As promised earlier in the week, here are some pictures of the area that includes the 40-acre city land that the A’s are seeking for use as a parking facility. First up is Auto Mall Parkway, which transforms from a six-lane road (at I-880) to a four-lane road…… which then turns into a three-lane road…… [...]

Answer: When it’s being pitched by VTA. The still-languishing BART-to-San Jose project got a bit of a reprieve today, as the VTA board approved $135 million in additional design and engineering costs associated with the project. Dissenting Santa Clara Supervisor Liz Kniss put out a rather pointed question: “Are we concerned at all about starting [...]

The Merc’s Lisa Fernandez reports that the first of probably many biweekly meetings involving the A’s and the City of Fremont was held this morning at Fremont’s City Hall. City Manager Fred Diaz said little about the substance of the meetings, describing this first session as an “icebreaker.” There was also no discussion of a [...]

The Argus’s Chris De Benedetti has a story summarizing a letter dated November 21, from Lew Wolff to Fremont City Manager Fred Diaz. It’s only two pages, so obviously it’s not a proposal, yet there are little bits here and there worthy of further analysis. The letter is PDF (Page 1/Page 2). My comments are [...]

A few worthwhile news items came in over the last week.Fremont officials and representatives from several public transportation authorities have had three roundtable discussions since August about the challenges presented by the Pacific Commons site. Among the solutions being considered are a system of shuttles, a monorail, or a people mover. I’ll present a people [...]

Now that the Kings’ and local Sacramento pols’ efforts to build a downtown arena have hit a wall, NBA commish David Stern came to the state capitol to pull a Winston Wolfe. From the Bee article: Stern arrived in town Monday for a two-day whirlwind schedule of meetings with those in a position to help [...]

The site of the future Cisco Field may be in Fremont, but that doesn’t mean that only Fremont will be affected. Milpitas officials have expressed their concerns about the project, especially traffic along 880. During Milpitas City Council’s Nov. 21 meeting, Councilman Bob Liven-good expressed his concerns over how the sports complex would impact Milpitas [...]