North Lake Tahoe Unmet Needs Transit Workshop – November 5, 2009

IS TRANSIT TAKING YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO?

WE WANT TO KNOW!

The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA) wants your comments on unmet transit (bus and dial-a-ride) needs that may exist in the North Lake Tahoe area of Placer County and Nevada County. You can provide your comments in many ways – by mail, phone, fax, internet, e-mail – even in person.

Here’s how:

Public Workshop:

Kings Beach – Thursday, November 5, 2009 – 1:30 p.m.

North Lake Tahoe Conference Center

8318 North Lake Blvd.

Kings Beach, CA

Tahoe Area Regional Transit (TART) (Tahoma to

Incline Village and Incline Village to Tahoma

routes) provide service to the workshop location.

Call (800) 736-6365 or go to http://www.placer.ca.gov/tart

for schedule info.

If you can’t attend the above workshop, submit your comments to David Melko in any of the following ways:

By Mail: PCTPA, 299 Nevada Street, Auburn, CA 95603

By Phone: (530) 470-5023

By Fax: (530) 823-4036

By Internet: http://www.pctpa.net

By E-mail: dmelko@pctpa.net

Comments are due by:

5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2009

Avoid Traffic Delays on I-80 During Street Vibrations 9/23/09 – 9/27/09

CALTRANS TRAFFIC ALERT:

Today’ Date: September 23, 2009

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Travel Alternatives to Avoid Delays during the Reno Street Vibrations Weekend:

Truckee – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is asking motorists to consider alternate routes and avoid peak travel times when traveling on Interstate 80 (I-80) over the Reno Street Vibrations weekend.

 Major delays are expected on I-80 due to lane restrictions and narrowed lanes between Truckee and the Nevada State Line during the Reno Street Vibrations weekend. Delays in excess of 90 minutes can be expected.

To help lessen the delays, Caltrans recommends avoiding traveling between 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday and between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Motorists are encouraged to travel early to their destination and extend their stay, if possible, to avoid delays.

To minimize delays, Caltrans recommends that motorists consider the following alternate routes to Reno:

• U.S. Highway 50 east to Highway 395 north

• Highway 70 north to Highway 395 south

• I-80 east to Highway 267 south, drive past Tahoe’s north shore to Highway 431 (Mt. Rose Highway)

Due to ongoing construction, only three of the four traffic lanes are available and lanes widths have been narrowed to 11 feet. The lane availability this week is as follows:

10 a.m. Thursday, September 24 through 6 a.m. Sunday, September 27:

Westbound – 1 lane

Eastbound – 2 lanes

6 a.m. Sunday, September 27 through 10 p.m. Monday, September 28:

Westbound – 2 lanes

Eastbound – 1 lane

PREPARE FOR LAKE TAHOE MARATHON ROAD DELAYS SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

PREPARE FOR LAKE TAHOE MARATHON ROAD DELAYS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 –

Motorists should expect road delays on Highway 89 Sunday, September 27 for the Lake Tahoe Marathon. Residents and visitors on the West Shore traveling northbound should plan to arrive in Tahoe City before 7:30 a.m. or wait until after 10 a.m. as traffic will be held at many West Shore neighborhoods for runners. The Marathon starts in Tahoe City at 8 a.m. and the road typically opens behind the participants at a rate of 11 minutes per mile. In South Lake Tahoe, Highway 89 northbound traffic will be closed three miles north of Camp Richardson at Spring Creek Road from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Highway 89 southbound traffic will be open, however, motorists are subject to 30 to 45-minute delays.

Another Wonderful Holiday Weekend in Downtown Tahoe City

Labor Day Weekend Sales, Sounds and More…It’s not over yet!!

We’ve got a host of weekend events, sales and good ol’ fashion merriment planned before summer winds down. Check out all the information below and click over to www.VisitTahoeCity.com for full event schedules and details.

6th Annual Labor Day Weekend Sidewalk Sale – Sept 5 – 7
Take a stroll through Downtown Tahoe City this weekend and put some of that hard earned cash you made this summer back into our local economy. This annual events highlights the best steals, deals and discounts of the summer from local merchants and retailers. If you’re business did not make it on the flyer don’t worry, you’re still involved. Feel free to put out a rack or table on the sidewalk in front of your business to draw in some Labor Day visitors. Please also remember to keep the pedestrian right-aways open at all times.

North Tahoe Arts – “Raising Monet” Opening Reception – Sept 4
Help raise funds for North Shore local artists during their one and only fundraiser of the year. Opening Reception kicks-off this month long event at the North Tahoe Art Center in Downtown Tahoe City from 5-7pm on Friday evening. For more info visit www.NorthTahoeArts.com

Final Concert on Commons Beach w/ North Tahoe Boosters Community BBQ – Sept 6 – 3pm EARLY START
We couldn’t have done it without you!! A HUGE thanks to all the local businesses, residents, visitors, TCDA volunteers and TCPUD staff who helped make this summer’s Concerts on Commons Beach such a great success. Join us for one final night on the beach with four-time Grammy Nominee Maria Ball and special last minute addition guitarist “Mighty” Mike Schermer and opening band The Blues Monsters.

The North Tahoe Boosters Community BBQ will kick-off at 2pm. Raffle tickets are available at Pete ‘n Peters and at The Store. Prizes include $500.00 Cash, Tahoe City Golf Course Season Pass, Homewood Season Pass, A Cruiser Bike, dinners, and lodging. Dinner tickets available at the event for $10.00 All BBQ & Raffle proceeds go to support under funded North Lake Tahoe High and Middle School athletic programs.

“Cheers to the Watsons” – Prohibition Night – Historic Tahoe City Pub Crawl – Sept 6
And what better way to finish off a night on the beach than with a tour of Tahoe City’s Historic Gin Mills and Speakeasies. Stop by the Watson Cabin anytime from 6:30pm on after the concert to get your “password.” Then follow the trail through town for drink specials and merriment.

Live Music throughout Downtown
Additional venues for music throughout the weekend include Jake’s On The Lake, Fat Cat Cafe and The River Grill.