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Transit Advocates, Construction Workers Show Up in Force at MTC Meeting

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 27, 2010 | 19 Comments

Photos by Matthew Roth via Twitter Transit advocates in favor of redirecting stimulus funds for the Oakland Airport Connector to financially struggling transit agencies are out in force at this morning’s MTC Commission meeting in Oakland, along with dozens of union construction workers. Streetsblog’s Matthew Roth reports the main meeting room and overflow rooms are […]

MTC Staff Still Committed to Oakland Airport Connector

By Matthew Roth | Jan 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Despite the rush of negative publicity around the FTA’s letter to BART, which effectively put the agency on notice for failing its Title VI civil rights and equity obligations for the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC), MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger has faith in BART’s ability to come up with a satisfactory action plan to meet […]

MTC Meeting Tomorrow is Muni’s Best Chance for $17 Million

By Dave Snyder | Jan 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

A proposed alternative to the Oakland Airport Connector. Image: TransForm Muni riders have a chance at a reprieve from the one thousand hours per day of lost service that the MTA is proposing to cut in order to plug a $17 million deficit before the end of the fiscal year in June. The service cuts […]

Oakland’s Stimulus Flap: A Shot Across the Bow for Transport Equity?

By Elana Schor | Jan 26, 2010 | No Comments

The Obama administration’s warning that the Bay Area has jeopardized federal stimulus funding for its Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) project could have national consequences for other urban transit proposals that risk harming low-income riders, civil rights and transit advocates predicted today. The proposed Oakland Airport Connector train. (Photo: BART via Streetsblog SF) Several Bay Area […]

Advocates Want Oakland Airport Connector Funds for Transit Operations

By Matthew Roth | Jan 25, 2010 | 13 Comments

Image: TransForm With the civil rights imbroglio between BART and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) making news last week, a problem that could imperil $70 million in federal stimulus funds obligated to the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC), advocates are calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to give the stimulus money to cash-strapped transit operators […]

BART Responds to FTA Rebuke, Defends Minority and Equity Practices

By Matthew Roth | Jan 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

Proposed Coliseum Station OAC connections. Photo: BART In a strongly worded reply to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Peter Rogoff yesterday [PDF], a number of BART Board Directors and General Manager Dorothy Dugger contested the FTA’s assertion that BART has not complied with its obligations to minority riders under Federal Civil Rights Act Title VI […]

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