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INTRODUCTION As anyone from the San Francisco Bay Area can attest, trying to get to San Francisco from the East Bay can be a nightmare during the morning peak period. Currently, there are four main ways to cross the Bay between Oakland and San Francisco: by car or by bus on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, by train through the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART’s) Transbay Tube, or by ship on the San Francisco Bay Ferry (AKA “WETA”). However, all of these modes are at capacity and straining to cope with the increasing travel demands of the region. To deal with this demand, there are proposals to expand or build new infrastructure. For example, public officials have begun discussions on building a second Transbay Tube to relieve crowding in the existing tube, and provide additional capacity [1]. However, this tube is at least 30 years off due to major financial and political challenges. Additionally, while a second Bay Bridge has never progressed beyond discussions, some proponents are advocating for its construction [2]. In light of recent experiences with challenges/delays these long-term infrastructure projects in California and elsewhere (e.g. high-speed rail) have faced, short-term solutions need to be explored to increase capacity across the bay while the longterm solutions (e.g. second Transbay Tube) are implemented. Sixteen different short-term solutions were determined based on research by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), a literature review of existing research into urban congestion relief, and original research [3-9]. Figure 1 on the next page provides a comprehensive overview map of the San Francisco Bay Area and all relevant points to this research. It also includes markings for each of the strategies proposed later on that is bound to a physical location (some strategies are region-wide or otherwise not location-specific). These markings are color coded by priority order. The strategies and their order of priority are discussed after the brief data introduction below.

Enhancing Capacity and Managing Demand to Increase Short-Term Throughput on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge