Martinez is the test city for the Bay Area's new bus stop signs

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• Regional Mapping and Wayfinding - Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  The regional standards cover directional signs, maps, diagrams and fare/how-to-ride information under a unified design language; the standards were developed with all two dozen Bay Area transit agencies plus riders, cities and counties; designs approved February 2026 and vendors selected June 2026; pilots in 2026-2027 at nine hubs including El Cerrito del Norte, Dublin/Pleasanton, Millbrae, Palo Alto, Larkspur, Vallejo, Suisun-Fairfield, Santa Rosa and Powell Street; region-wide installation at thousands of stations and stops after testing completes in 2027.

• New Signage for Transit - Tri Delta Transit

  Martinez is the pilot city for MTC's new wayfinding signage for bus service in Contra Costa County; five stops will be changed in the next month or two; the stop list (Alhambra and Walnut EB/WB, Alhambra and C Street EB/WB, Escobar and Alhambra); the signs show how to connect to Tri Delta Transit's 200X and how to contact the agency by phone; the goal of simple navigation at multi-modal, multi-route stops; announcement date of Aug. 21, 2026.