San Joaquin County Local News: Transportation

11/22/2023
Manteca is again considering traffic calming possibilities for Mission Ridge Drive. Mayor Gary Singh said he has asked staff to revisit the issue and take a proactive approach to traffic and safety concerns.

11/21/2023
A new study by Forbes shows that four cities in the Golden State—Los Angeles, Fresno, San Diego and Sacramento—are among the 21 worst cities in the United States for holiday travel. Forbes looked at a variety of factors including car accidents, hotel prices and air travel.

11/16/2023
Interstate 10 in Los Angeles will reopen Nov. 21, following a fire on Nov. 11. It had previously been feared the freeway would be closed much longer.

09/15/2023
The Department of Public Works is aiming to begin the project by next October, with work planned for bridges on Tracy Boulevard over Grant Line Canal, Eight Mile Road over Bishop Cut, Bacon Island Road over Middle River, and Eight Mile Road over Honker Cut.

09/15/2023
The San Joaquin Board of Supervisors will send two members to Long Beach this fall to explore the TradePort California Project, which would create four inland truck-and-rail hubs and up to seven satellite centers along the 425-mile corridor from Los Angeles-area seaports to Northern California.

09/13/2023
Hydrogen fueling stations will get 15 percent of funds in a state program — even though Californians own only about 12,000 hydrogen cars. The funds come from fees paid by drivers.

08/28/2023
Two people wearing masks dart into a busy street in San Francisco. One of them hauls a big orange traffic cone. They sprint toward a driverless car and set the cone on the hood.

08/25/2023
The city’s Tracer bus service will add three new buses to its fleet, following Tracy City Council action.

08/17/2023
With only 12,000 hydrogen cars on the road, and just two models for sale, California lawmakers are debating how much state money should support them.

08/17/2023
The work will begin next week, with road closures and detours expected to be in place until spring.

08/13/2023
Hundreds of driverless cars have been roaming San Francisco streets over the past couple of years. Now the California Public Utilities Commission has voted to let self-driving car companies expand their programs and start charging passengers like taxis.

08/10/2023
A transportation startup is planning to open a huge charging depot off Interstate 5 near the Sacramento International Airport in 2025 that will be geared toward commercial trucks driving through the I-5 corridor.

08/05/2023
Jaime Medina of Tracy has been appointed to the San Joaquin County Aviation Advisory Committee to serve a three-year term.

07/05/2023
Cyclists in Sacramento may have noticed some changes to bike lanes along 19th and 21st streets. That’s likely thanks to Sacramento’s Central City Mobility Project, which recently began construction on additional protected bike lanes.

07/02/2023
Joyce Adams-Watkins started driving buses for the Sacramento Regional Transit District in 1980. More than four decades later at age 74, she still gets behind the wheel and is the longest-tenured employee at the agency.

04/24/2023
A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California is asking the Biden administration to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.

02/27/2023
Public transit is a lifeline for low-income Californians, and the key to realizing reduced carbon emissions. But the state’s major public transit agencies are facing myriad issues and are looking to state lawmakers for a solution.

12/15/2022
The law was prompted by an audit revealing that up to 35,000 parking placards in use were in the names of deceased people.

02/08/2022
The California High Speed Rail Authority announced Feb. 8 that efforts to create a high-speed rail line connecting north and south will cost another $5 billion more than anticipated.