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Usage Rising on Express Lane's First Anniversary
100,000 Toll Trips!
First Stretch of I-680 Express Lane Striping Is Finished
680 Express Lane Limited Access Striping to Begin
Ten-Dollar Express Lane Bonus for New FasTrak Customers
Opening Date for Bay Area’s First Express Lane Is Set
Groundbreaking Ceremony Press Release
Poll Results Press Release
Public Meeting Press Release

News Coverage


June 2011

Cameras could help catch Bay Area toll cheaters

February 2011

Did 680 express lane make things better or worse?

December 2010

Mr. Roadshow: When Emergency Vehicles Approach

November 2010

The Queen of the Road: The poetry of plasticized thermopaint
Toll lane on I-680 working as planned

September 2010

New I-680 Express Lane Opens
Bay Area's first express lane to open on I-680
Final touches coming to new toll lane on I-680

June 2010

San Francisco Bay Area's First HOT Lane Set to Open
Southbound I-680 Commuters Can Pay To Go Solo in the Carpool Lane Starting in September
Drivers can pay to solo on I-680 express lane

November 2008

Groundbreaking for I- 680 Toll Lane

October 2008

Drive the " Express Lane " on I-680 to Silicon Valley, For a Price
Roadshow: Solo Drivers in Carpool Lanes: Let The Debate Begin

September 2007

Survey finds drivers like carpool-toll lanes
Roadshow: Mixed reaction to toll for carpool lane

October 2005

Interstate 680 to see carpool change
Public input sought for I-680 toll lane Solo drivers may buy their way into carpool area by 2009

I-580 News and Press Releases


July 2010

New I-580 Carpool Lane Segment Opens
New Segment of I-580 Carpool Lane Opens This Weekend


November 2009

Toll Lane Will Extend into Milpitas


October 2009

First Segment of Interstate 580 Carpool Lane Complete


March 2009

Draft Environmental Document - Notice of Release


September 2008

Caltrans to Flip Metering Lights on I-580
Carpool Lane Coming to I-580
Congestion Relief - Work Begins on I-580 Carpool Lanes


March 2007

Transportation officials' put finger on I-580 woes
Bond to finance I-580 carpool lane
Isabel Interchange Wins Enough Money to Finish
Deadline met-Billions parsed out of freeways
Your agency will get its share of highway money
Battle of highway funds paid off
CTC's reversal a boon to Bay Area commuters
Area may speed off with more money
Bay Area grabs highway funding


February 2007

Bay Area must lobby for transportation funds
CTC Should rethink highway congestion list
State panel reconsidering road projects
California Road Funds could face rough ride
Rural counties stake their claim to highway funds
State road project choices rile officials
A Road to Nowhere
Put money where it will help most
Leaders to beg for rethinking of road funding
Rural roads nab biggest bond bucks
How to spell traffic relief
Fierce fight for local road projects
Rural Traffic Project Views for Funds
Rural areas fight Bay Area to fund traffic projects
Road extension decision awaiting traffic study


January 2007

Transportation Bond Money Sent to Rural Areas
Playing politics with infrastructure funds
Step in the right direction
Transportation Funds gouged
MTC approves transportation bond wish list

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September 2008

Carpool Lane Coming to I-580


December 2006

Improvements to Relieve Congestion on I-580 Begin