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New Book Adds to Former MTC Staffer's Global Legacy

August 31, 2020

Hank Dittmar. City of Santa Monica photo.

Former MTC staff member Hank Dittmar's DIY City: The Collective Power of Small Actions, posthumously published this summer by Island Press, reinforces Dittmar's influence on the fields of transportation, urban planning and global sustainability by sounding a note of caution about grandiose design schemes and emphasizing instead the big impacts that can be made by smaller adjustments to the urban fabric Read More

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Five most popular The Bay Link blog posts of 2019

December 31, 2019 By Mark Prado

Karl Nielsen

Thanks to all who subscribe to The Bay Link blog! As the year comes to a close, we thought we'd present the 5 most read Bay Link blog posts of 2019. Here they are: Read More

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Throwback Thursday: Two trips down Market Street, separated by 111 years

December 12, 2019

Just weeks prior to San Francisco’s devastating earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, the Miles Brothers affixed a hand-cranked Bell & Howell camera to the front of a cable car, and filmed its journey eastward along Market Street from 8th Street to the Ferry Building. Read More

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A year after death, collected essays from acclaimed urban planner released

October 24, 2019 By Mark Prado

Hank Dittmar

Transportation and urban planning professionals in the Bay Area and around the globe mourned the death last year of transportation expert and urbanist Hank Dittmar. Now, a collection of his essays has been published. Read More

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Former MTC Chairman Robert Schroder passes

April 8, 2019 By Mark Prado

Robert Schroder

Former Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chairman Robert "Bob" Schroder died March 29. He was 90. Read More

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Steve Heminger's exit interview

March 1, 2019

Steve Heminger

During his last week on the job, Steve Heminger agreed to sit down with MTC’s Legislation and Public Affairs staff to reflect on his accomplishments, offer insights, and speak to the future of regionalism. Following is an edited interview Read More

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MTC Now Accepting Applications for College Summer Internship Program

April 10, 2018 By Khristina Wenzinger

Six people, two men and four women, stand on steps.

MTC's college interns from 1982.

Do you know a college or graduate student looking for a paid internship in the Bay Area this summer? Are they interested in work that is intimately connected to the nine-county Bay Area’s transportation system, housing, jobs, environment and economy? Well, look no further—MTC is offering paid college internships in San Francisco starting as early as June 2018. Read More

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Friday News Round-Up: YES Conference, Bay Area Preservation Pilot Fund, 511 Now Available in Cantonese and Mandarin

March 2, 2018 By Chirag Rabari

Here's a quick round-up of the latest happenings at MTC:

Youth Environmental Activism Shines at 2018 YES Conference — Students from all over the Bay Area gathered for the Youth for the Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference on February 24, in Oakland. Take a look at some of the highlights via this video from MTC's Mark Jones and this photo gallery.
MTC Pledges Millions to Preserve Affordable Housing — MTC committed $10 million to establish a new revolving loan fund known as the Bay Area Preservation Pilot Fund to help nonprofit developers finance the acquisition and preservation of existing multifamily housing properties that are located in areas with high-frequency transit service and are considered affordable for lower- and moderate-income renters.

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MTC Now Accepting Applications for High School Summer Internship Program

February 22, 2018 By Chirag Rabari

MTC High School Summer Internship Class of 2017

MTC's High School Internship Program Closing Forum, 2017

Are you a Bay Area high school student interested in transportation? Apply now to join MTC's High School Summer Internship Program!

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is offering high school students around the Bay Area the opportunity this summer to gain professional experience in transportation planning, engineering and related fields through its High School Summer Internship Program. Now celebrating its 18^th year, the internship program is now accepting applications for 34 paid summer jobs with a variety of public transit agencies, city planning departments and public works agencies throughout the region. Internships are available in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties. A list of internship opportunities and the online application instructions are available at: https://jobs.mtc.ca.gov/internships.

Students can choose to work either full- or part-time, up to 250 hours, from June 26 to August 31, 2018, and will earn $15 per hour, with their wages paid by MTC.

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Preview of 2/14 BATA and MTC Meetings

February 13, 2018 By Julie Teglovic

The exterior entrance of the Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco.

Noah Berger

Five meetings are scheduled for this Wednesday, February 14, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center: the Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee, the MTC Administration Committee, the MTC Programming & Allocations Committee, the MTC Policy Advisory Council Equity & Access Subcommittee, and the MTC Policy Advisory Council.

Highlights include: the Bay Area Preservation Pilot, a proposed new policy for State Transit Assistance population-based funds, Regional Measure 2, the Transportation Improvement Program, the Regional Means-Based Fare Proposal Update, recent meetings of the California Transportation Commission, and more!

Continue reading on to see more from the agendas and find links to all meeting materials. As always, you can tune in live on MTC's website once meetings are underway. Read More

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