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 Category Archives: Uncategorized
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
Hot off the presses! Tell your friends and family about our new iPhone app, iSmog.
Official press release.
iSmog displays air quality information for the San Francisco Bay Area. With just a tap of the screen, users will see an easy-to-understand map of environmental quality in the Bay Area’s five Keep reading >> By: Brendan Nee
511 Contra Costa has partnered with County Connection for a Buy 1 Get 1 Free special offer on Summer Youth Passes valid from June 14th through September 30th. Youths in central Contra Costa County can travel green riding the fixed-route buses to more of their activities. Take advantage of this offer soon Keep reading >> By: Leona Gee 
Tri Delta Transit and 511 Contra Costa have teamed up to get people moving more eco-friendly in east Contra Costa County. Give Express Route 300 a try and let someone else do the driving for you through Highway 4 traffic to/from Pittsburg/Bay Point BART. With limited stops between Brentwood and Oakley Keep reading >> By: Leona Gee
BART may go on strike July 1, 2009. Don’t wait until then to figure out how to get to work. Talk to co-workers or others in your building NOW to arrange a carpool and then sign up with us to receive a $60 gift card. You might also consider vanpooling. Keep reading >> By: Corinne Dutra-Roberts
The future of bike commuting continues to look better and better. As bike commuting and biking in general continue to get better and safer due to more bike infrastructure and more cyclists taking to the streets even more people will be prompted to give bike commuting a try.
It will Keep reading >> By: Preston Theler -
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