Bay Area
San Fran Bay Area to toll 1270km (790mi) of HOV lanes, build another 440km (275mi) in $4.8b project
Posted Thu, 2008-07-31 00:23Illustrating what anti-toll politicians on Capitol Hill like House transport chair James Oberstar (Dem MN) are up against in trying to stem the tide of tolling,
the major institutions of the San Francisco Bay Area this month have agreed, without any serious dissent, to progressively implement tolling on about 1270 lane-km (790 lane-miles) of high occupant vehicle (HOV) lanes on Bay Area expressways - or as they say over there - in the carpool lanes of area freeways. 458 words read more »
Great reporter killed in crash at Bay Area Toll Authority's traffic signals
Posted Wed, 2007-04-25 08:13
David Halberstam was one of the best correspondents in Vietnam during the war I remember. He loved to discuss and argue, and had an enormous capacity to demonstrate a theme with examples. I remember - rather vaguely - several exchanges with him while we were both reporters in Saigon. 513 words read more »
