Posts Tagged ‘Transit’
Marin IJ: Plan Allots $200M for Marin Transportation Projects
A draft four-year transportation plan outlines 21 projects in Marin County receiving about $200 million. The allocations are part of the 2027 Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP, which includes more than 400 projects in the nine-county Bay Area that are set to get more than $13.8 billion through 2030. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a regional…
Read MoreThe Press Democrat: North Bay’s New Coordinated Transit Service is up and running. Here’s how it’s going:
Since April, Joseph Costa has seen his morning commute from Marin County to San Francisco change dramatically under a new pilot program changing schedules across the North Bay’s transit agencies. As he waited for the Route 101 bus early one July morning at the San Rafael transit center, the San Anselmo resident said that the…
Read MoreMarinIJ: North Bay Coordinated Transit Service Boosts Ridership, Transfers
A plan to streamline service among transit agencies in the North Bay appears to be working as intended, according to a preliminary evaluation. Under the Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service plan, also known as MASCOTS, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has recorded a 20% boost in ridership in the period between April 12, when the change happened,…
Read MoreMarinIJ: Marin Transit Approves $6M Contract for Bus Yard Project
Marin Transit has hired a contractor to finalize the design of its electric bus yard proposed for San Rafael. The agency’s board voted unanimously on June 1 to award a $6 million contract to HDR, an engineering firm, to come up with the look and feel of the operations center. The 3.5-acre site is at…
Read MoreMarin IJ Editorial Board: The Future is Bright for Marin Ferries: Golden Gate Ferries, a Bay Area Public Transit Success, is Charting an even Brighter Future.
The Golden Gate Bridge board, which runs the ferries, is planning to spend more than $118 million to build two new boats that are faster and run cleaner than the older boats they will replace. The contract to start construction on the first of the two – a high-speed, 500-passenger vessel – has already been approved.
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