Tag Archives: Transportation

Tomoko Tamagawa, 23, and Kelley Sterle, 22, are spending three months in Yosemite National Park as interns this summer, teaching visitors about the history of transportation in Yosemite and the use of alternative technology in transportation as well as about the natural, cultural, and historical resources in Yosemite National Park. …

Yosemite National Park received $ 1.3 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve the transportation system within the park. This funding is a portion of the $ 24.8 million announced by the FTA for improvement of the public transportation in America’s national parks, national forests, and wildlife refuges.  …

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces an innovative partnership with gateway communities designed to enhance visits to the Yosemite region and reduce traffic congestion. Each of the four primary gateways to the park, along Highways 120 east and west, Highway 41, and Highway 140, has designed a program tailored …

Yosemite National Park initiates one transportation project and concludes two others that will improve parking, road conditions, and traffic flow in the park. The projects will provide additional parking in Yosemite Valley, improve restrooms and reorganize the Tuolumne Grove parking area, and repair and maintain portions of the Tioga Road. …

The California Department of Transportation is hosting a career fair at the Fresno Fairgrounds on May 8. The public is invited to learn about jobs as engineers, planners, surveyors, office … Click to Continue »

The Mariposa County Social Services Transportation Advisory Council will meet at 10:00 a.m., March 8, 2018, in the Government Center Board Chambers, 5100 Bullion Street, Mariposa, CA.

The recommendation for a state commission appointment has drawn controversy in Merced County this week, and one area leader said the “good-ol’-boy” system is at work. The position in question … Click to Continue »

The Mariposa County Social Services Transportation Advisory Council will meet at 10:00 a.m., June 29, 2017, in the Government Center Board Chambers, 5100 Bullion Street, Mariposa, CA.

The Merced County Association of Governments has reached a settlement with the Sierra Club in a lawsuit challenging its 2014 Regional Transportation Plan. The lawsuit argued that the transportation plan … Click to Continue »

Advocates for a half-cent sales tax to pay for road projects are calling preliminary election results on Measure V a victory for Merced County. The measure has collected 69.1 percent … Click to Continue »

Mike Villalta has been vocal critic of proposed sales tax Other leaders in county say it will help transportation projects regionally, locally Measure would need support from 67 percent of voters to pass … Click to Continue »

Some city leaders are skeptical of a proposed county tax, because they are off the list Atwater leaders have said they need the dollars for roads The majority of cities need to support it to get it to the ballot … Click to Continue »

Yosemite National Park initiates one transportation project and concludes two others that will improve parking, road conditions, and traffic flow in the park. The projects will provide additional parking in Yosemite Valley, improve restrooms and reorganize the Tuolumne Grove parking area, and repair and maintain portions of the Tioga Road. …