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Blizzards hit eastern Europe hard

By: The Associated Press 01/26/12 3:37 AM
The Balkans and parts of eastern and central Europe were hit hard by heavy snow Thursday, forcing Romania's prime minister to call in army tanks to clear roads and leaving a hundred communities in Bulgaria without power. For two days blizzards have covered the area with as much as three meters (10 feet) of snow at a time. Read More

Highway 1 south of Big Sur remains closed

By: The Associated Press 01/24/12 2:24 PM
California highway officials are trying to determine the best way to clean up a rockslide that has shut down Highway 1 south of Big Sur. The highway remained closed on Tuesday, two days after heavy rains brought the rocks down. California Department of Transportation spokesman Jim Shivers said there was no estimate on when it would reopen. Read More

Widespread snowstorm wallops Pacific Northwest

By: DOUG ESSER 01/18/12 2:25 AM
A winter storm blasted the Pacific Northwest Wednesday, dumping near-record snow in some areas, hammering parts of Oregon with winds as high as 110 mph and bringing much of the region to a standstill. From the Washington state capital in Olympia to the Oregon coast, schools were closed, roads were clogged with snow and hundreds of accidents and dozens of flights were cancelled. Read More

Fourth Street traffic plan to throw curveball at Giants fans

By: Will Reisman 01/07/12 4:00 PM
Drivers trying to escape after a Giants game at AT&T Park next season may face street closures that are aimed at reducing bottlenecks and speeding up Muni. While the whole neighborhood is swamped with vehicles after AT&T Park events, northbound Fourth Street is particularly problematic because there is only one lane for both automobiles and Muni’s T-Third Street line, said Muni spokesman Paul Rose. Read More

Commute speeds have slowed down for San Francisco drivers

By: Will Reisman 12/06/11 5:00 AM
Traffic
That morning drive to work is getting a lot slower for San Francisco motorists. Average traffic speeds on The City’s streets and highways have fallen in the past two years, including a 17 percent drop on local freeways during the morning commute. Click on the photo at right to see a comparison of average speeds between 2009 and 2011. Read More

Man taken to hospital after early morning Bay Bridge crash

By: Bay City News 12/05/11 8:36 AM
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
A man was taken to a hospital after a crash on the Bay Bridge this morning that involved an AC Transit bus and several other vehicles, California Highway Patrol spokesman Tony Tam said.The collision, reported just after 6 a.m., blocked two lanes on westbound Interstate Highway 80 on the Bay Bridge’s eastern span.A 28-year-old Vallejo man driving a Chevrolet Avalanche was transported to Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, but Tam did not know his condition. Read More

Caltrans aims to ease congestion on El Camino Real with new traffic cameras, signals

By: Eric Louie 11/19/11 4:00 PM
You may not see them, but they will see you. New traffic-monitoring cameras and signals will be going up on El Camino Real — all part of a plan to ease traffic along the busy artery and other city streets between there and U.S. Highway 101 throughout San Mateo County. Read More

Golden Gate Bridge foot, bicycle traffic to return to near-normal

By: Will Reisman 11/18/11 8:00 AM
After nearly five months of cramped conditions on the Golden Gate Bridge, the bike and pedestrian traffic flows on the span were expected to return to normal this weekend — almost. The bridge district, which normally designates the east sidewalk for pedestrians, and the west sidewalk for bicyclists (most of the time), had to shift the two groups around this year due to needed construction work on the span. Read More

Thanksgiving weekend to launch SFO to new heights

By: Will Reisman 11/17/11 11:58 PM
San Francisco International Airport
Buoyed by a strong showing this Thanksgiving, the San Francisco International Airport is on pace to serve a record number of passengers this year. From Friday to Nov. 27, about 1.2 million passengers are expected to fly in and out of SFO, a 4.5 percent increase from last year’s Thanksgiving total, according to Michael McCarron, the hub’s spokesman. Friday is projected to be the busiest day during the Thanksgiving season, with 140,482 passengers expected to use the airport. Read More

Occupy protesters march nationwide; 300 arrested

By: KAREN MATTHEWS 11/17/11 1:00 AM
Occupy Wall Street protesters clogged streets and tied up traffic around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement's birth and signal they aren't ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their encampments by police. Hundreds of people were arrested, most of them in New York. Read More
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