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RTD to Begin Channel Street
Passenger Amenities
Improvement Project
February 17, 2010
RTD's Stuff-the-Bus Food Drive Collects
Four Tons of Food!
November 24, 2009
RTD Wins National Advertising Award
October 15, 2009
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RTD to Begin Channel Street Passenger Amenities Improvement Project 
February 08, 2010
(Stockton, CA) – On Monday, February 22, 2010, San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) will begin its Channel Street Passenger Amenities Improvement Project, which will improve the passenger boarding area along the south side of Channel Street at the Downtown Transit Center (DTC). When the project is complete, RTD customers will enjoy a more comfortable and attractive boarding area with new bus benches, added seating from seatwall planter boxes, and landscaping to provide shade and beauty.
During construction, one block of eastbound Channel Street, between Sutter and California Streets, will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and Routes 23, 26, 27, 90, and 91 will move to the north side of Channel (across the street from their regular boarding location); the RTD-BART Commuter will board and deboard customers on the southwest corner of Sutter and Channel Streets. During construction, DTC customers using these buses must use the crosswalks on Channel Street at Sutter and California Streets to get to and from their buses and the DTC. Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of March.
This project is made possible by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, “Your Money at Work.”
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SRTD's Stuff-the-Bus Food Drive Collects Four Tons of Food!
November 24, 2009
(Stockton, CA) – San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) held its 11th Annual “Stuff the Bus” food drive November 13-15 to benefit Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin and Second Harvest Food Bank. This year, RTD and food bank volunteers collected over 8,000 pounds of food! This included 5,160 pounds of non-perishable food items, plus 168 turkeys, 35 hams, and 173 pounds of chicken, which totaled 3,019 pounds.
For this year’s campaign, RTD partnered with Citadel Broadcasting, The Record newspaper, and Food-4-Less. Citadel Broadcasting promoted the campaign with public service announcements, giveaways, and live on-site broadcasts, including an all day marathon with KWIN’s morning show hosts Amanda King and Lucas. The Record promoted the drive through event advertising and news coverage. The Food-4-Less store at 789 W. Hammer Lane in Stockton hosted the site for the weekend food drive.
In addition to thanking its campaign partners for their continued support, RTD would like to give special thanks to a few of the organizations and people who generously helped make RTD’s food drive a success. (This is by no means a comprehensive list, however):
- All the “Stuff the Bus” participants
- Amanda King and Lucas, their generous listeners, and the KWIN and KJOY staff
- All the event volunteers and staff who pitched in throughout the drive
- Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin and Second Harvest Food Bank staff and volunteers for their support
- The Port City Roller Girls for actively promoting the event
- Tim Ulmer Photography for event photography
RTD is proud to have sponsored this successful event and appreciates the community’s participation to assist Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin and Second Harvest Food Bank in feeding the area’s hungry during this holiday season.
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RTD Wins National Advertising Award
October 15, 2009
(Stockton, CA) – On October 5, 2009, at its Annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) awarded RTD the AdWheel Grand Award for Electronic Media. Each year, the APTA AdWheel Awards recognize public transportation systems and APTA business members for excellence in advertising, communications, marketing, and promotion. Nearly 500 entries from all over North America were submitted to compete for these prestigious awards in the four categories of print, electronic, campaign, and special event.
RTD's "fare increase” radio ad competed with entries from other public transportation systems in Group 3 (with more than 4 million but fewer than 30 million passenger trips; RTD’s calendar year 2008 ridership was just over 5 million). It won first place in the Electronic Media-Radio Advertisement or Public Service Announcement category. APTA then chose RTD as one of its four Group 3 Grand Award winners in the major categories of print, electronic, campaign, and special event. RTD won the Grand Award for the Electronic Media Category, besting other first place winners Long Beach Transit (Long Beach, CA), Sound Transit (Seattle, WA), GRTC Transit System (Richmond, VA) and Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Fort Worth, TX).
The ad was written by RTD Marketing Department’s Shelly Valenton and voiced in part by RTD’s Marketing and Communications Manager Paul Rapp.
To listen to the winning entry,
click here
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February 19, 2010
RTD Holds Call for Projects for the Stockton Large Urban Area |
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February 17, 2010
RTD to Begin Channel Street Passenger Amenities Improvement Project |
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February 10, 2010
RTD's Presidents' Day Holiday Service |
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January 11, 2010
RTD's Marting Luther King Day Holiday Service |
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December 16, 2009
RTD Will Not Operate Regular Service on Christmas or New Years' Day |
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November 24, 2009
RTD's Stuff-the-Bus Collects Four Tons of Food! |
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November 19, 2009
RTD Will Not Operate Regular Service on Thanksgiving Day |
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November 3, 2009
San Joaquin RTD’s Veterans Day Holiday Service
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November 3, 2009
RTD Salutes U.S. Veterans with Free Rides on Veterans Day
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October 15, 2009
RTD Wins National Advertising Award |
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October 2, 2009
San Joaquin RTD to Hold Public Hearings: Unmet Transit Needs |
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September 30, 2009
Service Change Effective October 4, 2009 |
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September 30, 2009
Coming October 5: Metro Hopper |
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August 24, 2009
San Joaquin RTD Driver Receives 'Safe Driver of the Year' Award for Pacific Region |
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August 21, 2009
San Joaquin RTD Discontinues Service for the Labor Day Holiday |
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August 3, 2009
San Joaquin RTD to Provide Free Rides to " Neighbors in Health" |
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July 6, 2009
San Joaquin RTD to Hold Public Hearings on Adoption of January 2009 Service Changes and September 2009 Proposed Service Changes |
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July 1, 2009
Independence Day Service Discontinued |
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June 08, 2009
RTD Participates in National "Dump the Pump" Week |
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May 14, 2009
RTD to Provide Free Shuttle to Senior Awareness Day |
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May 14, 2009
RTD Discontinues Service on Memorial Day |
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May 1, 2009
RTD Takes Action to Protect the Health of its Customers and Employees Against "Swine Flu" |
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April 23, 2009
San Joaquin RTD Mall Transfer Station Grand Opening |
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April 1 2009
San Joaquin RTD Discontinues Service on Easter Sunday |
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March 5 2009
San Joaquin RTD's General Manager/CEO Named Transportation Manager of the Year |
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February 6, 2009
San Joaquin RTD's Presidents Day Holiday Service |
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January 13, 2009
RTD's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday Service |
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January 6, 2009
RTD Introduces One-Stop Shop Service |
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January 5, 2009
RTD to Host Customer Transit Forums Regarding Service Reductions |
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December 15, 2008
Ride Free on San Joaquin RTD’s “Holly Trolley” in December! |
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December 12, 2008
Christmas and New Years Day - Discontinued Service
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November 20, 2008
San Joaquin RTD Discontinues Thanksgiving Day Holiday Service
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November 6, 2008
10th Annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive
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November 5, 2008
San Joaquin RTD Gives Free Rides to Veterans on Veterans Day |
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November 4, 2008
San Joaquin RTD's Veterans Day Holiday Service |
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October 13, 2008
UPDATED - San Joaquin RTD to Hold Public Hearings on Unmet Transit Needs |
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October 10, 2008
UPDATED - San Joaquin RTD Begins Mall Transfer Station Construction |
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August 25, 2008
San Joaquin RTD's Labor Day Holiday Service
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August 21, 2008
San Joaquin RTD Board Approves Increased Fares, Discount Passes |
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August 1, 2008
Public Transit Users Can Save Up To $8,000 Per Household Annually |
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