Youth Ride Free is LIVE today and runs June 1-July 31, 2026! If you’re 18 or under, ride any County Connection, Tri Delta Transit, or WestCAT bus FREE! No ID or pass required!

⭐️ Youth Ride Free starts on MONDAY and the Leaderboard goes LIVE! Level UP this summer and log your rides. 🚌 Your free bus trips earn you badges and put you in the running for weekly prize drawings. 🏆 If ur 13-18, register now at youthridefree.com!

Headways, the County Connection’s newsletter is here! 🚍✨: Youth Ride Free is back this summer☀️, a look at how rising gas prices are impacting transit ⛽📈, and more. Take a ride through it all: ow.ly/uXle50YVGJm Not subscribed to Headways? Let’s get you onboard!: mailchi.mp/countyconnec...

For those who celebrate…May the Fourth be with you!

Youth Ride Free is back for June & July 2026. Youth 18 & under can ride any County Connection free. No ID or pass required. More to come…

Come with us to the John Muir Birthday/Earthday Celebration in Martinez!

Sunday, we implemented out Spring service change, including a long-planned rerouting of Route 4, the free route serving Downtown Walnut Creek. If you’re traveling the area, we’d like to share again what’s been updated: countyconnection.com/realignment-...

With our recent transit corridor study complete, we’re ready to make updates. Miles shares a look what’s in the works to help our buses flow better through some of our busiest corridors.

Did you catch any holiday parades in Contra Costa? County Connection was rolling through two of them (Walnut Creek, Martinez)! If you missed it, check out our recap.

@countyconnection.bsky.social is looking for a Training Coordinator in Concord, CA! Find out more about this position here: www.transittalent.com/job-training...

We’re doing a Transit Corridor Study and are looking for community input. Have moment? Take our short survey and let us know your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/TB9Z36F

Come with us to Truck or Treat in Lafayette!

Come with me for a peek at last week’s Transit Month’s annual Ride Along & Happy Hour with Transit CEOs.

Great event! Always love to highlight the ways transit connects the Bay!

For the bus fans, a @countyconnection.bsky.social #4 bus! There's currently a proposal to simplify this downtown loop route to improve reliability and frequency, details and how to comment at countyconnection.com/2025/

The Pass2Class program ends September 30. Starting October 1, students are encouraged to continue riding transit with a Youth Clipper card, which offers 50% off all Bay Area transit fares. 👉 Learn more about Youth Clipper cards here: countyconnection.com/fare-changes...

Come with me for a peek at Transit Month’s annual Ride Along & Happy Hour with Transit CEOs.

🚍✨ Curious about what’s happening with Bay Area transit? From Transit Month celebrations to agencies working together on schedules—and even SB 63, a new bill that could be a lifeline for regional public transit—there’s a lot in motion. KPIX has the breakdown 🎥: www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

We’re out for the Pleasant Hill Community Service Day. For our part, we’ve teamed up with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano to “Fill The Bus” (with non-perishable, shelf-stable food).

Our GM, Bill Churchill, joined passengers and other industry leaders for All Aboard with Transit CEOs on Friday!  The trip was multimodal and was such a great way to highlight public transit throughout the Bay!

Come with County Connection to a Transportation Fair at the Concord Senior Citizens Center.

🚍 County Connection, LAVTA Wheels, Tri Delta Transit, and WestCAT applaud the passage of SB 63. This is a major step toward reliable, equitable, and greener transit for our communities. 🌎💛 Read more 👉 countyconnection.com/sb63/

🚍 We’re out at the Concord Senior Center today for their Transportation Fair! We’re excited to share info about our bus services and paratransit options — perfect for door-to-door transportation for those who qualify. countyconnection.com/paratransit/

Scene from this weekend: Guide dogs (puppies) in training; learning how to ride public transit. 📷:Moises Cordero

UPDATE 11:45am: Regular BART service has resumed throughout the system. All stations are now open. Expect major residual delays systemwide.

UPDATE: Limited East Bay service will start at approximately 9:30am. There is no service to San Francisco.

RIDER ALERT: There’s currently a BART (@bart.gov)outage; County Connection is providing free service (Mutual Aid) for passengers boarding from the following BART stations: North Concord, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Dubin, Lafayette and Orinda.

