Transportation

The Los Angeles-area transit system will achieve a major milestone on Friday with the long-awaited opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center station, bringing rail service the closest it has ever been to Los Angeles International Airport and giving travelers a new car-free option for reaching the airfield.

A federal investigation continued Friday after a private jet smashed into a San Diego neighborhood, damaging several homes and injuring 8 people on the ground while killing multiple people on board.

Thousands had to find another way to get around the Bay Area on Friday amid a BART outage. It’s something lawmakers said how essential the transit system is to the Bay Area. Pete Suratos reports.

All BART service resumed Friday after a systemwide shutdown due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Some commuters waited for hours, delaying their plans. While hoping the system would come back online. Full service was restored within hours, but residual delays lingered for hours. NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre spoke with Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken to...

It was a brutal start to the Friday morning commute after a technical issue brought BART’s entire system to a halt. The result? Hours of delays, and detours for commuters who were forced to find another way to get to work, get to school or just get around. Velena Jones reports. 

All BART service resumed Friday morning after a systemwide shutdown due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Velena Jones, Kris Sanchez, Mike Inouye and Jaxon Vanderbeken report.

All BART service resumed Friday morning after a systemwide shutdown due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Mike Inouye, Velena Jones and Kris Sanchez report.

BART trains went dark systemwide for more than three hours Friday morning before partial service resumed after a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Velena Jones, Kris Sanchez and Mike Inouye report.

BART trains went dark systemwide Friday morning due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Velena Jones, Kris Sanchez and Mike Inouye report.

BART trains went dark systemwide Friday morning due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Kris Sanchez and Mike Inouye report.

BART trains went dark systemwide Friday morning due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said. Kris Sanchez reports.

BART trains went dark systemwide Friday morning due to a train control system problem, the transit agency said on social media.

All BART service resumed Friday morning after a systemwide shutdown due to a computer networking problem, the transit agency said.

The requirement for a Real ID has arrived, after nearly two decades of postponements and delays. Raj Mathai speaks with San Francisco Standard’s Zara Stone on this.

NBC Bay Area’s Christie Smith breaks down what to know about Real ID and why it is now required to fly.

Most airports around the United States operated smoothly Wednesday as new Real ID requirements took effect because travelers without the updated document were still allowed to move through security easily.

The deadline to get a Real ID is here, after years of postponements and delays. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

The deadline to get a Real ID is almost here, after nearly two decades of postponements and delays. Pete Suratos reports.

The deadline to get a Real ID is almost here, after nearly two decades of postponements and delays. Ian Cull reports.

If you still don’t have your Real ID and are confused about how to get one, here are some things to know.