Posts Tagged ‘AC Transit’
Contra Costa Voters Consider Transportation Measures
Politicians aren’t the only ones vying for votes in the upcoming election. From its new headquarters in downtown Richmond, the Contra Costa Transportation Campaign is reminding voters to look beyond the list of candidates on the ballot and consider supporting three transportation measures.
Read MoreTales of Two Cities #7: Loss
In this week’s episode of the Tales of Two Cities podcast, hosts Brad Bailey and Matt Beagle will be discussing loss, and stories about people moving on when something or someone important is taken away. We’ll hear about a lost Oakland bus stop so important to bus riders that they’re trying to bring it back.…
Read MoreCity asks residents to weigh in on new South Richmond transportation plan
The City of Richmond is seeking public comment on the South Richmond Transportation Connectivity Plan (SRTCP) draft, which was released in early May. The plan is the city’s effort to improve transportation connectivity between South Richmond and surrounding key locations. Caltrans awarded a planning grant to the city in 2012. The California Global Warming Solutions…
Read MoreAfter exhausting $1.8 million funding, Richmond’s Easy Go program yields low usage rates at high costs
From December 2011 to August 2013, the Easy Go program, funded by nearly $1.8 million in Chevron tax settlement, provided subsidized electric car rentals, bike rentals, kids cabs, van services and AC Transit Easy passes for Richmond residents.
Read MoreRobert Rodgers, driver and friend to Richmond’s elderly
“Could you stay until my birthday?” the passenger kept asking her driver. The rider, an elderly woman with short gray hair and a faint voice, didn’t want Robert Rodgers to leave the driver’s seat of her daily van. But Rodgers had his future planned: he would retire from the van service when he turned 62.…
Read MoreAC Transit meeting in Richmond lays out fare proposal
AC Transit seeks to increase ridership and improve route speed by introducing a fare proposal, which was discussed Wednesday evening at a public meeting in the Richmond City Council chambers.
Read MoreAC Transit adjusts service for commuters
In the midst of a BART Strike, AC Transit is modifying its service to try to accommodate the influx of commuters.
Read MoreGovernor Brown intervenes, no AC Transit strike Thursday
Governor Jerry Brown appointed a three-person board Wednesday evening to investigate the contract dispute between AC Transit management and local union ATU 192, effectively ending the threat of a strike for Thursday morning.
Read MoreAC Transit gives 72-Hour notice for strike as BART strike looms
While Bay Area residents deal with the disruption of a possible BART shutdown Tuesday, AC Transit hit them with another major blow. AC Transit workers gave a 72-hour notice that they intend to walk off the job on Thursday. If the bus workers make good on their threat and BART is on strike, two of…
Read MoreBART strike frustrates commuters
It’s day two of the BART strike, and commuters across San Francisco are not happy. From the Mission District to the Embarcadero, children, teenagers and adults squeezed onto overcrowded buses, hailed cabs, made phone calls to jobs and loved ones to say they’d be late, and stood in long lines for AC Transit buses and…
Read MoreCity spends 1.8 million on transMETRO despite disputes
The City Council decided last week to spend most of a $2 million tax settlement with Chevron on a conditional contract with transMETRO, a transportation consulting service that will help the city implement a greenhouse-gas reduction program. Although the majority of the council appeared to enthusiastically embrace the contract, an amendment added at the meeting…
Read MoreNorth Richmond bus line gets police escort
Following a recent shooting in which a bullet passed through a bus’ rear windshield, all buses on AC Transit’s 376 line are now accompanied by a police escort as they pass through North Richmond.
Read MoreDistrict hopes bus passes will increase attendance
To help improve attendance and keep kids out of trouble, a program of the West Contra Costa Unified School District is funding bus passes for up to 2,000 high school students. So far only about 1,500 students have signed up.
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