News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
Climate change. Sea-level rise. Resilience.
The terms are ubiquitous in the public realm, planning circles and among policymakers around the Bay Area. The topics are among the most vexing of our time. Read More
Earthquakes are hitting all over the state of late and the Association of Bay Area Governments wants you to prepare. Read More
The Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, a bipartisan bill which would reauthorize the National Estuary Program (NEP), was introduced last week by U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ). Read More
MTC and its partners received a 2019 Environmental Excellence Award from the Federal Highway Administration for work on their State Route 37 Resilient Corridor Program. Read More
The Sierra Club magazine has an interesting story on the effort to restore South Bay salt ponds back into tidal marshes. Read More
Caltrans has released new reports as part of an effort to understand how and where climate change may impact the state’s highway system. Read More
Recently completed work on San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto that will gird against sea level rise, help endangered species and prevent flooding was celebrated Friday morning by the San Francisquito Creek JPA. Read More
Strained infrastructure, safe transportation, sea-level rise, bike access – all Bay Area issues. They are also issues for one of the favorite vacation destinations for Bay Area residents: Maui. Read More
An online tool from the Association of Bay Area Governments is now available to help residents identify potential earthquake-related damage to their homes and provides information on how to gird against the next big temblor. Read More
The latest special issue of ESTUARY News magazine is now available and takes a deep dive into the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, which in May 2017 selected nine high-powered teams from across the globe to come up with innovative design ideas that address sea level rise and resilience to climate change around the region.
Last month, after a year-long process, Resilient by Design shared the final design concepts developed by local residents, community organizations, public officials and local, national, and international experts. These concepts were “meant to inspire, catalyze action, and push us along the path to a more resilient future.”
The June 2018 Issue of ESTUARY News explores each of the individual Bay Area Challenge design concepts in more detail and puts the whole Challenge in wider context, including where we might go from here. Keep reading to find out more! Read More