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MTC Committee Meetings
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Agenda and Schedule Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee 9:30 am Administration Committee 9:45 am Draft MTC FY 2012-13 Agency Budget Programming & Allocations Committee 10 am Proposed programming of $180,000 for Regional Real-Time Transit Information System Expansion Policy Advisory Council Equity and Access Subcommittee 10:30 am OneBayArea Equity Working Group 11:15 am Policy Advisory […]
Marin Supervisor Asks Officials to Study Converting Future San Rafael Bridge Bike and Ped Path into Another Car Lane
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Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. A Marin County Supervisor, who represents San Rafael, apparently wants to look at nixing plans for the long-planned bike and ped path on the […]
Next Steps for a Bus Lane on the Bay Bridge
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At today's meeting of the Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee (BATA) of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), which makes decisions about the Oakland Bay Bridge, for the commissioners it wasn't a question of whether to put bus-only lanes on the bridge and its approaches--it was how to get it done. However, staff seemed to see things differently.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Bay Area Toll Authority
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1. Roll Call Action: Confirm Quorum 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Chair’s Report Presented by: Haggerty Action: Information 4. Consent: Action: Authority Approval a) Minutes – February 25, 2009 meeting.* • 4a_February_25_2009_BATA_Minutes.pdf Draft BATA Oversight Committee minutes of April 8, 2009.* • 4a_April_8_2009_BATA_O_Minutes.pdf 5. BATA Oversight Committee Presented by: Chair Dodd Action: Authority Approval a) Annual Information […]
Hancock Introduces Bill to Allow Toll Funds for Bay Bridge Bike Path
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Rendering of West Span bike path: Caltrans State Senator Loni Hancock (D-Oakland) has introduced a bill in the Legislature that would allow the Bay Area Toll Authority to use toll revenue to help fund a bike path on the West Span of the Bay Bridge. Advocates on both sides of the Bay worked with Hancock […]
Transit Advocates, Construction Workers Show Up in Force at MTC Meeting
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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 […]