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  • Man gets on top of train at BART station in Oakland (Courtesy of Dave Byers of the 
San Francisco Chronicle
)
  • A man was arrested for walking on the tracks and climbing on top of a train near the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.
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BART, oakland, bay area traffic, amy hollyfield
  • In this Aug. 26, 2011 photo, commuters get onboard a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train at the Civic Center stop in San Francisco.
  • A man who was arrested for walking on the tracks and climbing on top of trains near the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.
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BART, oakland, bay area traffic
  • Caltrain
  • Caltrain service is back to normal after being disrupted this morning when a train struck and killed a pedestrian.
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caltrain, san bruno, bay area traffic
  • The new span of the Bay Bridge.
  • The new $6.3 billion eastern portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge still has a fighting chance to open this year.
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bay bridge, oakland, transportation, construction, caltrans, labor day, traffic, bay area traffic
  • Bay Bridge bolts
  • The Federal Highway Administration is investigating the state's response to broken steel seismic safety rods on the Bay Bridge.
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bay bridge, caltrans, traffic, driving, bay area traffic
  • Bay Bridge bolts
  • A new report shows that the Bay Bridge rods that may be vulnerable to cracking or breaking may be difficult to inspect or replace.
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bay bridge, caltrans, traffic, driving, bay area traffic
  • A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a train on the Caltrain tracks in Burlingame this morning.
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caltrain, burlingame, bay area traffic
  • Bay Bridge bolts
  • Caltrans has settled on a plan for dealing with the 32 broken bolts on the new Bay Bridge, but they still have a lot of testing to do.
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bay bridge, caltrans, traffic, driving, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Bay Bridge bolts
  • When it comes to ideas on how to fix the Bay Bridge, it looks like there is now a winner, but fixing the broken bolts will not be cheap.
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bay bridge, caltrans, traffic, driving, bay area traffic
  • Truck falls down embankment in Brisbane.
  • A big-rig driver was rescued after his truck went 100 feet down an embankment in Brisbane.
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brisbane, bay area traffic
  • Delays on southbound approach to Golden Gate Bridge
  • Delays are expected Tuesday evening on the Golden Gate Bridge.
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golden gate bridge, traffic, highway 101, bay area traffic
  • New Bay Bridge eastern span
  • Gov. Jerry Brown said that he believes the public still has confidence in the safety of the new Bay Bridge.
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bay bridge, traffic, driving, jerry brown, sacramento, bay area traffic
  • Drivers are experiencing major delays on the southbound Highway 101 approach to the Golden Gate Bridge causing a long backup.
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golden gate bridge, traffic, highway 101, bay area traffic
  • All lanes of southbound Interstate Highway 680 have reopened following a vehicle collision that killed a 65-year-old man.
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sunol, fremont, I-680, crash, bay area traffic
  • Bolt used on the new span of the Bay Bridge.
  • After 32 rods broke on the new Bay Bridge in March, there is now an expanded inspection to look at 2,000 of them.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Crash on I-580 in Livermore
  • All lanes of westbound I-580 in Livermore have reopened after a fatal crash snarled traffic for nearly two and a half hours.
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I-580, livermore, crash, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • All lanes of westbound Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore are closed this morning because of a double fatal crash.
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I-580, livermore, bay area traffic
  • One person was killed this morning in a crash on Interstate Highway 280 in Daly City, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
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daly city, crash, I-280, bay area traffic
  • Bolt used on the new span of the Bay Bridge.
  • Officials say seismic safety bolts on the new span of the Bay Bridge that haven't failed may have to be replaced.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • Its been a month since the big switch to all-electronic tolling at the Golden Gate Bridge and officials say its going better than expected.
  • It's been a month since the big switch to all-electronic tolling at the Golden Gate Bridge and officials say it's going better than expected.
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tourism, fastrak, golden gate bridge, driving, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Maintenance work closures on Great Highway
  • A portion of San Francisco's Great Highway was shut down Friday morning because of sand blown onto the roadway.
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wind, driving, bay area traffic
  • One person was fatally injured in a solo vehicle collision just off of I-680 in Contra Costa County this morning.
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alamo, bay area traffic
  • A Golden Gate Transit bus.
  • Golden Gate Transit will no longer offer free Wi-Fi service on its fleet of 120 buses.
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transportation, bay area traffic
  • Bay Bridge bolt
  • Documents show the company that made the faulty bolts for the Bay Bridge was flagged years before for shoddy work.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, metropolitan transportation commission, bay area traffic
  • An injury accident involving a VTA bus and at least two other vehicles temporarily blocked all lanes on northbound Highway 85.
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highway 85, highway 87, san jose, VTA, bay area traffic
  • Bay Bridge bolt
  • There could be a problem meeting the Labor Day deadline to open the new Bay Bridge and bad bolts are to blame.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, metropolitan transportation commission, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • Bay Bridge bolt
  • The Labor Day weekend opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge may be delayed.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, metropolitan transportation commission, bay area traffic
  • Debris scattered on the roadway flattened the tires of about 20 cars on I-680 in Fremont this morning.
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I-680, fremont, bay area traffic
  • Overturned truck snarls traffic at I-280, HW101
  • Crews are still working to upright and remove a cement truck that tipped over on a San Jose highway connector ramp this morning.
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highway 101, I-280, crash, san jose, bay area traffic
  • Devils Slide tunnels
  • The brand new Tom Lantos Tunnels at Devil's Slide will have lane closures.
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devil's slide, highway 1, caltrans, half moon bay, bay area traffic
  • Bay Bridge
  • It's not clear how much it will cost or how long it will take to fix the defective bolts on the new Bay Bridge.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, metropolitan transportation commission, bay area traffic, laura anthony
  • At midnight a vintage Packard was the last car to cross the Golden Gate Bridge and pay cash.
  • The toll booths are empty on the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time since Franklin Roosevelt was president.
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tourism, fastrak, golden gate bridge, driving, bay area traffic, katie marzullo