511 Contra Costa in partnership with the City of Pleasant Hill is unveiling the City’s electric charging stations today, December 10, 2009. The chargers allow for any plug-in electric vehicle to recharge at one of three locations in Pleasant Hill; City Hall Visitor Parking lot, the public garage on Crescent Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
511 Contra Costa in partnership with the City of Pleasant Hill is unveiling the City’s electric charging stations today, December 10, 2009. The chargers allow for any plug-in electric vehicle to recharge at one of three locations in Pleasant Hill; City Hall Visitor Parking lot, the public garage on Crescent Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts 
511CC wins Safe Routes to School Mini Grant. The National Center for Safe Routes to School announced today that 511 Contra Costa was one of 25 national applicants to receive a $1000.00 mini grant for Spring 2010. The National Center received 247 Safe Routes to School applications from across 44 Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts 
511 Contra Costa Awards Bicycle to Dallas Ranch Middle School Student
Rhyan Fulcher, a student from Dallas Ranch Middle School was the grand prize winner of a new bicycle for pledging to walk and bicycle to school during the month of October.
Mr. Fulcher’s name was drawn at random from Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts 
A Clayton commuter once believed that cycling was for recreation and weekends, but now his commute to work IS recreation.
Meet Steve Biggs of Clayton. He began cycling to work on Bike to Work Day (May 14th, 2009) and has continued bicycle commuting ever since. Although Steve is a trained Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
eLockers are great!
Join Walnut Creek City Council members and staff at the unveiling of the new electronic bicycle lockers at Walnut Creek’s City Hall on Tuesday, November 10th at 4:30.
eLockers are electronic bike lockers that allow anyone with a BikeLink card to have access to the lockers for Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
Nov 1st and the Bay Bridge is still closed. How have you adjusted your travel patterns? Let us know by commenting here. Caltrans hopes to have it open as soon as safely possible.
in the meantime, the best thing to do is carpool, use mass transit, use the ferries or Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
Update: Check out our updated Bay Bridge info page for updated info.
Update: A few pieces of the Bay Bridge snapped and fell onto the upper deck of the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge. As a result, the Bay Bridge is closed indefinitely:
BART will operate longer trains during Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
Take our survey about electric/hybrid cars and get a $10 gift certificate for Peet’s Coffee. Its short and simple, but this offer expires soon so act fast.
By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
Caltrans will be performing numerous maintenance repairs on State Route 12 (SR-12) Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (Sept 15-17) from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm daily. These repairs will require the FULL CLOSURE of SR-12. The closure will be from State Route 160 near Rio Vista to Interstate 5 near Lodi. Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
The Concord City Council selected the Clustered Villages alternative as the Preferred Reuse Plan for the Concord Naval Weapons Station in January 2009. A revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the project is now available for review and comment until October 15. Share your opinion.
By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
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