A San Francisco commuter incentive program that encourages alternative transportation could be expanded to the entire Bay Area.Since 2009, companies with at least 20 employees have allowed workers to pay for commuting costs with pretax wages. However, the ordinance only applies to public transit, car-sharing and bicycling. Read More
The annual Christmas tree burning tradition on Ocean Beach is advertised with a Burning Man-esque spirit of leaving nothing behind. But this year, participants did not follow suit.
"It took three days to clean up," said Alexandra Picavet, a spokeswoman for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which oversees Ocean Beach. Read More
On a hot, smoggy day in which Bay Area commuters were urged to renounce their cars for more carbon-friendly transit options, some 240 motorists each guzzled up to 15 gallons of free fuel as part of a giveaway event at an Outer Mission district gas station.
Despite Wednesday being a regional Spare the Air Day, a Shell gas station at 3550 Mission St. distributed free gas from 7 to 9 a.m. Station Manager Hugo Cerna said the giveaway was scheduled “quite some time ago.” Read More
A consortium of regional transportation and planning agencies could band together to buy a building in San Francisco to house their new headquarters. Read More
It’s hot in The City, and that means there’s a Spare the Air Day in effect. But now there’s more to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s air monitoring notification system than a press release. Read More
The radiation moving toward California from Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors poses no imminent health threat locally, but that isn’t stopping San Franciscans from stocking up on medication to thwart radiation contamination. Read More
Electric vehicle charging stations will be installed across the Bay Area with the help of millions of dollars in grants from air regulators.
A lack of charging stations is seen as a barrier to the adoption of electric cars, with would-be owners fearful of being stranded without access to a charger. Read More
In the past five years, a nonprofit has paid for more than 6,000 people to carpool and split the bill for more than 275 bike racks and lockers in San Mateo County. But in some cases, fewer people have been using the resources. Read More
