News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
U.S. Rep. John Garamendi on Thursday joined MTC and Caltrans for a tour of the State Route 37 corridor to learn more about the Sears Point to Mare Island Improvement project, which MTC and the four North Bay counties are supporting. Read More
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District and the City of Petaluma will receive more than $13 million in grant funds from the California State Transportation Agency’s State Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program. Read More
The California State Transportation Agency has awarded more than $295 million to Bay Area-related projects to expand transit and intercity rail service, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read More
The California Transportation Commission has allocated more than $3 billion to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, accounts for more than $930 million of the total funding. Dozens of Bay Area projects were funded in the allocations made last week. Read More
MTC today released the Draft 2023 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). This list of more than 300 Bay Area transportation projects reflects approximately $10.9 billion in committed federal, state and local funding for the four-year period through 2026. Approximately 250 additional projects are included for informational purposes. Read More
A group of Metropolitan Transportation Commission members and staff are in Washington this week to advocate for funding through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance the ambitious goals set forth in Plan Bay Area 2050, the long-range roadmap for transportation, housing, economic vitality and environmental health adopted jointly in October 2021 by MTC and ABAG. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation is highlighting how the historic bipartisan infrastructure bill will repair roads and bridges, improve transportation options, build a national network of chargers to accelerate the adoption of EVs, and upgrade airports and ports across the country. Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in sharply declining ridership and emergency funding to support essential transit service remains in doubt. Read More
BART General Manager Bob Powers has joined a national coalition of the country’s leading public transportation agencies calling for significant and immediate emergency federal relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Raising gas taxes for transportation improvements is not political problem, as long as voters know cash will go to fix roads and bridges, said the democrat expected to head the key House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Read More