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Tuesday MetroTalks: Advancing Community Resilience through Equitable Public Engagement
At a time when Bay Area residents continue to shelter in place, how can we adapt to the current limitations, and how might we emerge with more inclusive strategies for equitable community engagement in the digital-first age? Join us for a 60-minute session, split between a panel discussion and live Q&A with audience members, from 12 to 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 28.
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Low-Income Transit Riders Can Start Saving with Clipper START
As Bay Area transit ridership slowly climbs back from the steep decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the new Clipper START program allows lower-income adults to receive big fare discounts on select transit services around the region. Clipper START discounts are 50 percent off fares for Muni, Caltrain, and select Golden Gate Transit and Ferry routes, and 20 percent off BART fares. MORE
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Regional Agencies, Local Governments Take New Steps to Solve Bay Area Housing Problems
MTC and ABAG, in partnership with cities and counties, are stepping up collaborative efforts to meet the Bay Area’s chronic housing affordability challenges. ABAG’s Executive Board has approved an expanded regional housing portfolio, as well as the formation of a new Housing Committee, and the newly formed Bay Area Housing Finance Authority convened for the first time in July. These new efforts aim to develop a comprehensive regional strategy for tackling the housing crisis by transcending city and county boundaries. MORE
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New Striping Completed as I-880 Express Lanes’ Opening Nears
Workers have completed the striping of new lane configurations on Interstate 880 in Alameda County as MTC and Caltrans gear up for the expected September opening of new Express Lanes between Oakland and the Santa Clara County line. MTC's YouTube channel has several helpful videos for understanding the changes. MORE
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Toll Authority Issues Statement on Court Ruling Upholding Regional Measure 3
MTC and the Bay Area Toll Authority have issued a statement on the ruling by the state Court of Appeal in which the Court affirmed 2019 findings by the Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco dismissing challenges to the Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan approved by Bay Area voters in 2018 through Regional Measure 3. MORE
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Scott Haggerty Named Transportation Foundation's Person of the Year
The California Transportation Foundation has named MTC Chair Scott Haggerty as its Person of the Year, recognizing the longtime Alameda County Supervisor during its 31st annual Transportation Awards presentation. Haggerty's nomination for the award was jointly sponsored by MTC and the Alameda County Transportation Commission, for which Haggerty served as Chair from 2013 to 2016. MORE
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Crafting a Blueprint for the Bay Area's Future
The Plan Bay Area 2050 Draft Blueprint is a 30-year regional vision that seeks to create a more affordable, connected, diverse, healthy and vibrant Bay Area for all. How exactly will it do this? This accessible, informative video breaks down the strategies in the Draft Blueprint to answer that question.
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What You Need to Know About the I-880 Express Lanes
The new lane configurations on I-880 will help traffic flow better and more safely. Lane-change rules are effective immediately, even though Express Lane tolling will not begin until this fall. This video explains the changes.
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Back to Bikes
While COVID-19 has indisputably disrupted transportation in myriad ways, it has also has led to the biggest resurgence in bicycling since the 1970s. In the Bay Area, cities are responding by providing more places to bike and stroll through an initiative called "Slow Streets."
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