Transportation Awards

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1979 MTC Award Winners

Grand Award

• Sara Conner, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters

Special Transportation Employee Award

• Anthony "Tony" Lucchesi, development of AC Transit’s Preventative Maintenance System

Awards of Merit

• Sebe Hill, Carquinez Coalition & Western Contra Costa County Transit Authority, advocate for public transportation

• Harvey Milk (posthumous), support of San Francisco’s "Transit First" policy

• William Poelle (posthumous), accessibility advocate

• Muni Railway Planning Division, Muni’s 5 year plan

Certificates of Achievement

• Max Bedel, retired Muni employee

• Ellen Fletcher, Palo Alto city council

• Paul Kilkenny, advocate for Contra Costa transit

• Ellis Raderman, Oakland Unified School District, introduced Oakland schools to public transportation systems

•Recreation Center for the Handicapped, paratransit service

• Martha Schremp, established the Alamo/Danville Senior Mini-Bus Project

• Jean Schultz, worked on 5-year transportation plan for Sonoma County

• Howard Solomon, public transit volunteer

• UC Berkeley Vanpool Program

Letters of Recognition