Posts Tagged ‘commuters’
East Bay gears up for bike-sharing this fall
Hundreds of brightly colored bikes will appear in Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville this fall, as bike-sharing rolls into the East Bay. San Francisco launched bike-sharing in 2013, when 350 blue-green bikes were placed in SoMa, the Financial District and along the Embarcadero. Since then, locals and tourists alike have checked out the bikes, taken them…
Read MoreBART is changing its schedule; how will it be different?
The transportation service began running on an expanded schedule and operating with longer train cars during rush hour.
Read MoreRiders, transit planners take another look at BART bike policy
As BART accommodates more bicycles on its trains than ever before—more than 8,000 on weekdays in 2010—riders, bicyclists and transit planners are eyeing the transit system’s bike policy closely.
Read MoreBridge toll increase causing turmoil in the casual carpool community
During the morning rush hour, commuters in cities across the East Bay climb into a stranger’s car. It’s part of casual carpooling, an informal ride-share system to save time and money while crossing the Bay Bridge. But a recent toll increase is causing turmoil in the casual carpool community.
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