On Saturday, August 25th, AC Transit will hold a job fair in Hayward to recruit applicants for bus operator positions.
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Federal and state laws mandate that the Alameda-Contra Cost Transit District (AC Transit) review and adjust its ward boundaries every 10 years following the completion of the federal census, in order to equalize the population in the wards. The agency is holding a series of public meetings through October to work through the adjustment. [...] The AC Transit Board of Directors has approved a fare increase that automatically raises fares at regular intervals over a 10-year period. Action Alameda News previously reported on the proposed increases last month. [...] AC Transit is set to raise fares in August. The agency will hear public comments on proposed fare structures and increases tomorrow at its downtown Oakland office. [...] AC Transit is looking for volunteers to fill vacancies on its Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC). The District is asking for applications from people interested in volunteering their input by serving on the committee as advocates for seniors and bus riders with disabilities. [...] Today, AC Transit announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) voted to approve AC Transit’s proposal to reallocate $35 million in federal funding earmarked for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project for service in Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro to the general operating fund. AC Transit hopes to use the money to ameliorate proposed service [...] Updated 9/25/09, 11:25 am to clarify statement by Eugenie Thomson about I-880 interchange. By Erica Madison For the last ten years, the Alameda Congestion Management Agency has been looking for a way to improve freeway access from High St. to Broadway. A recent study reveals that the new plan to reduce congestion may actually make [...] In an AC Transit News Brief received today, the agency announced consideration of a plan to shift roughly $80 million of BRT funding to prevent laying-off more than 100 bus drivers and mechanics and avoid half of the planned service cuts. The action would reduce funding for the BRT project from $235 million to roughly [...] By Erica Madison AC Transit’s $57 million deficit has resulted in their decision to cut transit service by 15 percent in the Bay Area, including the City of Alameda. [...] At a recent presentation to the local Sierra Club transportation committee, SunCal’s hired planning guru Peter Calthorpe presented, as part of his Alameda Point presentation, the Fehr & Peers traffic study numbers in the Alameda Point Transit-Oriented-Alternatives Report, but then promptly backed away from them saying “These aren’t my numbers.” It’s obvious SunCal has done [...] |
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