoming celebratory activity by San Jose Firefighters. The airline flight was a direct flight from Beijing to Silicon Valley and successfully landed at San Jose International Airport. During the successful flight arrival San Jose Firefighters sprayed water onto the airline plane inaugurating the new flight to San Jose as it rolls into the gate. Some people are not feeling good about the celebrating mood with the new airline spending water that people needs in the sate.

A party bus transporting passengers to Antioch was put on hold after police were contacted because passengers were damaging shelves inside a Safeway store. The store was ambushed by passengers around 11:45 PM over the weekend on Saturday and Antioch police department was called for assistance. The police officers arrested 12 passengers because of unruly behaviors inside Safeway store including 5 hidden handguns inside the vehicle. The driver said the vehicle door was locked for safety reasons and not knowing what is happening outside the vehicle.

The San Francisco Bay Area historical bay bridge has completed Phase-One of its demolition process and will soon move to Phase-Two demolishing eastern span. The Caltrans State Transportation agency has marked this a milestone effort in the process as demolition crews completed it on Thursday. It takes a comprehensive way of demolishing the structure in every pieces carefully because of safety issues since the bridge was developed in 1936. The demolition crew have to balance themselves carefully including tools during the process for efficiency in a timely manner.

The redevelopment process and repairs for Doyle Drive in San Francisco has been rescheduled due to other developmental elements. The progressive construction for Doyle Drive continues and pending for closure on July 9 - 13, 2015 and reopen on Monday, July 13th at 5 AM if everything goes well as planned. The Doyle Drive Replacement Project is a partnership of California Department of Transportation with local agencies bringing jobs to local residents.

A U.S. District Judge ruled to fine Trinity Industries Inc. for fraudulent highway guardrail causing personal injuries and damages to drivers on national freeways. The final judgement was ordered on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 easing safety reasoning for drivers on California and other state national highways. Trinity Industries was ordered to pay $663 million for safety fraud penalties and guardrail damages. This was brought to legal attention by Joshua Harman an Engineer from Virginia who filed the federal lawsuit, ensuring safety for drivers in San Francisco Bay Area traveling on freeways.

The recent earthquake in Napa provided fractured roadway bridges and damaged road conditions within Napa County for traveling drivers. The state Caltrans have launch retrofitting repairs for damaged roadway bridges and resurfacing roads along Highway 29 for safety reasons. Part of the improvement project is widening the two-lane highway for safety measures and improving driving distance between St. Helena and Napa County. According to Caltrans data, it indicates 22,000 drivers commute along Highway 29 everyday and it can cause degrading conditions on the roadway asphalt.