Emissions:
Officials tap church groups on air pollution -- Officials are talking to church groups, hoping that ministers will sermonize about avoiding activities that create pollution. The district is pitching its new Healthy Air Living campaign this month as Valley temperatures rise and ozone begins to spike in one of the nation's worst air basins. To build on the improvement, the public needs to be more involved, officials say. CC Times 6/18/08
Infrastructure and mass transit:
BART starts EIR planning for Livermore rail extension -- BART will host a public meeting in Livermore on Wednesday to kick off an environmental review of alternatives for extending rail service to Livermore. CC Times 6/18/08
*East Bay transportation officials send 1,900 people free bus passes -- In an effort to monitor the travel habits engendered by development clustered near public transportation, area transportation agencies announced Tuesday they will give out free data chip bus passes to 1,900 East Bay residents. The pilot program is aimed at people who live in 20 properties, mostly apartment buildings, with regular bus service nearby. The complexes are around western Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and in Oakland, Berkeley San Leandro, El Cerrito and Emeryville. CC Times 6/18/08
Muni train likely speeding before crash -- Muni officials said they believe a one-car T-Third train was traveling 17 mph in a 3 mph zone when it rear-ended a two-car N-Judah train stopped at a red light near Fourth and King streets. A dozen people were treated at hospitals. Investigators are also looking into whether the train operator may have been illegally operating his train while talking on a cell phone when the accident occurred. SF Chronicle 6/18/08
Wednesday commute is worst since Big Fix started -- Wednesday's morning commute on Interstate 5 brought the worst traffic jams so far during Caltrans' Big Fix repair project. Caltrans traffic manager Paul Wilkinson said it was the worst backup of the 18-day-old project. Sacramento Bee 6/18/08
*California DHS approves $25M for ferries -- The state Department of Homeland Security has approved $25 million in Proposition 1B bond money for the Bay Area's new ferry agency, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority. The agency plans to use the money from the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond to build a ferry terminal in South San Francisco, continue planning terminals in Berkeley and Hercules and do environmental studies for new ferry service out of Redwood City, Antioch, Martinez and Richmond. Inside Bay Area 6/17/08
Budget crisis:
County poised to pass ugly budget -- The proposed spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1 calls for $67.9 million in cuts and using $55.8 million in reserve funds to solve a projected $123.7 million deficit. The county's projected general fund is $2.1 billion. Sacramento Bee 6/18/08
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