Contra Costa County (Calif.)

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A community celebration and ribbon cutting this morning marked the completion of the Highway 4 Widening Projects, a six-year-long collaborative endeavor.

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Contra Costa County is home to some of the best pavement in the Bay Area — and also some of the worst. Data released today by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) show the county’s more...

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MTC and ABAG invite the public to a pair of open houses in Richmond (East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, 339 11 th Street) and in San Jose (The Tech Museum, 201 South Market Street) on Thursday...

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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...

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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) today teamed to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of WestCAT’s popular Lynx...

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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) invite Bay Area residents to comment on a proposal to add the Richmond-San Rafael...

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The November 4 election brought sweeping changes across the nation, including in the realm of transportation. In Washington, a new Obama administration and an increasingly Democratic-controlled...

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Now that seismic upgrade work is complete or well under way on five of the Bay Area’s state-owned toll bridges, MTC’s Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) is turning its attention to the remaining two: the...

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After eight months of intense excavation on the Caldecott Tunnel fourth bore from the east end in Orinda, miners have begun to excavate from the west end in Oakland. The two holes are anticipated to...

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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s Operations Committee today paved the way for expansion of the popular Clipper program by the end of 2015 to the Livermore-Amador Valley...