The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today voted unanimously to upgrade the county’s Clean Commute Employee Benefit Program. The upgrade includes a proposed new reciprocal pilot program between Sonoma County Transit and Santa Rosa CityBus that allows employees to ride the bus for free, pending approval by the Santa Rosa City Council at the Nov.… Keep Reading
After more than a decade of planning and nearly three years of construction, Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport will formally unveil its completed $40 million terminal improvement and modernization project Wednesday, airport officials announced. The finished product brings to fruition a renovation of 7,000 square feet, along with the addition of 33,000 square feet, which… Keep Reading
The latest Census data show Solano County residents had the seventh-longest daily commute times nationwide and fifth-longest in California. See how long it takes residents in other North Bay counties to get to work. Folks in Fairfield and Vallejo who commute to work will not want to read this. Their average commute time of 31… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa officials predict the city’s transit system — expected to provide more than 1.3 million fixed route trips this year — will be fully electric by 2037, three years ahead of the state’s mandatory deadline. A $9.9 million federal grant received by the city this week will go a long way to help reach… Keep Reading
Sonoma County in California announced the purchase of ten battery-electric buses by Proterra to replace ten compressed natural gas buses. The new buses shall arrive in the summer of 2024 and join six other all-electric buses expected to arrive in June. This will bring up the total number of electric buses in Sonoma County… Keep Reading
Sonoma County continues to chip away at a long line of paving projects across its vast rural road network, with roughly $40 million spent on road projects this year. The county is responsible for 1,368 miles of roads outside cities — one of the largest systems across the Bay Area — and has repaved about… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA, CA — Sonoma County leaders and officials with Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport were joined today by representatives from local, state and federal government, tribal leaders, transportation partners, and members of the region’s tourism and business communities, for a grand opening ceremony celebrating the completion of Phase II of the airport’s… Keep Reading
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — In an effort to make it easier for residents to cast their ballots, three Sonoma County public transportation agencies are teaming up to give free transit rides countywide on Election Day, Nov. 8. Announced Thursday, Santa Rosa CityBus, Petaluma Transit and Sonoma County Transit will allow all passengers to ride any… Keep Reading
A gallon of regular unleaded fuel cost $5.59 Friday night at the Chevron station at Mendocino Avenue and Steele Lane in Santa Rosa. Its pumps were bare as motorists flocked across the street to Safeway where they could find a relatively better deal of $5.09 per gallon. “It’s pathetic that that’s considered cheap,” Healdsburg resident… Keep Reading
Press release from the Sonoma County Government: July 7, 2021 For Immediate Release New service provides weekend transportation for summer visitors. CA The weekend shuttle service is part of a larger effort to lessen traffic impacts at Steelhead and Sunset beaches, where lots often fill by mid-morning. As a low-cost alternative to individual car trips, the… Keep Reading
