Traffic-and-Transit

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an Francisco Bay Ferry's much-anticipated service between the East Bay and South San Francisco will launch on Monday, June 4, giving commuters a fast, stress-free alternative to the daily grind of traffic on the Bay Bridge and along Highway 101.

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East Bay commuters will be able to ferry to South San Francisco beginning June 4 on weekdays during peak commute hours.

Vessels will depart three times during the morning from the Main Street ferry stop in Alameda and Jack London Square in Oakland. Two ferries will leave from South San Francisco's Oyster Point ferry terminal in the evening.

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Direct ferry service between the East Bay and Oyster Point Marina in South San Francisco is on track to start operations in June.

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority board of directors met Thursday to adopt a fare structure for the new service, which will carry peak-hour commuters from ferry terminals in Oakland and Alameda to Oyster Point Ferry Terminal in about 40 minutes, WETAWater Emergency Transportation Authority transportation coordinator Ernest Sanchez said.

Alameda Point Rezoning Public Workshop The Planning Board will hold a public workshop to consider a initial proposals for zoning amendments at Alameda Point to conform the zoning regulations for the property to the policies, objectives, and standards for the property included in the City of Alameda General Plan and the City of Alameda Community Reuse Plan. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit public comments on the proposals. No final actions will be taken by the Planning Board on the proposals at this meeting.

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The future of vehicle safety depends on talking cars. That is, cars that can communicate wirelessly, sharing data on their speed and positing, giving them the ability to alert drivers of potential dangers.

Through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology, warnings could be triggered by a car slamming on their brakes in front of you, running a red light, or moving into your lane. Instead of dealing with the after effects of an accident, this technology would alert you to prevent a crash from occurring in the first place.

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Summary of Recommendations
Entitlement Process
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation of Options
Next Steps

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Traffic is moving fast and freely. You glance down at your phone—just for a second—and then a warning tone alerts you to slam on the brakes. When you look up, you see the rear of the car you nearly plowed into.

That's the best-case scenario for new vehicle communication technologies that the U.S. Department of Transportation and eight automakers tested in Alameda, California, last week during the last six clinics designed to discover how ordinary drivers from across the United States react to cars that can talk to each other via Wi-Fi and warn drivers of impending collisions.

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On Sunday, November 11, Dutra Dredging wrapped up five weeks of maintenance dredging in the channel leading to the Alameda Point docks. This channel is on the south side of Alameda Point where the maritime ships and USS Hornet are docked. Half of the dredge soil went to the in-bay disposal site at Alcatraz. The other half, unfortunately, was towed 50 miles out into the ocean—past the Farallon Islands—for disposal at a federally approved disposal site. A multi-agency effort to divert dredge material to beneficial reuse in the Bay and Delta proved ineffective in this case.