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For Immediate Release

NEW 925 AREA CODE REQUIRES ADDING "510" TO REACH TRAVELER INFORMATION

CONTACT:

REKA GOODE
510/464-7706

OAKLAND, Calif., SEPT. 10, 1998.... Bay Area residents in the newly-designated 925 area code must add "510" when calling 817-1717 for traveler information.

Starting Saturday, September 12, travelers calling from the new 925 area code will have to dial 510-817-1717 to reach TravInfo, the Bay Area's advanced traveler information system. The 925 area code change affects parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

TravInfo - available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays - is a free public service that provides a single source for up-to-the-minute traffic reports for all Bay Area highways; direct telephone connections to public transit and paratransit operators; carpooling information; construction updates on major Caltrans projects; as well as street closures due to flooding in rainy weather and other travel-related information. Local toll charges may apply.

In the region's five other area codes (408, 415, 510, 650 and 707), callers can reach TravInfo by simply dialing 817-1717 Ñ no area code required. MTC is working with the California Public Utilities Commission to provide the same convenient, seven-digit number in the 925 area code.

TravInfo is sponsored throughout the nine-county Bay Area by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

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