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Apply for your free startup incentives to go green
Go green and use public transportation, carpool, vanpool, walk and cycle instead of driving alone. Click on the links at the top of the page to apply for your free start-up incentives valued at $60....
View ArticleCommuter tax benefit increased to $230 a month.
The Economic Recovery Act signed into law by President Obama includes an increase in the vanpool and transit tax benefit for commuters to $230 a month. Employers can enable their employees to set...
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July 1st Bay Area Bridge Toll and SamTrans Increase FAQ
The July 1st toll changes on all state-owned Bay Area bridges will affect almost all motorists, including carpoolers and motorcyclists. Find out how your commute will be affected by reading our FAQ. If...
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Transit/vanpool tax benefit extended through 2011
Along with the holidays comes some good news for commuters who take transit and carpool or vanpool. As we tweeted a couple of weeks ago, the mass transit tax for commuters was about to expire this...
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New Limits on Commute Benefits in 2012
Heads up! The IRS Transportation (Commuting) Benefits are set to roll back to pre-2009 levels of $125 per month (adjusted for inflation) for public transit passes and vanpool expenses beginning January...
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Reduce The Drive With Park and Ride
Save money and time on your commute and share the ride! 511 Contra Costa’s updated Park and Ride page will help those seeking a more economical and tolerable commute. Park and Ride lots help you...
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Great Race for Clean Air 2012
It’s back! The Great Race for Clean Air is a friendly competition between Bay Area companies to encourage the use of commute alternatives such as transit, carpooling, vanpooling, walking and bicycling...
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Pleasant Hill Man drives a half million miles in vanpooling between Pleasant...
Roger Matoba’s of Pleasant Hill was honored by MTC for operating a commuter vanpool for 29 years. Roger proudly named his vanpool vehicle after the Japanese word Ichivan, meaning Number One....
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How Do You Actually Get Commuter Benefits?
Bike to Work Day 2010 in San Francisco. Photo credit: Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition In an earlier post here at 511 Contra Costa we noted that commuter benefits for vanpooling and public transportation...
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