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OAKLAND, CA — Toll plaza changes designed to speed travel for carpoolers are coming this month to the Antioch and Richmond-San Rafael bridges. Beginning in mid-June, carpoolers who travel across the...

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MTC plans to convert the existing High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes between Oakland and Milpitas to express lanes. Express lanes are specially-designated highway lanes that are free for carpools...

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Beginning this fall, solo motorists on Interstate 580 through Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore can cruise in the carpool lane if they’re willing to pay their way out of congested lanes. Existing high...

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The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today approved the application submitted earlier this spring by MTC's Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority (BAIFA) affiliate for authorization to...