Posts Tagged "bay bridge"

Upcoming Events & Meetings Mon. 7/12: Meet at Antioch’s Nick Rodriguez Community Center to give your input on BART’s eastward extension. Thur. 7/15: Head to the Brentwood Senior Center to give your input on BART’s eastward extension. Sat. 7/17: BART’s third input meeting on its eastward extension will be held Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
West Span Bay Bridge Bicycle and Pedestrian Pathway Moves Closer to Reality Good news for those hoping to make the journey from Yerba Buena Island to San Francisco by foot or bicycle! Plans for a bicycle and pedestrian pathway across the western span of the Bay Bridge may be one step closer towards fruition. The state Assembly Committee on Transportation passed Keep reading >> By: Caroline Dickie
Upcoming Events & Meetings May 31, 2010: Memorial Day – Transit agency schedules on Memorial Day Holiday Friday May 28 – Tuesday May 31, 2010: Track closures between Walnut Creek & Pleasant Hill BART stations Friday June 4, Saturday June 5: Treat Boulevard to close at night for Iron Horse Trail Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Upcoming Events & Meetings Friday May 14, 2010, by 5 PM – Last day to submit your photos and videos from Bike to Work Day 2010 to enter our drawing for $25 to Peet’s Coffee & Tea! Wednesday May 26, 2010 – AC Transit public hearing on proposed service reductions Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Local News Caltrans director Randy Iwasaki to become chief of Contra Costa Transportation Authority The County Connection to change several schedules beginning this Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 BART track closures between Walnut Creek & Pleasant Hill scheduled for March 26-28, 2010 New massive freeway project is likely to slow down Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Local News Weekend track closures between Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill BART stations; free bus services to be provided March 26-28 and May 28-30 El Cerrito encourages community participation in identifying area traffic concerns – meetings on March 25 & 31st 511CC gets kudos for use of social media to Keep reading >> By: Trucy Phan
Big week for Bay Bridge: First section of SAS lifted and partnership with Google Earth 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 >> By: Trucy Phan
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 >> By: Trucy Phan
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 >> By: Trucy Phan
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 >> By: Trucy Phan