While traffic has sped back to near pre-pandemic levels on the bridge, public transit ridership remains in its pandemic slumber, as many people are still wary of entering transit systems due to health concerns and remote work has upended tech-oriented commutes. The bridge saw congestion bottom out at just under 2 million vehicle crossings in April of 2020 before starting a gradual recovery. “Traffic volumes through the Bay Bridge corridor are practically back to 2019 levels, and enough people may get fed up that they seek an alternative that is less costly and less stressful.”īay Bridge congestion is near pre-pandemic levels with over 3.7 million cars crossing the Bay Bridge toll booth in the month of October, according to the most recent data provided by the MTC, a 91% recovery of 2019 levels.
“This is part of the Bay Bridge Forward initiative, which is designed to make better this consistently confounding commute corridor,” said John Goodwin, MTC spokesperson.
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Both locations will open on Monday and offer free parking in December and January before moving to a $3-per-day fee in February. The lots, 261 spaces adjacent to Interstate 80 at Buchanan Street in Albany and 89 spaces beneath the I-880 at Fruitvale Avenue in Oakland, are both served by AC Transit’s Transbay express bus lines and the Oakland location is a short walk from the Fruitvale BART station. One of the region’s most notorious traffic nightmares – the Bay Bridge during rush hour – is back in force after a pandemic-induced lull, and the Metropolitan Transit Commission is hoping that two new commuter lots will help alleviate some of the logjams. The report, part of a 5 million study by the Maryland Transportation Authority since 2016, makes clear that one option building a third span adjacent to the two there now is the leading.
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