A traffic collision on bay bridge westbound highway interstate 80 around 6:45 AM involving a taxi, and two other sedan vehicles injuring the taxi driver and congesting traffic within the Yerba Buena tunnel. An accident on highway 101 before interstate 280 congesting traffic within the peninsula involving a big rig around 7:30 AM, and all bay area transit service agencies are running regular schedules on Columbus Day holiday.

The BART Board of Directors approved $2.5 million for BART extension project "eBART" construction to begin, and expected to open sometime in 2018 for full operational services. The eBART extension project will run a railway line approximately 10 miles from Pittsburg to Antioch, and trains will be different from regular BART trains with a different style. The eBART fleet will have smaller train cars running on environmental clean diesel and not electrical, and people can use the same type of boarding tickets with regular BART to ride eBART trains.

The San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge labor workers union is planning a one-day strike on October 17 for bus drivers, and it may impact commuters from Marin to San Francisco especially working class people. The Golden Gate Bridge workers have a coalition of various union members, and started their one-day strikes on September 16 for machinist workers and September 26 for ferry boat captains. The Golden Gate Bridge Labor Unions Coalition held a news conference in San Francisco yesterday and announced the planning strike for one day.

The San Francisco Bay Area BART transportation was delayed this morning due to safety issues on board the trains, and BART police officers were roaming on trains to ensure safety for passengers. Because a passenger at Richmond BART station reported a man pointing a gun at him, and he appears to board one of the BART trains going towards Oakland. The BART trains were stopped at West Oakland BART station for officers to seek the reported man with a hand gun, and police didn't find the suspected man - trains were back in operational services around 8:21 AM.

The first American Ebola man diagnosis case scenario in Texas died due to this deadly virus, and health care workers worldwide are looking for prevention and cure for Ebola virus. A national announcement went out today sharing that some airports, will start checking passengers for fever diagnostic levels during airport arrivals from West Africa, and this effort will hopefully prevent some Ebola diagnostic virus in America.

The San Francisco transbay services for across the bay area to Oakland, Alameda and Contra Costa counties have been in the planning process since 2011. The San Francisco Bay Area BART and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit have reached an agreement with the developmental process to move forward accordingly. Therefore, AC Transit late night and early morning transportation services across the bay may begin in December this year.

The San Francisco Police Department is investigating a boat that slams into Pier-52 in San Francisco, and kills a man due to the boat incident when firefighter arrived at the scene. The first responding firefighters found debris in the water with a dead body, and the man's body was leaning over the boat steering wheel. A witness said, the boat was going full throttle smashing into the pier south of AT&T Park early Wednesday morning.

The San Francisco BART was delayed on Tuesday morning due to an equipment malfunction, and delaying trips for passengers commuting from across the bay in Oakland to San Francisco and San Francisco International Airport. The BART train have to be checked for the operational equipment to ensure it operates appropriately, and some passengers have to contact their work places for accountability. Passengers taking departing and arriving flights in San Francisco International Airport have to check into making sure they don't miss their departing flights.

The ridership on San Francisco BART has been showing increase and possibly with many public activities happening within the bay area in October, and BART records showing it has been increasing more than ever and trains are wearing out. Ongoing maintenance for railway trains have to be in place accordingly to keep them moving safely with better performance, and providing services for passengers without any problematic issues. Keeping the trains running better can be challenging especially with increasing ridership for commuters considering health and safety matters for passengers.

The San Francisco taxi industry has been going through a lot of downturn in business relations and services due to TNCs (Transportation Networking Cars) online app for transportation services. Leading into San Francisco MTA (Municipal Transportation Agency) to hire a replacement staff for Taxi and Accessible Services Division because of the former director's retirement. The new director is Kate Toran who has been with San Francisco MTA for 15 years and has new conceptual ways of trying to lure services for taxis in San Francisco.