The AC (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) agency in East Bay will begin collecting passengers riding fees effective Monday, October 19, 2020. The AC Transit services for Tempo Line 1T will remain free until Sunday, November 8, 2020 as part of transit updates in East Bay. The transit agency COVID-19 recovery plan includes therein reNEW Plan with health and safety measures for action to protect passengers and employees. The AC Transit recovery plan includes installation of shield barriers onboard buses to protect driving operators.

The SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) train agency in North Bay is having a coloring contest for herein Rail Safety Week. The SMART Safety Coloring Contest is for children 12 years of age and under, and contest is taking place online because of therein COVID-19 pandemic. The transit agency's coloring contest participants can download therein coloring artwork and submit it online by Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

The VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) transit agency in South Bay will use therein MB-2000 Bus Simulator to train driving operators. The VTA agency's new MB-2000 simulation training tool was acquired through a partnership with Mission College and ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union) for a joint apprenticeship program. The VTA partnership agencies MB-2000 Bus Simulator was funded by therein $460,000 federal grant through the Joint Workforce Investment initiative.

The SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) transit agency in West Bay is phasing in passenger fees inspection during this fall season. The SFMTA Transit Fare Inspectors team will return with new looks and new approach interacting with muni passengers in the system. The first phase is sharing transit services information with muni customers without enforcement, traveling passenger fares with available programs, and reminding passengers about therein COVID-19 health protective ways and means of support.

The County Connections transit agency in East Bay is changing service schedules effective Sunday, October 4, 2020. The transit agency schedule updates will impact services in central Contra Costa County communities in San Francisco Bay Area. The transit service schedules will be adjusted on various routes caused by therein COVID-19 pandemic to accommodate local service needs for passengers, and transit routes for 600 series for schools will not operate until schools are open.

The SCT (Sonoma County Transit) agency in North Bay is continually operating on modified schedules and updated some routing services. The SCT services for Route 20 is operating on new daily schedules with three additional trips, and Route 30 is operating on the new daily schedule with return services to Los Guiliocos with inside stop. The transit service Route 40 is operating on a revised schedule, and Routes 44 and 48 are operating on new weekday schedules. The schedules for Route 60 is operating on the new daily schedule and Route 62 has extended services to Windsor Depot.

The SJC (San Jose International Airport) commercial airport in South Bay partnered with San Jose Fire Department for a virtual groundbreaking. The partnership groundbreaking is for a new Fire Station 20 in South Bay serving SJC Airport and neighboring communities. The new Fire Station 20 facility will be modernized with hybrid design, and six firefighter dormitories with state-of-the-art equipments. The new Fire Station 20 partnership project includes San Jose Public Works Department, Designer & Architecture, and Construction Company.

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) agency has been awarded $1.2 billion federal funding for capital improvement projects in San Francisco Bay Area. The federal funding award is earmarked for the BART Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program, and therein funds will certainly help with projects to improve services. Including BART service projects impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health and safety projects to protect commuting passengers.

The MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) agency announced Highway 880 Express Lanes will open effective Friday, October 2, 2020. The Highway 880 Express Lanes will operate from 5 AM to 8 PM during weekdays and toll fees will increase when traffic is heavy, and will decrease when vehicular traffic is low. The vehicle toll fees will show on therein Express Lanes digital signs for drivers to see, and drivers will pay the toll fees amount when entering the Express Lanes.

The Marin Transit agency in North Bay is exploring the Clipper START program operation for a complete assessment. The Marin County Transit District Board of Directors approved therein exploration approach, to evaluate the program's fare payment fees for passengers to ride transit buses in North Bay. The transit agency will provide some findings regarding therein Clipper START pilot program and processing procedures to participate. A public hearing will be in place regarding therein program participation and to hear from the public with their feedback remarks.