🚍✨ Transit Month is off to a rolling start! Just 1 day in, we already have 2 riders on our Ride Contest Leaderboard—& over 150 people logging trips across the region. 💪🙌 We ❤️ transit & we’re loving the energy. Keep those rides coming… we’ll be watching! 👀 Get onboard here: ridecontest.com

Headways, the County Connection newsletter is out now! We’re celebrating Transit Month, highlighting all the things going on in the Bay...and here in Contra Costa! Read all about it! 👉https://mailchi.mp/countyconnection/headways-county-connection-newsletter-august-18126981?e=e738cbeb10

On Labor Day (9/1) all transit agencies serving Contra Costa will be on modified schedules except County Connection, SolTrans & Vine Transit which will offer no service. Get the details: 511cc.org/laborday2025 @countyconnection.bsky.social @rideact.bsky.social @ridethevine.bsky.social @bart.gov

👏 Congrats to our Asst. General Manager, Ruby Horta for being named one of @MassTransitmag’s 40 Under 40! A true leader in shaping the future of transit. 🚍✨ www.masstransitmag.com/40-under-40/...

Very excited for our friends at Bay Area Rapid Transit for introducing Tap and Ride, starting tomorrow on BART. Check it out: bart.gov/contactless

Back To School: Transit 101! County Connection has begun our 600-school bus routes, scheduled around bell times. Visit our webpage to learn more or call customer service to find out about County Connection routes to your school! countyconnection.com/transit101/

📚✏️ Join County Connection for Back to School: Transit 101 informational sessions. We’ll keep things to 15 mins + Q&A to get you prepped on transit basics for the school year. Perfect for parents (students welcome too!). 🕘 See details: countyconnection.com/transit101/

Will you be joining us Under the Stars? Before the feature film rolls, we'll be taking the public on a visual, virtual ride of all 131 miles of the BART System. Check out the sneak peek below.

FREE STUDENT BUS PASSES: The Youth Ride Free program might be over (for now), but your child can still get up to 2 months of free bus rides with our Pass2Class program. Apply now for passes from one of four bus systems serving Contra Costa County. 511cc.org/pass2class

Today’s the last day of our Youth Ride Free pilot! 🚍💥 We’d love to bring it back (maybe even expand it!), but we need your help. 👉 If you or your family participated, take our quick survey and tell us what you think: ow.ly/Ffs350Wyai4 (Cake by our talented CFO, Amber.)🎂😃

🚍✨ Take our Youth Ride Free survey – it’s quick and easy (you already know all the answers). 💬 Just 12 questions stand between you and helping shape the future of youth transit in Contra Costa. 🚌 We’ve got the buses — now we need the data (your feedback). Go here 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y6PFFN7

🎉 "See Stuff, Do Things” is a piece we do in our 2x/weekly newsletter to youth (13-18) participating in the Youth Ride Free Leaderboard. Of course, these events around Contra Costa are open and free to everyone (and accessible on County Connection...just sayin’). ow.ly/4ES950WrYUK

Thanks to Youth Ride Free, we've seen a jump in youth ridership across Contra Costa! 🚌📈 For those data stans out there, here’s the numbers from this last week.

We’re halfway through our Youth Ride Free pilot and our leaderboard (where youth 13-18 log rides) is going strong! Peek at our Leaderboard Loop newsletter for the latest updates on this engagement tool: ow.ly/XXiy50WmzfI

Headways, the County Connection newsletter for July 2025 is live! Give it a peak.👀 mailchi.mp/countyconnec...

4TH OF JULY TRANSIT: On Friday (7/4) County Connection, SolTrans & Vine Transit will offer no service. All other Contra Costa transit will run on holiday schedules. Click below for details. 511cc.org/july2025 @bart.gov @countyconnection.bsky.social @sfbayferry.com

I’m at the movies! Why? I’ll show you at the end of video. #yrf #ccyrf

Our Youth Ride Free ridership growth has already exceeded expectations. If you’re 18 and under, you can ride any County Connection bus. If you’re 13-18, level up and join our leaderboard! It’s easy: Log rides. Win prizes. youthridefree.com

Free buses will replace trains between Walnut Creek and Concord stations this weekend while crews make track upgrades. Please expect delays of 20 to 30 minutes on your trip. Visit bart.gov for more info and thank you for your patience.

Youth Ride Free Leaderboard Loop Newsletter (Week 2, No. 2.2) - We’re dropping 8 new badges, starting today and also share some fun and free weekend activities. Have a read > mailchi.mp/1217ee1b3a0b...

Presenting the Youth Ride Free jingle! Can you sing it better than our Manager of Marketing? Sure you can and we’d like to hear it! #ccyrf #countyconnection #transit #publictransit