Metropolitan Transportation Commission
BART Board Votes 8-1 to Approve Contingency Blueprint for Sweeping Service Cuts, Station Closures, and Possible System Shutdown
The transit agency’s alternative service plan outlines three escalating phases of reductions — including the elimination of 1,170 jobs — if voters reject...
BART Faces Existential Budget Crisis, Warns of Closing 15 Stations and Slashing Service Without Voter-Backed Sales Tax
The transit agency is running a $376 million annual deficit driven by post-pandemic ridership that remains at roughly half of pre-COVID levels, and...
EBALDC’s 65-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Oakland Secures $35.9MM State Funding
The Chinatown project, developed by EBALDC, will pair family housing with over two miles of protected bike lanes and bus-only lanes on Broadway...
Berkeley’s $100MM+ Ferry Project Clears Key Hurdle as Bay Area Water Transit Surges
Berkeley’s ambitious plan to launch electric ferry service to San Francisco advanced in January when the city’s Planning Commission unanimously endorsed a use...
San Jose Task Force Debates Adding Up to 60,000 Housing Units to General Plan Amid District Equity Concerns
Planning Commission members challenge transit-oriented development focus as city faces capacity shortfall with only 18,000 units remaining in General Plan 2040 San Jose’s...
San Francisco’s “Family Zoning” Plan Passes Board of Supervisors in Contentious 7-4 Vote
Mayor Lurie’s signature housing initiative clears final hurdle despite deep divisions over displacement and rent control protections San Francisco’s most ambitious residential rezoning...
Bay Area Cities Turn to Creative Financing as Infrastructure Needs Mount
Regional municipalities showcase new strategies to fund development amid decades of tax restrictions California’s cities are getting creative. With property tax limits imposed...
Silicon Valley’s Capital Confronts a Planning Paradox: How San Jose Is Rethinking Growth After Years of Housing Shortfalls
The nation’s tenth-largest city launches an ambitious review of its development blueprint, wrestling with affordability, density, and the consequences of decisions made decades...
Campbell Launches Hamilton Avenue Public Improvement Plan for Transit-Oriented Development
The City of Campbell has officially initiated a comprehensive transformation of its Hamilton Avenue corridor, unveiling a $400,000 public improvement plan designed to...
Peninsula’s Grand Boulevard Initiative Seeks to Balance Housing Growth with Retail Protection Along El Camino Real
Multi-city effort receives new funding to transform 43-mile Peninsula corridor while addressing business community concerns A nearly two-decade effort to reimagine one of...
End of an Era: Berkeley Flea Market Closes After Five Decades of Community Culture
After 50 years as a South Berkeley institution, the Berkeley Flea Market shuttered permanently on Saturday, June 28, marking the end of a...
Bay Area Employers Increasingly Mandate Office Returns as Hybrid Work Stabilizes at Three Days
Four-year survey reveals dramatic shift from full remote work to structured return-to-office policies Bay Area employers are solidifying their return-to-office strategies with increasing...
