RIDESHARE WEEK
OCTOBER 3rd - 7th

Rideshare Week is an annual, statewide campaign designed to encourage commuters to take personal responsibility for reducing traffic and smog by pledging to rideshare. Commute Connection in sponsorship with the SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, JAWBONE^® and MAYACO MARKETING INTERNET are having several raffles with prizes valued at more than $3,000. Commuters who live or work in San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County or Merced County are eligible to participate in Commute Connection's drawings. To participate you must pledge to rideshare at least ONE day during Rideshare Week.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO ENTER!

1) Individually - find a rideshare partner and carpool, or take transit, or catch a ride in a vanpool at least one day during Rideshare Week click HERE to make your pledge to rideshare OR

2) Corporate Challenge - your employer registers with Commute Connection and you participate through your employer. Employers click HERE to register your company by September 30th. Employees register through Commute Connection's website, by clicking HERE. Once you've completed your rideshare pledge, log back in and record your commute in your Commute Calendar by October 10th.

PRIZES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Individual Pledges - $250 Visa^® Gift Card and a JAWBONE^® Icon Headset. There will be 3 of these prizes given. One winner will be chosen in each county, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced.

Corporate Challenge - a luncheon for all Rideshare Week participants within the company who participates valued at up to $500, 2 JAWBONE^® Icon Headsets to be raffled off at the luncheon, and Rideshare Week T-Shirts for all participants. One Corporate Challenge company will be chosen in each county, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced.

The Corporate Challenge is for companies with 10 or more employees. Participating companies must be located within San Joaquin, Stanislaus or Merced Counties.  Each commuter participating in the Corporate Challenge must register with Commute Connection and record their daily mode of transportation during Rideshare Week. In addition, employees who participate in the Corporate Challenge are also eligible to participate in the Individual Commuter Pledge.

For additional information and links to register on line, click HERE to visit our website or call 800-52-SHARE or email CommuteConnection@sjcog.org.
Make a difference and participate in Rideshare Week 2011!

INTERSTATE 5 STOCKTON
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in cooperation with the City of Stockton, San Joaquin County, the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) and the Federal Highway Administration has begun construction on a major transportation improvement project along Interstate 5 in Stockton

This $122.1 million project will add High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, auxiliary lanes, and soundwalls where warranted, from south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/Charter Way to Hammer Lane. The project also reconstructs the existing six-lane freeway with continuously reinforced concrete pavement between Country Club Boulevard and Hammer Lane. The project is funded through the State Highway Operation and Protection Program, Proposition 1B Corridor Mobility Improvement Account, the City of Stockton, and SJCOG's Measure K Program.

To receive additional information regarding road closures and traffic restrictions as they become available, please email: public_affairs_district10@dot.ca.gov and include: "Add to Stockton I-5 roadwork outreach" in your email, or call (209) 942-6062.

MOVE OVER/SLOW
DOWN LAW

Effective January 1, 2010 this new California law was in effect. Section 21809 VC Move Over/Slow Down law requires a person driving a vehicle on a freeway and approaching in a lane immediately adjacent to a stationary, authorized emergency vehicle that displays emergency lights, or a stationary tow truck that displays flashing amber warning lights, to safely make a lane change from that lane, or slow to a reasonable speed. Section 25253 VC requires tow trucks used to tow disabled vehicles to be equipped with flashing amber warning lamps and authorizes tow trucks to display flashing amber warning lamps while providing service to a disabled vehicle. However, this section prohibits tow trucks from displaying flashing amber warning lamps on a freeway except when an unusual traffic hazard or extreme hazard exists.

SLOW FOR THE
CONE ZONE