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About MTC

About the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

• Overview
  A brief description of who we are and what we do
• Commissioners
  List of the MTC Commissioners with their photos
• Key Staff
  List of MTC key staff members
• BATA
  The Bay Area Toll Authority
• SAFE
  Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways
• Regional Agency Headquarters
  
• Committees
  Standing committees of MTC
• Partnership
  The Bay Area Partnership
• Staff Contacts
  MTC staff phone directory
• Art Gallery
  Visit the MTC art gallery
• Awards Program
  MTC Transportation Award winners
• Directions to MTC
  Map, transit and driving directions to both the MetroCenter and Lake Merritt Plaza

News

Transportation headlines, press releases and MTC's monthly newsletter, Transactions

• Headlines
  Transportation headlines compiled on weekdays
• Press Releases
  MTC press releases
• Current Topics
  Recent transportation stories from around the region
• Transactions
  MTC's award-winning newsletter (produced only for special occasions as of 2013)
• E-news
  MTC's e-mail newsletter
• Executive Director's Report
  Steve Heminger's most recent monthly report to the Commission
• Photos
  Galleries showcasing recent events
• Video

  An index of video content available on the MTC site

• Social media

Jobs and Contracts

Job listings and contract opportunities at MTC

• Employment Opportunities
  Review current job openings and apply online.
• Contracts and Procurements
  Requests for Proposals/Qualifications (RFPs/RFQs), Solicitation of Proposals (SOPs), Invitations for Bids (IFBs)
  
• High School Interns
  Information for applicants to MTC's summer internship program
• College Interns

Meetings and Events

Meeting agendas and schedules

• Agendas
  Meeting agendas for MTC committees
• Meeting Schedule
  Information about upcoming MTC meetings
• Meeting Archive
  Meeting audio files, agendas and packet materials
• Presentations
  Recent presentations by MTC staff

Get Involved

Opportunities to engage with MTC activities

• Policy Advisory Council
• Civil Rights and Accessibility
• Public Participation Plan

Services

Ongoing programs to improve regional travel

• 511
  Phone- and Web-based traveler information service
• 511 Freeway Assist
  Allowing motorist to access call box services by dialing 5-1-1 and saying "Freeway Aid" on their cell phones.
• Arterial Ops.
  Arterial Operations
• Call Boxes
  Network of motorist call boxes on Bay Area highways
• Clipper
  All your transit in one card
• FasTrak
  Electronic toll collection
• FSP
  Freeway Service Patrol
• Hub Signage Program
  Way-finding signs at Bay Area transit hubs
• Incident Management
• OT-511
  Oakland Trucker Traffic Information System
• Pavement
  Pavement Management

Library

Materials on business, transportation, planning and environmental concerns

• About the Library
  About the MTC/ABAG Library
• Catalog
  Online library catalog
• MTC Publications
  List of MTC print and online publications
• Special Topics
  Selected items of interest from the library collection
• New in the Library
  New additions to the library collection
• Featured Reports
  MTC "best-sellers" and currently relevant reports.
• Order Form
  Online publication order form
• Glossary
  Transportation planning acronyms and terms

Maps and Data

• Spatial Library
• Modeling Library
• Map Gallery

Funding

• OneBayArea Grant
• Core Capacity / Cap and Trade
• TIP
  Transportation Improvement Program
• RM 2
  Regional Measure 2
• STIP (RTIP & ITIP)
  State Transportation Improvement Program
  (Regional Transportation Improvement Program & Interregional Transportation Improvement Program)
• STP-CMAQ
  Surface Transportation Program & Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
• ARRA
  American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
• Project Delivery / Program Monitoring
  Annual Obligations
• FTA
  Federal Transit Administration
• TDA & STA
  Transportation Development Act & State Transit Assistance
• Proposition 1B Bond Program
  Transit, Highways and Trade Corridors
• FMS
  Fund Management System
• ATP
  Active Transportation Program

Planning

Planning studies, reports and activites

• Plan Bay Area
  Strategy for a Sustainable Region
• 2035 Plan
  Transportation 2035 Plan
• Air Quality
  Issues related to transportation impacts to air quality
• Airports
  Regional Airport Plan Update
• Bay Bridge
  SF-Oakland Bay Bridge design study
• Bay Crossings
  Bay Crossings Study Update (2012)
• Bicycles and Pedestrians
  Regional Bicycle Plan, Safety Toolbox and more
• Climate Change
  MTC and its regional partners are confronting the daunting challenge posed by global climate change.
• Community-Based
  Lifeline Transportation Network and community collaboration
• Complete Streets
• Coordinated Plan
  Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan
• Countywide Transportation Plans
  Update to MTC Guidelines for Countywide Transportation Plans
• Emergency Coordination
• Goods Movement
  Regional Goods Movement Study
• ITS
  Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Lifeline Transportation Program
  Projects to improve access to public transit for new entrants to the job market
• Regional Rail
  Bay Area Regional Rail Plan
• Smart Growth
  Smart Growth, Transit-Oriented Development and Transportation for Livable Communities
• Snapshot Analysis
  Snapshot Analysis for MTC Communities of Concern
• Transit Connectivity
  A strategy for easing passengers’ movement from one transit system to another
• Transit Coordination
  Transit Coordination Implementation Plan
• Transit Expansion
  Resolution 3434: Regional Transit Expansion Program (RTEP)
• Transit Sustainability
  Transit Sustainability Project
• Vasco Road Safety Study
  Recommendations to fund, construct and maintain a median barrier on Vasco Road

Projects

Construction currently in progress

• BART to Silicon Valley
  Service to San Jose is on track to open in 2017.
• BART to Warm Springs
  Scheduled to begin service by 2015
• Bay Bridge
  The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s new East Span
• Caldecott Tunnel
  Building a fourth bore
• Central Subway
  The Central Subway will extend light rail service in San Francisco to the South of Market, Union Square and Chinatown neighborhoods.
• Devil's Slide
  Devil's Slide Tunnels Project
• Doyle Drive
  Replacing the Doyle Drive approach to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
• Express Lanes
  Express lanes offer toll-free travel for carpools, vanpools, motorcycles, buses, and eligible hybrid vehicles, while also giving solo drivers the option to pay to use the lane to avoid congestion
  
• Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
  SMART is on track to connect Sonoma and Marin counties using clean diesel trains.
• Transbay Terminal
  Building the “Grand Central of the West”

Legislation

State and federal legislative updates

Links

Links to related websites

• Other MTC sites
• Social media
• Commuter Resources
  Including Current Traffic Information
• Regional Resources
  Including Congestion Management Agencies / Tax Authorities
• National and Statewide Transportation Resources
  Including Legislative Information
• Academic Resources
  Including Transportation Libraries and Museums
• Smart Growth
  Including Transportation for Livable Communities
• Transportation Museums
  Including train, auto and aviation museums
• Regional Contracting Opportunities
  Contract opportunities at regional transportation providers