Transportation

Scott Haggerty Named Transportation Foundation's Person of the Year

July 7, 2020

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

MTC Chair Urges Passage of Huge Infrastructure Bill

July 1, 2020

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

Transportation

Video: Bay Area transit agencies focus on safety

June 17, 2020

Through a continuing collaboration with Bay Area transit agencies, MTC video journalist Mark Jones shows how transit riders and transit operators are looking out for one another's health and safety as shelter-in-place restrictions evolve. Read More

Transportation

Apple data paints picture of travel in COVID-19 era

May 12, 2020

Mark Prado

Apple is presenting new data that looks at how travel and transportation has been affected by COVID-19. Read More

Transportation

Shelter-in-place life in Marin County, San Francisco and East Bay documented

March 27, 2020

Karl Nielsen

Transportation is a familiar subject for Berkeley photographer Karl Nielsen, who frequently captures arresting images of highway and transit construction, and routinely illuminates a vibrant Bay Area on the move. Read More

Environment

Coronavirus crisis feeds photographer’s thoughts on adapting

March 19, 2020 By Karl Nielsen

Karl Nielsen

We, like the slime mold ...

I’m a full-time freelance photographer with a love of science and an odd obsession with slime mold, a 600 million-year-old, often overlooked, misunderstood and mischaracterized single-celled organism that undulates across rotting foliage in damp forests. For the last two years, I have wanted to create a time-lapse photo sequence of slime mold in a Petri dish as it forages, navigates obstacles and thrives despite challenges. Read More

Transportation