Category Archives: Transportation

New ACE Saturday Service begins September 7th

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

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511 Traveler Information Service Adds Emergency Text Alerts

Posted on August 28, 2019 by

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today announced the newest addition to its award-winning 511 SF Bay service with the launch of a text-based mass notification feature for travelers in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Known as 511 Emergency Alerts, … Continue reading →

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SchoolPool with TriDelta Transit

Posted on August 7, 2019 by

SchoolPool is a program that encourages students in grades 6-12 to use public transit instead of a car to get to and from school. The Central and East Contra Costa County SchoolPool program offers complimentary introductory County Connection or Tri Delta … Continue reading →

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Kirker Pass Road Truck Lanes –Northbound

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

At their meeting on Tuesday, February 26, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors awarded a $14,153,763 contract to Granite Rock Company to construct the Kirker Pass Road Northbound Truck Climbing Lane project. Earlier in the month the Contra Costa … Continue reading →

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Now that you’re paying more to cross Bay Area bridges where is the money going

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

Bay Area voters approved RM3 in June 2018 authorizing a regional bridge toll increase on the seven state-owned bridges in the Bay Area. The three dollar increase will take place over a six-year period where the first increase will take … Continue reading →

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Orange and White: The Colors of (Express Lane) Construction Season

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

  Just as orange poppies and trees with bursts of white blossoms herald the advent of spring in the Bay Area, the sudden appearance of orange fencing and white K-rails signals the start of improvements along the region’s freeways; and … Continue reading →

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Tolls on Seven Bay Area Bridges to Rise in 2019

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

First of Three Voter-Approved Increases Takes Effect Jan. 1, 2019; Toll Funds to Be Put in Escrow Account Pending Resolution of Lawsuits. With three weeks to go before the start of a new year, the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) … Continue reading →

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