Seeking to stave off a bitter regional battle over transportation money, state officials said Tuesday they will add $1 billion to funding for port infrastructure and trade-route improvements throughout California. The move came as a coalition of five Southern California counties was gearing up an aggressive lobbying campaign to try to land nearly 85 percent of transportation bonds set to be doled out soon - or $1.7 billion out of $2 billion. SGV Tribune 11/27/07
Although TransLink is still years away from being fully implemented, transit authorities are already thinking about upgrading it so that it can be used to pay for parking. BART representatives are eager to allow their riders to use one pass to pay for rides and for parking at the station lots, and San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency is interested in having one card that will let people pay for a ride on a cable car, bus or streetcar - and to pay for parking at street meters and city-owned garages. SF Chronicle 11/27/07
West Sacramento public works officials will reveal later today the extent of contamination from a sewage spill Monday into the Port of Sacramento. A malfunctioning valve was responsible for the raw sewage spill. Sacramento Bee 11/27/07
The Registered Traveler program was supposed to offer regular air travelers the technology that would speed them through airport security. But now that the technology has hit big road bumps, the program has, for the time being at least, evolved into something else. The Transportation Security Administration has not yet allowed innovations such as shoe scanners to be integrated into the security checkpoint process, leaving some to describe it as a "go to the head of the line" pass. NY Times 11/27/07
The Dublin City council voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the 309-unit Windstar apartment complex on St. Patrick Way and Golden Gate Drive about 200 yards from the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, now under construction Contra Costa Times 11/24/07
From data released by the Coast Guard on the Bay oil spill:
19,466 gallons of oil recovered from water, rocks and beaches
58,000 gallons of oil spilled
1,891 dead birds
Contra Costa Times 11/24/07
Private boats soiled by the Cosco Busan oil spill are expected to be cleaned for free in the next few months after crews finish work on beaches, rocks and marinas. The process to remove and recycle oil stuck to some of the 11,000 boats at 40 marinas around the central Bay Area was outlined Wednesday by a field supervisor for the company overseeing the cleanup. Contra Costa 11/24/07
A U.S. Coast Guard commander disputes claims by Mayor Gavin Newsom and other city officials that the agency unilaterally canceled the response of a city fireboat to this month's oil spill in the bay, saying the decision was made by the San Francisco Fire Department. SF Chronicle11/22/07
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