Posts Tagged ‘Metropolitan Transportation Commission’
New plan unveiled to build a bike path along the Bay Bridge
Cyclists hoping to bike from Oakland to San Francisco might finally have an option someday.
Read MoreTransportation experts propose congestion pricing, express lanes to tackle Oakland traffic
Bay Area transportation experts discuss whether drivers should be charged for traffic, pollution and noise.
Read MoreWith BART strike imminent, alternatives in demand
By land or by sea, commuters will seek out other options
Read MoreMetropolitan Transportation Commission debates proposal to create new seats for Oakland and San Jose
At its last meeting of the year, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) debated over whether a controversial proposal to create two new commission seats for Oakland and San Jose should be included in the commission’s 2012 legislative program—a package of proposed measures that the commission seeks to support or sponsor in the coming year. The…
Read MoreProfitable transportation agency votes to leave Oakland
Amidst pleas by city officials to remain in Oakland, the Bay Area Toll Authority voted 8-6 to purchase a new building in San Francisco, where the agency will locate its new headquarters.
Read MoreBART Airport Connector breaks ground in Oakland
After more than two decades of debate and a recent sprint for the final bits of funding, on Wednesday a group of local, state, and federal officials broke ground to mark the start of construction on BART’s long-awaited Oakland Airport Connector. A dozen local political officials donned hardhats and gathered around a mound of dirt tidily piled in a corner of the station’s parking lot; in unison, they sank the golden blades of their ceremonial shovels into the earth.
Read MoreWork could start soon on costly BART airport tram
The controversial Airport Connector, a tram that would connect BART to Oakland’s airport, could soon be under construction after a decades-long debate. “For the first time in the 25-year history of this project,” a BART spokesman says, “we may be seeing shovels hit the ground in the next month or two.”
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