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A just-announced competition will tap some of the most creative minds in the fields of architecture, design, engineering and urban planning worldwide to develop solutions to the sea level rise threatening shoreline communities and infrastructure in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as other hazards such as seismic threats. Largely funded by a $4.6 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, the “Bay Area: Resilient by Design Challenge” will fund 10 demonstration projects spanning all nine Bay Area counties that address a range of Bay Area vulnerabilities. MTC is a partner in the effort through its role in the Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC), which provided leadership in securing the grant and serves on the Executive Committee for the effort. More
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MTC has released nine performance indicators on the San Francisco Bay Area economy as part of its Vital Signs project. The fresh data document the region’s robust economic conditions and a vexing side effect: explosive growth in home prices and rent payments, which remain the highest in the nation. Meanwhile, the cost of housing for new renters in the Bay Area has increased nearly 45 percent since 2010, according to a new indicator tracking the advertised price for available rental housing. The data also reveal the region’s economic disparities: While unemployment is declining overall, there are pockets of high unemployment. MORE
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Located on the ground floor of the Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood, The Hub is a one-stop storefront for programs and services offered by the three regional agencies that recently joined forces at the building: the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Bay Area Air Quality Management. You can pick up a FasTrak® toll tag or a Clipper® fare card, and load value to both. You can also apply for a permit from the Air District, or buy a set of maps for the San Francisco Bay Trail, while concierges can help you plan your commute. Located at 375 Beale Street, The Hub is sharing the space with Ada’s Café, which will offer breakfast and lunch. More
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MTC is partnering with BART and Scoop Technologies to maximize the efficiency of BART’s parking lots through carpooling. Commuters who carpool to the Dublin/Pleasanton Station with the help of the Scoop app will be guaranteed parking until 10 a.m., with Scoop covering the cost of your parking for a limited time. This partnership represents the latest step in MTC’s longstanding efforts to promote carpooling, which in recent years have included partnerships with several developers of apps or other high-tech tools. Made possible through a federal grant, the pilot project eventually will expand to more BART stations. More
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UC San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente have formed a partnership with Waze Carpool and MTC to encourage employees to share the ride to work. Workers headed for these institutions’ San Francisco medical facilities can now use the Waze Carpool app to find carpool partners, thereby reducing solo driving and traffic congestion on the Bay Area’s most congested freeway corridors. Under the program, UCSF and Kaiser Permanente will use Waze Carpool as a tool to help their workers reach hospitals that aren’t well-served by BART or transbay buses, while also reducing the parking crunch around their Mission Bay, Geary and Parnassus campuses. More
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Looking for inspiration for your next hike? “OpenRoad with Doug McConnell” takes viewers on a visual journey to explore the natural, historical and cultural treasures of the Bay Area and Northern California, focusing principally on parks and protected open spaces. The third season of the half-hour show kicked off in January, airing on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on NBC Bay Area. Hosted by Doug McConnell, an outdoor enthusiast and fixture on the Bay Area TV scene, the program often highlights segments of the San Francisco Bay Trail, which MTC supports financially. MORE
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