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Regional Measure 3 Election Results
To help solve the Bay Area's growing congestion problems, MTC worked with the state Legislature to authorize a June 2018 ballot measure that would finance a comprehensive suite of highway and transit improvements through toll increases on the region's seven state-owned toll bridges. As of June 27, the measure was passing with 55 percent in favor and 45 percent opposed. The measure requires a simple majority to pass. The votes are expected to be certified during the first week of July. MORE
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Agencies Issue Call for Transformative Projects
MTC and its sister agency, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), have kicked off a campaign to solicit big, bold billion-dollar (or even more) ideas from individuals, companies, public agencies and nongovernmental organizations alike for improving mobility across the nine-county Bay Area. Officially known as the Request for Transformative Projects, the campaign is part of the Horizon initiative launched earlier this year by MTC and ABAG to explore a wide range of the challenges and opportunities the Bay Area may face by 2050. MORE
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Keeping Sea Level Rise at Bay
Resilient by Design’s year-long Bay Area Challenge culminated in mid-May with a two-day summit where nine innovative plans for addressing sea level rise and flooding in communities edging the Bay were publicly unveiled, discussed and celebrated. MTC was a sponsor of this high-profile effort, which involved planners, architects and ecologists from around the world along with community partners. MORE
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Bay Area Projects Win New State Gas Tax Funds
Bay Area highway, transit and goods-movement projects garnered more than $2.06 billion in new state funding this spring. More than $660 million came from the California Transportation Commission this May, as part of the first awards from a trio of funding programs established by the Senate Bill 1 transportation investment package signed into law last year, while $1.4 billion was awarded by the California State Transportation Agency in April. MORE
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Nearly 100,000 Ride in Bay Area Bike to Work Day 2018
The 24th annual Bike to Work Day united the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, May 10. Under blue skies and soft breezes, riders stopped to pick up free treats and tote bags at 400 energizer stations staffed by dedicated volunteers from bike coalitions, local companies and governments. Nearly 100,000 pedalers strong, the riders turned a typical May Thursday morning commute into a rolling celebration of bike riding. MORE
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Planning Grant Supports North Bay Fire Recovery
MTC recently approved 26 grants totaling $7.3 million that will support local plans for higher-density development near transit in 17 Bay Area cities. Among the largest is an $800,000 grant to update the development plan for the neighborhood surrounding the SMART station in downtown Santa Rosa, where city officials are working to expand housing capacity to accommodate growing demand spurred both by the launch of SMART service and last fall’s North Bay fires. MORE
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MTC Honored at Women’s Transportation Seminar Awards
The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter held its annual awards ceremony on May 22 at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. Former MTC Director of Operations Melanie Crotty received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award, and MTC received the chapter’s Employer of the Year Award. MORE
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Bike Share Expands to North San José With Self-Locking Bikes
Ford GoBike is expanding its bike share system to North San José residents with 200 new dockless bikes, the first use of this technology in the region by Ford GoBike. The bikes have a rear-wheel lock that allows them to be parked outside of a dock—anywhere a bicycle can responsibly be parked, including at a public bike rack or out of the way of pedestrians on the sidewalk. MORE
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New BART to Antioch Extension
We capture in photos and videos the excitement of the new BART service to Antioch, and show the easy transfer from the legacy BART system to the new Diesel Multiple Units. |
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Bike to Work Day 2018
MTC commissioners and staff were out in force alongside the 100,000 Bay Area residents who used pedal power to get to 400 energizer stations located throughout the region. MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger joined the Bike to Work Day party, pedaling on a Ford GoBike to MTC headquarters in San Francisco. |
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Horizon Outreach
MTC’s new Horizon initiative is engaging the public, planners and policymakers in wrestling with a range of challenging questions that traditionally have been outside the regional planning process. A lively Peer Exchange event kicked off the initiative this April, where experts discussed autonomous vehicles, disaster preparedness, economic volatility, climate resilience and other pressing challenges to our region. In addition, planners took the issues to the people with a series of pop-up meetings across the nine counties this spring. |
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When Will Bay Area Cities Reach Plan Bay Area 2040 Housing Targets?
May’s Map of the Month looks at what year cities around the Bay Area are anticipated to reach their housing growth forecasts. Not surprisingly, most jurisdictions are lagging behind the housing goals set in Plan Bay Area 2040—suggesting that the region won’t reach its 2040 housing goal until 2072 at the current pace. MORE
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