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MTC Offers Cities, Counties Big Carrot to Spur Affordable Housing
Taking a bold step to ease the Bay Area’s persistent shortage of affordable housing, MTC has established a $76 million grant program known as the Housing Incentive Pool to reward with transportation infrastructure dollars the cities and counties that over the next five years produce or preserve the largest number of affordable housing units in designated Priority Development Areas or in Transit Priority Areas. MORE
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Executive Director Recruitment
MTC is recruiting for a new executive director who will report directly to the MTC Commission and be responsible for the administration of more than $2 billion per year in funding for the operation, maintenance and expansion of the Bay Area's surface transportation network. MORE
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Bike to the Ballot Box – With Ford GoBike
The Bay Area's Ford GoBike network in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Emeryville and Berkeley — and related bike share systems in eight other cities — will provide free rides on Election Day, November 6, in an effort to increase civic participation and reduce barriers to voting. MORE
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MTC Launches Expert Study of Salesforce Transit Center's Cracked Beams
At the request of local leaders, a panel of renowned independent experts has been assembled by MTC to investigate the causes of and potential fixes to the new Salesforce Transit Center's cracked support beams. MORE
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Big and Bold Visions by the Dozen: Transformative Project Finalists
MTC and ABAG have announced the selection of six Transformative Transportation Projects and six transformative operational strategies as finalists in a public competition launched earlier this year to solicit big, bold and billion-dollar (or more) ideas for improving mobility across the nine-county Bay Area. MORE
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Freeway Congestion Levels Off; Delays Still at Record Highs
This October, MTC unveiled its yearly analysis of Bay Area freeway congestion. The new data show traffic-related delays staying steady in 2017 after four consecutive years of worsening commute times. MORE
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SB 1 Funds Accelerate Caltrans' Highway Repair Program
Caltrans has identified more than 120 highway maintenance projects around the state to be undertaken through June next year with new funding from the Senate Bill 1 transportation financing package signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown last year. The fix-it list includes more than $42 million for 16 Bay Area projects in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and Solano counties. MORE
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Calling All Startups: Help Pursue Efficiency and Connectivity
Startups, innovators and entrepreneurs are invited to apply to become a "Startup in Residence" – a program that connects savvy businesses and tech talent with governmental agencies like MTC in an effort to collaborate on innovative technological solutions to public sector problems. Applications are due November 14. MORE
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2018 ITS America Executive Forum: Data and the Digital Highway
ITS America’s Executive Forum will bring together key stakeholders for a discussion on the opportunities and challenges associated with the collection and use of data by those developing, operating and managing intelligent mobility technologies, on Monday, November 5, at the Bay Area Metro Center. MORE
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Street Stories: Local Governments Battle Road Repair Backlog
Thanks to the passage of Senate Bill 1 in 2017, roadway repaving projects and transit system upgrades are in the works around the region. If Prop 6 on the November ballot passes, however, the new revenue that is funding many of these projects will go away. Watch MTC correspondent Mark Jones’ latest videos as he hits the streets, exploring how local governments and transit systems around the Bay are grappling with their problems, and what the loss of the money would mean for Bay Area motorists, pedestrians and transit users. |
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Voter Turnout
Check out October’s Map of the Month to see a comparison of voter turnout from the 2016 general election across the U.S. by county. MORE
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