By Steve Gerstle
While Alameda does not have a BART station, it does have a very good bus system. Bus service is a good transportation option for West End residents with many buses serving numerous destinations.
Most …

If you drive over the Park Street or High Street bridges, you may face some major traffic disruptions next week. The Alameda County Public Works Agency will be shutting the bridges down for inspections, so …

Drivers for AC Transit staged their second day of sickouts Tuesday, and the union that represents the drivers told reporters that there are more big sick days to come. So The Island is asking bus …

By Janelle Bitker
AC Transit Lines 51A and 51B will likely remain separate lines, despite rumors to the contrary, Alameda’s representative on the AC Transit Board says.
A former AC Transit staffer promised Rockridge residents that they …

UPDATE: The start of construction has been pushed off to Sunday night.
Caltrans begins work tonight Sunday night to remove portions of the ceiling overlay of the Posey and Webster tubes. Construction is expected to continue …

Your return to work after this Monday’s Memorial Day holiday brings with it a series of repair-related closures in the Posey Tube.
The Tube will close at 9:30 p.m. today and reopen at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, …

By Heather Lyn Wood
Starting July 1, Alameda carpoolers will lose one of the main benefits of ride-sharing: toll-free passage over the Bay Bridge.
Faced with the 2009 Bay Bridge reconstruction, an ailing state economy and …

Get ready to kick off your week with some closures at the Posey and Webster tubes!
Caltrans is closing the Webster Tube from 9:30 p.m. today to 4:30 a.m. Tuesday for drain and ventilation maintenance. After …

Ani Dimusheva
The Alameda County Congestion Management Agency is planning to place a $10 increase in the Vehicle Registration Fee for Alameda County residents on the November ballot, and is soliciting input from residents in a …

AC Transit is setting up information tables across the two East Bay counties it serves to let riders know about some major service changes they’ve made that will go into effect on March 28.
They’ll have …

Updated 1:30 p.m.

The Posey Tube has reopened after reopened after early morning flooding, and cleanup crews are mopping up the rest of the mess.
A 12-inch water main broke, causing flooding that was reported at around …

Hey folks, just wanted to shoot you a quick update to let you know that as of 2:30 p.m., the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service is back on schedule – weather permitting, of course.
A host of early …