News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
As part of National Rail Safety Week, Sept. 22-28, North Bay law enforcement agencies will be partnering with the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency to reinforce safe behaviors near trains, tracks and at railroad crossings. Read More
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency will begin overnight testing of its railroad crossing warning equipment and train control systems on its new line to Larkspur starting Friday. Read More
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail transit agency is marching south from San Rafael to Larkspur and expects to start service later this year. Read More
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit will offer added evening rail service to take people from the Marin County Fair, which begins Wednesday and lasts through July 7. Read More
Three meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center. Some highlights include a a proposed amendment to Plan Bay Area 2040 and the amended 2017 TIP (attachment), priorities for Round 3 of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program (attachment), funds for the North-South Greenway Project and the SMART Multi-Use Pathway in Marin County (attachment), decision-making tools and Work Group Action Plans from CASA (attachment), and much more.
Continue reading on to find links to all meeting agendas, meeting packets and key background materials. Tune in to the meetings live on Wednesday morning at https://mtc.ca.gov/whats-happening/meetings/live-webcasts. Read More
Five meetings were held at the Bay Area Metro Center on Wednesday, January 24. The highlight of the morning was the Bay Area Toll Authority meeting, where the Commission unanimously approved a resolution to place Regional Measure 3 on the June 5 ballot in all nine Bay Area counties. If approved by a combined majority of all voters, a sweeping $4.45 billion package of congestion relief projects would be financed by a $1 increase in tolls on the Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll bridges beginning Jan. 1, 2019, followed by a $1 increase in January 2022 and another $1 increase in January 2025. Read more about the measure and the vote on MTC’s website or in the news. Watch a recording of the full BATA meeting here, or download the agenda. Read More