Last week was a big week for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. On Wednesday, it reached a construction milestone as the first section of its Self-Anchored Suspension Span (SAS) was lifted into place. On Thursday, Caltrans and Google held a joint press conference (also webcast live) to announce a partnership Keep reading >> Posts Tagged "bay bridge"
Last week was a big week for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. On Wednesday, it reached a construction milestone as the first section of its Self-Anchored Suspension Span (SAS) was lifted into place. On Thursday, Caltrans and Google held a joint press conference (also webcast live) to announce a partnership Keep reading >>
Happy Friday! If you haven’t been following 511CC on Twitter, here’s a summary of this week’s transit news affecting Contra Costa County and the Bay Area:
BART will begin charging a daily parking fee on Feb. 22 at Pleasant Hill
Federal money was approved for a new state route linking Keep reading >>
If you haven’t been following 511CC on Twitter, here’s what’s happening in Contra Costa County and Bay Area transit news that we tweeted or blogged about in the past week:
Biofuel advance made in Bay Area, researchers say – Contra Costa Times
BART cuts 74 mostly vacant positions – Contra Keep reading >>
Nearly 6,800 Tons of Steel for New Iconic East Span
Oakland, Jan. 21, 2010–The first of 28 immense deck sections for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s new Self-Anchored Suspension Span (SAS) arrived in the San Francisco Bay today after a trans-Pacific voyage. The SAS is the most iconic element Keep reading >>
Photo courtesy of Caltrans.
Were you stuck on the bay bridge traffic this week… yet again?
If you were commuting at night, gridlock was most likely due to the lane closures that began on Friday, December 11. (However–come to think of it–we’re not convinced it wasn’t also Lady Gaga Keep reading >>
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 >>
Starting this Friday, September 4, BART will be running trains 24 hours a day during the September 4th – 7th Bay Bridge closure. The trains will run hourly to 14 stations.
Stations with overnight service:
24th Street Mission
Bay Fair (parking available)
Coliseum/Oakland Airport (parking available)
Concord (parking available)
Daly City Keep reading >>
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