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• Bay Bridge to Shut Down Again

  
  Kreuzer's Korner — Authority: 442
  According to KTVU News here in the Bay Area, a temporary fix made to the cracked eyebar on the Bay Bridge is not fully healed and will most likely require that Caltrans shut down the entire span in the near future to fix it once again. From KTVU : “We’re going to try to do it as soon as we can, said Caltrans ...
  3 days ago

• Is the Bay Bridge S-Curve safe enough?

  
  CALIFORNIA BEAT — Authority: 423
  By WENDY STEWART Beat Staff Writer A Hayward man in his 50s hauling a container of Asian pears across the upper deck of the Bay Bridge during the early morning hours Monday became the first fatality stemming from the troublesome bypass curve installed over the Labor Day weekend. Official and witness accounts of ...
  4 days ago

• James Dean Still Dead, But Highway He Died On To Become Safer [Car Culture]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 732
  Californias infamous State Route 46, otherwise known as "Blood Alley," is slated for its first safety updates in over a decade. After an extended funding battle, Caltrans will break ground on improvements today. Rest in peace, little bastard. [ Bakersfield.com ] Photo Credit: Wikipedia
  5 days ago

• More than 40 crashes on S-curve of death, CHP says

  
  San Francisco Metblogs — Authority: 417
  Last night’s big rig plunge off the Bay Bridge , which happened at 3:30 a.m. when a semi with a load of pears hit the infamous S-curve too fast, was only the latest of more than forty accidents on the suddenly jinxed bridge, the CHP said, as reported by KTVU TV’s website. The truck hit the curve at 50 m.p.h., ...
  5 days ago

• How to make the S-curve safe on the Bay Bridge

  
  The Capricious Commuter — Authority: 458
  The Bay Bridge has had nearly an accident a day on the new S-curve that opened after Labor Day modifications of the span.   There was another crash there Friday  even though Caltrans added new safety measures on the curve during the recent six-day closure of the bridge. Caltrans took advantage of that closure to ...
  1 week ago

• City of Lake Forest eminent domain. “Just compensation” is not in their vocabulary

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 573
  Today’s OC Register article by Erika Ritchie contains a follow up report on the city of Lake Forest using its eminent domain powers to “take” property from a south Orange County family. As the intended use does meet the Fifth Amendment criteria of a “public use” I have not added my two cents into this [...]
  1 week ago

• Fork in the Road in Pasadena: There is a giant wooden fork--painted...

  
  Curbed LA — Authority: 648
  There is a giant wooden fork--painted to look like stainless steel one--on a Caltrans-owned median in Pasadena that is confusing the hell out of city and Caltrans officials. The Pasadena Star-News dug up the story--the guerilla art piece was erected as a birthday present for comedy club-owner Bob Stane by his ...
  1 week ago

• I-680 freeway fix in San Ramon Valley: little now, more later

  
  The Capricious Commuter — Authority: 458
  Caltrans will close two of the four lanes on southbound Interstate 680 in Alamo for three or four hours today - starting at 10 a.m - to repair a hole in the pavement. A major rehabilitation of the entire freeway in the San Ramon Valley is being planned for summer of 2010. This is one beat up freeway. I ...
  1 week ago

• The Bay Bridge is Back!

  
  Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....') — Authority: 128
  For awhile, anyway…. With a line of police “pace cars,” traffic crossed the Bay Bridge , which reopened today between Oakland and San Francisco! Caltrans chief engineer, Rick Land, calls the new fix a short-term solution. Land said the the long-term repair will require another closure of the Bay Bridge ...
  1 week ago

• How did the Bay Bridge closure affect you?

  
  The Capricious Commuter — Authority: 458
  We invite our readers to post comments below about how the Bay Bridge closure affected them during the five and a half days the span was out of service.  Did the closure change your travel plans? Did the closure try your patience? Was it understandable Caltrans took so long to fix a Labor Day repair that failed ...
  1 week ago

• Important News - Nov. 02

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  The world changed this week…and most people have no idea. 1) Economist: High Unemployment to Last If you’re looking for good news on unemployment, Moodys.com chief economist Mark Zandi doesn’t have it. Zandi told CBS’ “The Early Show” Monday that the nation’s near 10 percent unemployment ...
  1 week ago

• BREAKING: Bay Bridge to reopen

  
  CALIFORNIA BEAT — Authority: 423
  By WENDY STEWART Beat Staff Writer The Bay Bridge — the reason for many commuters’ angst and extended travel times for the past 6 days — will reopen between 8:45am and 9am, Caltrans announced today. A marathon construction and inspection effort by engineers and bridge safety officials to ensure that the ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t count on Monday morning bridge reopening

  
  San Francisco Metblogs — Authority: 417
  Safety engineers were still testing the most recent repairs to the Bay Bridge over the weekend, and the word mid-Sunday afternoon is: don’t count on the bridge being available for the Monday morning commute . Better plan alternatives. Pictures show an eerily empty toll plaza , an eerily empty bridge , and ...
  1 week ago

• How DGS buys cars

  
  The State Worker — Authority: 137
  The state vehicle story continues to resonate with The State Worker blog users, both those in civil service and those outside of it. Some folks feel like reports about the 50 Priuses bought by the Department of General Services wasnt fair. Others were OK with that part, but thought the Caltrans vehicle purchases ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bridge still closed through Friday evening commute

  
  San Francisco Metblogs — Authority: 417
  Engineers were continuing to test the completed fix-to-the-repair on the suddenly dubious Bay Bridge today, and CalTrans announced at 10:00 a.m. today that the bridge would remain closed throughout the Friday evening commute. It could possibly open as early as late Friday evening. You can click the map at left for a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bay Bridge Will Not Open On Friday Morning

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  By Meena KarOakland, Calif., Oct.30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) People using the Bay Bridge will have to divert to other routes even on Friday morning, as the repairing work has not yet completed, according to the sources. The bridge was closed from Tuesday, after one of the cables had snapped. Caltrans had started with the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bay Bridge Update: Bridge likely to reopen tonight

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 754
  San Francisco commuters face another night of long delays with the latest Bay Bridge Update suggesting that the bridge won’t reopen until late tonight or early Friday morning. The bridge has been out of service since Tuesday , when a cable snapped on the bridge, landing on evening peak hour traffic below. The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Public pleads with CalTrans: Don’t rush repairs again

  
  San Francisco Metblogs — Authority: 417
  The Bay Bridge could be open as early as Thursday evening “if everything goes perfectly” with repairs to the troublesome spot on the cantilever span, CalTrans told KRON Channel 4 today. “If something happens during the testing” and they have to adjust the repairs, it could take days longer. Meanwhile, a UC ...
  2 weeks ago

• Barbara Lee’s statement on Bay Bridge closure

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 551
  Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, just issued this statement on the Bay Bridge closure:“First, I want to say I am relieved that no one was injured in the incident that forced authorities to shutdown the Bay Bridge. My office has been in constant contact with Caltrans, and I have been closely monitoring the circumstances ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fixing the fix; when will the Bay Bridge reopen?

  
  The Capricious Commuter — Authority: 458
  It was a deja vu experience for news reporters and motorists last night as the Bay Bridge was closed indefinitely to shore up a cracked bridge piece called an eyebar. It turns out that parts of the the Labor Day weekend fix - a giant metal splint - failed and crashed onto the bridge. Caltrans said this morning it ...
  2 weeks ago

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