Contra Costa Canal

The Contra Costa Canal is a 47 mi (76 km) aqueduct in the U.S. state of California. It is part of the Central Valley Project managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to divert Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water as far as Martinez, California in Central Contra Costa County. The Contra Costa Canal is used for agricultural and municipal purposes. A portion of the canal's right of way has been developed as the Contra Costa Canal Regional Trail, a biking and walking trail, and is managed by the East Bay Regional Park District.

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Coordinates: 37°59′13″N 121°43′27″W / 37.986867°N 121.724120°W / 37.986867; -121.724120

511 Contra Costa

511 Contra Costa is a comprehensive transportation demand management (TDM) program that implements vehicle trip reduction and air quality programs on behalf of the local jurisdictions in Contra Costa County, California. The programs promote alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle.

Funding and oversight

Funding for 511 Contra Costa programs are provided primarily by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Transportation Fund for Clean Air, a voter-approved local county ½ cent transportation sales tax, and Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program funds from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

511 Contra Costa implements programs on behalf of all of the cities in Contra Costa and the County. Oversight for the programs are provided by four Contra Costa Regional Transportation Planning Committees (RTPCs). The four Regional Transportation Planning Committees are; Southwest Area Transportation Committee (representing southwest Contra Costa): Transportation Partnership and Cooperation (TRANSPAC, representing central Contra Costa): TRANSPLAN Committee(Coordinating the transportation interests of east Contra Costa): and the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC, representing west Contra Costa) and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.

Contra Costa

Contra Costa can refer to:

Solano (ferry)

The Solano was a large railroad ferry, built as a sidewheel paddleboat that operated across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa in California.

She was constructed and operated by the Central Pacific Railroad to ferry entire trains on the Central Pacific transcontinental line to and from the San Francisco Bay Area. Once in service, the transcontinental railroad was re-routed to the sea level ferry crossing from its original course into the Bay Area via the Altamont Pass. Before her sister ship, Contra Costa, was constructed, Solano was the largest ferryboat ever built.

Solano, named for the county in which Benicia sits, was built in 1878 in Oakland, California. She was 424 feet (129 m) long and 116 feet (35 m) wide and was capable of carrying entire passenger trains or a 48-car freight train and locomotive. She was in service from 1879 to 1930.

Her sister ship, Contra Costa, was built in 1914 and also ran until 1930. She was slightly larger than Solano, and remains the largest rail ferryboat ever built. Contra Costa was named for the county in which Port Costa is located.