Oakland – A downtown Oakland street was sectioned off today for the unveiling of a $4.5 million Uptown Transit Center, which will serve as a major new hub for AC Transit buses and BART.

With musical entertainment from the Oakland School of the Arts Ensemble and catered food and refreshments, over 100 people gathered under a white tent at T.L. Berkeley Street (formerly 20th Street), between Telegraph and Broadway, to celebrate the one-block redesign, which provides a transfer point for ten local, rapid and transbay bus routes, right next to the 19th Street BART station. Continue reading →