Many services will be running special holiday schedules while others will be implementing permanent changes beginning in January and late December. Here’s some info about what changes you can expect to see over the next few weeks.

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• Will run longer midday trains on Christmas Eve (December 24). A

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AC Transit is spreading holiday cheer by giving away FREE RIDES all of December to riders of the  “holiday bus,” a mystery bus rotated around the lines to serve a different route every day. The bus is decorated, fare box is covered, and passengers are given a smile and a Keep reading >>

Most people find their morning commute to be tedious and tiring–just another morning stuck in traffic and trying to beat the rush.

But you can make your commute into a daily pump-up for work by just doing one thing: playing some good music.

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Have you gotten a Clipper card yet?

After Friday, December 31, AC Transit will no longer accept the following paper tickets as fare payment on the bus:

• Local Adult 31-Day
• Local Adult 10-Ride
• Local Youth/Senior/Disbaled 10-Ride

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Upcoming Events & Meetings

• Weds. 12/3: County Connection routes 16 & 98X will detour shortly for Martinez holiday parade
• Mon. 12/6 – Weds. 12/8, 9:30 PM – 4:30 AM: Caldecott Bore #1 will be closed

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This past Sunday AC Transit reduced its service by 7.2 percent as part of the second phase in a plan to balance its budget. A reduction of 7.8 percent was made in March, which has saved the organization about $10 million.

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Starting Sunday, October 31, AC Transit will adjust service on nearly 70 of its bus lines and implement service reductions on nearly 20 lines.

Among the lines that will be affected are the following in West Contra Costa:

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• 74
• LA
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• 76
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On Friday, October 1st, AC Transit celebrated its 50th anniversary.

When the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District was inaugurated on October 1, 1960, it would have been hard to imagine it would become a world renowned transit operation that carries more than 64 million passengers annually through two counties and 13 Keep reading >>

Yesterday, the AC Transit board voted 7-0 to reduce weekend and night service in December. In addition, a decision in June to reduce service by 7.2 percent will go into effect on October 31st.

Said AC Transit Director Greg Harper: “We are bleeding profusely. We have no choice but to Keep reading >>