Drive less, pay less with new insurance option in California
California is clearing the way for pay-as-you-go auto insurance aimed at giving lower rates to drivers who drive fewer miles. The catch: motorists must agree to document their mileage or have a device...
View Article$2 ride is free this month on AC Transit’s “holiday” bus
AC Transit is giving away free rides this month to everyone who boards a “holiday” bus that is rotated around to serve a different route each day. AC makes it a seasonal practice to decorate one bus,...
View ArticleWhy did the turkeys cross the busy road?
“We may not know why two wild turkeys crossed Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek this afternoon but they managed to traverse the busy thoroughfare thanks to alert drivers.” Read on to finish this...
View ArticleBART board endorses governor’s budget plan
The BART board is urging support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed much debated state budget plan, which extends some taxes and spares public transit from deep cuts. The guv’s plan would reaffirm a...
View ArticleIs it just an employee’s child or a safety risk riding in the BART train cab?
BART and its train operators are at odds over a district edict barring the operators from bringing their sons and daughters into train cabs last Thursday during bring your child to work day. Is this a...
View ArticleSmog season here: call to cut driving on Spare the Air days
Spare the Air warm season has arrived in the Bay Area. From now until mid-October, the public will be asked to ride public transit more and drive autos less on days with unhealthy smog concentrations...
View ArticleTrain fest at Amtrak Martinez on Saturday, National Train Day
A family-oriented train celebration for National Train Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Amtrak station, 601 Marina Vista Ave., Martinez . Vendors will give children train-related...
View ArticleRide with a skirt to bike party tonight after open house at Ashby BART bike...
What do BART and men and women bicyclists in skirts have in common? They’re partners tonight in a Berkeley doubleheader of the practical and the wacky. Cyclists are invited from 7:30 to 8 p.m. tonight...
View ArticleAnother Monday protest against BART, but this time a counterprotest planned...
As BART critics plan a 5 p.m. Monday (today) protest at the Civic Center station for a third consecutive Monday, a group of riders plan a protest against the protesters. The new group called Commuters...
View ArticleBART, AC Transit to redraw ward maps for electing board members
The BART and AC Transit board are ramping up efforts to redraw boundaries of political districts from which the directors are elected. An AC Transit board committee meets a 4 p.m Tuesday in Oakland...
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