Recent Streetsblog SF posts about MTC

Bridge the Gap!

By Chris Carlsson | Jan 27, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: Matthew Roth As I climbed the steps out of the Lake Merritt BART station this morning I heard loud chanting. "Wow," I thought, "those bicyclists have really pulled out the troops!" But the demonstrators that greeted me across 8th Street in Oakland were pile drivers, iron workers, carpenters and other trades workers, chanting "Jobs […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bay Bridge Steel Sails into Bay, Work to Begin Mid-February

By Patricia Decker | Jan 22, 2010 | 15 Comments

Massive yellow structures called "sea fasteners" help insulate the delicate cargo during its trans-Pacific voyage. Photos: Jackson Solway For the engineers toiling to complete the replacement of the Bay Bridge, their ship has finally come in. After more than than 15 months of delays spurred by weld fabrication and inspection issues, the first steel sections […]

Bay Area Transportation Commission Starts Climate Sustainability Fund

By Matthew Roth | Dec 21, 2009 | 4 Comments

Transportation advocates were thrilled last week when the nine-county Bay Area regional transportation planning and funding body, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), established a fluid pot of money for innovative transportation projects, from Safe Routes to School programs and bicycle educational campaigns, to parking policies and demand management strategies meant to reduce the over-reliance on […]

Bay Area Toll Authority Mulls Toll Increase Scenarios, Seeks Public Input

By Matthew Roth | Dec 7, 2009 | 21 Comments

Photo: kpmarek As the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) continues its regional public hearings, including one tonight in San Francisco, the various options the agency is proposing for increasing bridge tolls are generating a number of debates and proposals, including the funding of the long-discussed pedestrian/bicycle/maintenance paths over the west span of the Bay Bridge. […]

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