Funded entirely by regional toll dollars, the SR-160/HWY-4 ramps eliminate the U-turn that was previously required at Hillcrest Avenue, reduce through traffic and congestion on Oakley's city streets, and improve access for Eastern Contra Costa County.
The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and MTC/BATA, joined by state, regional and local officials, marked the completion of work on the much-needed $50 million connection between State Route 160 and Highway 4 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
As of February 2016, the I-580 Express Lanes are now open for travel. Commuters in the Tri Valley Corridor in Alameda County can now use FasTrak to access the newest addition to the regional network of Express Lanes.
You may have heard or read that BART must shut down for a few hours every night for mandated inspections and critical maintenance work but there's no replacement for actually seeing what happens during the race till dawn.
Bay Area housing and transportation policymakers, city planners, community and business leaders, housing developers and advocates attended a half-day event to discuss how to address skyrocketing housing costs and displacement of long-time residents.
In 1935, raising the five 504 Trusses on the Bay Bridge involved driving hundreds of piles into the Bay. Today, lowering those massive steel trusses on the old span is more environmentally friendly, without piles, but also more complex.
Students from throughout the nine Bay Area counties came together to discuss transportation, clean air, climate change and a healthy San Francisco Bay Area at the thirrd YES Conference.
