The El Dorado County Transit Authority will not operate on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 25 or the Friday after, November 26, 2010. El Dorado Transit's business office and dispatch center will also be closed. Normal operation will resume on Saturday, November 27, 2010.

For more information or a complete schedule of El Dorado Transit holidays call us at (530) 642-5383 or visit our website at www.eldoradotransit.com.

SACOG will be hosting a workshop on October 13 in El Dorado County to gather public comment on its updated Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the long range transportation plan for the region. To get more information about the MTP, the workshop, or to register for the workshop, go to http://www.sacog.org/mtp/2035/. The workshop will be held from 6 - 9 p.m. at the El Dorado County Office of Education Gymnasium, 6767 Green Valley Road, near Placerville.

(from the Grapevine Independent)

The Franchise Tax Board got eco friendly this week, hosting its third Green Fair. Approximately 30 vendors answered questions, provided demonstrations, statistics, samples and some hearty words of encouragement to the 2,000 FTB employees during the fair.

Several booths featured vanpool, mass transit, carpool and bike-to-work information as well as Spare The Air Day information.

FTB employees even have an in-house bicycle group called BUG: Bicycle Users Group. The BUG group participates in May's Bike To Work month, last year racking up over 40,000 collective miles said Dave Castle, an IT manager at FTB and active BUG member.

On Thursday, May 20, Folsom Mayor Jeff Starsky and Folsom City Council members will lead Folsom cyclists on a bike ride from the Sutter Street Light Rail Station to the State Capitol. Snacks will be served at 8 am; the ride will leave at 8:45 a.m. arriving at the capitol between 10:30-11 am. To join the May is Bike Month Mayor's Ride contact Jim Konopka - 351-3516 or jkonopka@folsom.ca.us.

The Hazel Avenue bridge over the American River will be closed from Friday, November 5 through Monday, November 8 for construction. The bridge is being widened from 4 to 6 lanes.

The closure starts at 7 p.m. Friday evening and reopens at 6 a.m. on Monday.

For more information, contact Steve White at 916-874-5354 or whitest@saccounty.net.