A $5 million grant announced Monday by the federal government will do nothing to forestall massive service cuts at AC Transit, transit agency board member Chris Peeples told The Bay Citizen. "The ordinary person is not going to see any difference at all," Peeples said. Peeples said AC Transit applied for a grant to develop a new computerized tracking system for its equipment because the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated ......

Your bus could be on time today. A judge ruled Monday afternoon that the AC Transit board isn’t allowed to impose a contract on its bus drivers, the Bay City News Service reports. The board tried to flex on the drivers union after contract negotiations fell apart last month. Some bus drivers engaged in sick-outs in protest, furious at the board's actions, resulting in late buses. Union members said the absences ......

An Alameda County Superior Court judge failed to rule Friday on whether to block a contract that AC Transit imposed on its workers last month after contract negotiations broke down, the Contra Costa Times reports. A decision is expected Monday. Drivers have been calling in sick since the new contract went into effect July 18, leading to service interruptions. AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson told the Bay City News Service ......

Hundreds of AC Transit bus drivers called in sick for the second day in a row, the Chronicle reports. They're upset because the district imposed an old labor contract on the drivers after negotiations for a new contract broke down. The district wanted to the bus drivers' union to cough up $15 million in givebacks, as The Bay Citizen first reported, to close a $56 million budget shortfall.  The bus ......

AC Transit leaders got an ear full Wednesday afternoon at the first of two public hearing on cutbacks and whether or not to declare a fiscal emergency.Over 100 people filled the board room to capacity and many of them took a turn at the podium to share their displeasure. Some of the strongest critics in the room were East Bay seniors. "I used to be a CEO, and if I ......