{"id":479327,"date":"2026-09-29T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479327\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:16:10","slug":"enforcement-of-prts-red-bus-lanes-in-oakland-will-begin-this-week-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479327\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforcement of PRT&#8217;s red bus lanes in Oakland will begin this week. Here&#8217;s what to know."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tickets will be issued to people caught driving in the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pittsburgh-regional-transit-oakland-red-bus-lanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bus-only lanes in Oakland<\/a> starting this week, Pittsburgh Regional Transit said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PRT said that starting on Thursday, tickets will be issued to drivers caught operating vehicles in the bus-only lane.<\/p>\n<p>Verbal warnings have been issued for violations since the lanes were completed last month along Forbes Avenue and Fifth Avenue, but starting Thursday, citations will be given out.<\/p>\n<p>PRT said that the citation for driving in the bus-only lane comes with a $25 fine, but associated fees will bring the total ticket cost to around $175.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/snapshot-2025-05-30t173705-389.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"snapshot-2025-05-30t173705-389.jpg \" height=\"348\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Port Authority Police will begin issuing citations on Oct. 1 for drivers caught operating vehicles in the new, red bus-only lanes in Oakland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Credit: KDKA<\/p>\n<p>Regulations associated with the bus-only lane prohibit private vehicles and bicycles from entering, stopping or parking in the bus lanes, even for pickups, drop-offs or deliveries. PRT said that pickups and drop-offs should be made on side streets or designated loading zones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To make a right turn, drivers may enter the bus lanes where the red lane is dashed,&#8221; PRT said. &#8220;Motorists should indicate they want to enter the bus-only lane with their turn signal and merge into the lane only after checking to make sure no buses are approaching. Motorists should never pull in front of a bus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PRT said that the new bus lanes, which are painted red, are &#8220;clearly marked to ensure the smooth and efficient flow of public transit vehicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tickets will be issued to people caught driving in the new\u00a0bus-only lanes in Oakland starting this week, Pittsburgh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,6184,48668],"class_list":["post-479327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-regional-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}