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SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn., June 29, 2010 - UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, announced yesterday it has set durability records for its latest generation transit bus fuel cell system.
A PureMotion® Model 120 fuel cell powerplant aboard an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) bus operating in Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Upcoming Events & Meetings
Fri. 6/11, Sat. 6/12: Treat Boulevard to close at night for Iron Horse Trail bridge installation
Weds. 6/16: TransLink becomes Clipper
Sun. 6/20: Ride on the historic Niles Canyon Railway through Niles Canyon
Local News (Contra Costa County & East Bay)
Updates on Caldecott tunnel portal Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
To see a neat collection of posters from this year’s Bike to Work Day put together by Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, CA, click the following link for a slideshow: Bike to Work Day 2010 posters
By: Trucy Phan
“Am I going to get pulled over? I see a lot of CHP officers on I-580 and I-680…”
According to a recent column in the Contra Costa Times:
Since January of 2010, the CHP has deployed speed teams six times in Contra Costa County and written about 1,000 speed citations. Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Recently, we stumbled upon a 50-year old map of the BART system from 1961, more than a decade before it began operation. Remarkably, the map is very similar to the system that was eventually built and is running today, but without the extensions to Palo Alto and Novato:
[Photo via Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan 
With the rain almost on its way out and with little but gorgeous days ahead, we thought we would point out one resource for helping you take advantage of the more than 1 million acres of publicly accessible open space in the Bay Area this weekend. The best part? Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
With a $25 million deficit in its operating budget, BART is considering raising the cost of trips through the transbay tube by 10 cents to help fill the gap. It has received $19 million in stimulus money, but that leaves $6 million to be saved by cutting operation and Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Photo source: The New York Times
Unused construction equipment placed too close to the roadway. A roadblock with no signs. Pavement-edge drop-offs.
What do these have in common? They all have the potential to injure or kill drivers–and they have.
As stated by an article recently published by The Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Our Program of the Week promotions are very popular. However, we love to hear from you what you like to see as a future promotion. Please remember the theme is to travel green, so any ideas should have a green transportation premise. Who knows? Maybe you will see your idea as the next Program Keep reading >> By: Leona Gee
From Autopia Nissan’s Electric Leaf Spreads the EV Gospel (via The Transportationist)
“You don’t worry about the battery,” Ghosn said. “We worry about the battery.”
Company CEO Carlos Ghosn is among the industry’s loudest EV evangelists, and he firmly believes the four-door, five passenger Nissan Leaf will usher in the Keep reading >> By: Brendan Nee -
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