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Today, Tuesday August 24th, is a Spare the Air day in the Bay Area, making today the second smog day issued in two days by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. On summer Spare the Air days, ground-quality ozone–or smog–levels are expected to be unhealthy and residents are Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
After months of construction and more than a decade of planning, the Iron Horse Trail Pedestrian/Bike Bridge is near completion. The bridge spans eight lanes of Treat Boulevard in the Pleasant Hill BART area, linking discontinuous sections of the Iron Horse Trail. Upon its opening (rumored to be Friday, Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is searching for Bay Area residents to share their commuting stories in its Commuter Chronicles video contest. Tell them why and how you Spare the Air during your commute — whether you carpool, take public transit, telecommute, bike or walk to work Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
This week, AC Transit stopped honoring paper passes for youth under age 18. The agency will only accept plastic Clipper cards, shown to the right. Clipper Youth cards may take up to three weeks to process, and applicants must apply for them in person with one of the following Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
[ August 14, 2010; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] GreenFEST 2010 will be held at the Contra Costa Association of Realtors (CCAR) in Walnut Creek on Saturday, August 14th from 10 AM- 4 PM at:
CCAR Parking Lot
1870 Olympic Boulevard, Walnut Creek
This FREE event will feature organic food, music, educational demos, e-waste receptacles, a garden center Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan 
[ July 17, 2010; ] The Route 4 – Free Ride Trolley – will detour in the Northbound direction on Saturday, July 17 to serve the opening festivities at the new Walnut Creek library.
Traveling from the Broadway Plaza, from North Main St., the bus will turn right on Cypress, and left on Broadway Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan 
It’s back! The popular buy one get one free WestCAT Lynx bus pass promo is coming back this summer.
WestCAT, in partnership with 511 Contra Costa, will kick off the summer by bringing back the popular “Buy One Get One Free” promo for transbay express bus riders who are Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan 
Evening on the Trails was a huge success on May 13th, an event geared toward getting families out on the Iron Horse and Canal Trails on Bike to Work Day. Our winner, Emmett Lutz, received a gift certificate for a bike and rode to our office to show it Keep reading >> By: kayla 
[Photo via wwworks]
Concord, Calif. – County Connection bus passengers eliminated 20,582 pounds of carbon dioxide from the environment each weekday in April by using the bus instead of driving a car. Carbon dioxide emission reductions are determined using the average weekday ridership and average trip length, then factoring Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
During the first three weekends in June, The Contra Costa County Public Works Department will be closing the intersection of Treat Boulevard and Jones Road overnight for the installation of the Iron Horse Trail Pedestrian Bridge.
The closures are scheduled for 9 pm to 10 am the next morning on Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
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