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Mary Currie

Head-on accident on Golden Gate Bridge renews calls for concrete barrier

Golden Gate Bridge
The latest head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge has advocates again calling for the installation of a median barrier on the span, but that project’s completion date has now been pushed back to 2013 — 18 months after it was originally supposed to be finished. Read More

Golden Gate Transit proposes yet another rate increase

Golden Gate Transit proposes another rate increase
In what has become a predictable development for passengers of Golden Gate Transit, fares could soon be rising on agency buses and ferries, with the latest proposal calling for annual increases totaling roughly 25 percent over the next five years. Every year since 1998, passengers of the North Bay transit system have dealt with some sort of fare increase. Read More

Golden Gate Bridge construction may inconvenience bicyclists

Construction on the Golden Gate Bridge will impact bicyclists
Biking across the Golden Gate Bridge, already a hair-raising experience for novices, will get a little more interesting starting today, when scaffolding on the span narrows the western sidewalk, which could force cyclists to walk their bikes. On Tuesday night, scaffolding equipment was amassed for the bridge’s massive cable renovation project, a three-year venture to clean, repair and paint the span’s iconic support structure. Read More
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