Transportation

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Progress in Bringing Ferry Service to Silicon Valley

Plans to bring ferry service to Redwood City are moving forward. The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which the Bay Area Council he...
New Report: Making the Megaregional Case for a New Transbay Rail Crossing image

New Report: Making the Megaregional Case for a New Transbay Rail Crossing

A new transbay rail crossing between San Francisco and the East Bay would not only ease congestion along one of the Bay Area’s busiest commute co...
Call to Participate in Bay Area Council Focus Groups on Returning to Transit image

Call to Participate in Bay Area Council Focus Groups on Returning to Transit

The Bay Area Council is inviting employers to join focus groups for in-depth conversations about returning to work and using transit...
Council Helps Secure Almost $1 Billion for Regional Transportation image

Council Helps Secure Almost $1 Billion for Regional Transportation

The Bay Area Council applauds Congress for awarding almost $980 million to the Bay Area to support our regional transportation systems. The latest ...
Bay Area Benefits from State Transportation Funding image

Bay Area Benefits from State Transportation Funding

Legislation (SB1) the Bay Area Council worked hard to pass in 2017 will provide $400 million for 11 transportation projects across the region. The ...
Bay Area Council Support Leads to $100 Million for Megaregion Rail Project image

Bay Area Council Support Leads to $100 Million for Megaregion Rail Project

One of California’s worst freight rail bottlenecks will be unclogged with help from a $100 million federal infrastructure grant announced this we...
Call to Participate in Bay Area Council Focus Groups on Returning to Transit image

Call to Participate in Bay Area Council Focus Groups on Returning to Transit

The Bay Area Council invites employers to participate in focus groups to have in-depth conversations about returning to work and using transit. We ...
COVID Recovery: Bridge Traffic Near Normal Levels as Commuters Avoid Transit image

COVID Recovery: Bridge Traffic Near Normal Levels as Commuters Avoid Transit

New data analyzed by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute provides another barometer of the region’s economic recovery. Traffic on Bay Area br...
Court Ruling Highlights Urgency of Passing Prop 22 image

Court Ruling Highlights Urgency of Passing Prop 22

A state appeals court ruling Thursday (Oct. 22) threatened the existence of app-based ride-hailing companies in California and highlighted the urge...
Council Continues Advocacy Against Work from Home Mandate image

Council Continues Advocacy Against Work from Home Mandate

Today (Oct. 9) the Bay Area Council continued to speak out against a misguided proposal that would require 60% of office workers at certain busines...
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