News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
MTC has created a one-stop shop on its website to provide local jurisdictions an easy way to access the various Technical Assistance programs that the agency and its partners offer. Read More
The Interstate 880 Express Lanes in Alameda County will begin operations at 5 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has announced. Read More
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
Newly released data indicate the popularity of the pedestrian and bicycle paths on five of the Bay Area’s state-owned toll bridges since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) this week 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. Read More
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Chair Scott Haggerty today commended the U.S. House of Representative’s infrastructure bill — the $1.5 trillion “Moving Forward Act” (H.R. 2) — which is on the House floor for consideration this week, with voting expected as early as today or Thursday. Read More
Establishing a BART connection from the East Bay to Silicon Valley has long been a top regional priority for MTC. Read More
The SF Urban Film Fest presents thought provoking films, panel discussions and storytelling workshops around the theme of “Place and the Populist Revolt” as part of its sixth annual event that begins next week. Read More
More than 100 people turned out under bright skies for the dedication of a public access pier adjacent to Yerba Buena Island named in honor of Bimla Gill Rhinehart. Read More
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