News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has unanimously endorsed a federal advocacy strategy to maximize the Bay Area’s share of the more than $100 billion in competitive grants made available through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Read More
Money to restore San Francisco Bay and address impacts from climate change received a $24 million boost via the federal omnibus spending bill signed into law this week by President Biden. Read More
MTC is applauding an additional $536 million in American Rescue Plan funds to help Bay Area transit agencies battered by two years of pandemic-related ridership and revenue losses sustain operations. Read More
Taking a leap toward full, pre-pandemic service, the Capitol Corridor has introduced a new schedule that increases the number of trains on both weekdays and weekends. Read More
MTC’s Programming and Allocations Committee on Wednesday approved a three-point set of principles to guide the distribution to Bay Area transit agencies in the coming months of nearly $1.7 billion in federal transit money the Bay Area will receive through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Read More
Amtrak will get more than $1.69 billion to provide relief from the impacts of COVID-19 to the company’s business operations, workforce and state funding partners, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced this week. The funding is provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration Monday announced $30.5 billion in federal funding is now available to support the nation’s public transportation systems as they continue to respond to COVID-19. Read More
MTC Wednesday approved the allocation of $802 million to Bay Area transit operators as part of a second round of federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) funding to help transit agencies battered from revenue losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
MTC Chairman and Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza wrote in an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's key role in getting needed federal dollars to transit to help systems rebound from the pandemic. Read More
A $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill received final approval from Congress Wednesday and with it comes a $30 billion lifeline for public transit. Read More