News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
The California Transportation Commission has allocated $578 million for projects to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a bridge repair program Friday that will deliver almost $850 million to California to fix spans in poor condition. The funding comes from the new infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed in November. 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
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Chair Alfredo Pedroza and Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board President Jesse Arreguín are lauding Congress for its passage Friday of the nearly $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, noting that the funding package will help implement many of the 35 strategies included in Plan Bay Area 2050, the long-term regional plan for transportation, housing, the environment and the economy adopted last month by both agencies. Read More
Transforming the country's infrastructure and making it more resilient are top priorities in an $88 billion U.S. Department of Transportation budget submitted to Congress by the Biden-Harris Administration Friday. Read More
With the arrival of king tides this past weekend, some in the Bay Area may see roads go underwater, albeit temporarily. Read More
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has developed a handy-dandy map that shows San Francisco residents what's happening on their streets. Read More
Passengers can expect smoother rides as BART works to switch out the system's third rails, which powers the rail cars. Read More
BART is starting to revitalization its system thanks to 2016's Measure RR, a voter-approved, $3.5 billion bond measure that has allowed the agency to replace decades-old track equipment among other improvements. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation this week announced $900 million in discretionary grant funding will be made available through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development Transportation Discretionary Grants program. Read More