Transportation

Speeding Up Key Hwy 101 Infrastructure Project image

Speeding Up Key Hwy 101 Infrastructure Project

Work on a project to replace a critical segment of Highway 101 in San Francisco that the Council played a role in coordinating will be accelerated ...
One Step Closer to Redwood City Ferry Service image

One Step Closer to Redwood City Ferry Service

The future for ferry service in Redwood City is looking bright after the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) this week approved enterin...
Council Urges Reauthorization of Federal Transportation Funding Bill image

Council Urges Reauthorization of Federal Transportation Funding Bill

United by an ambitious transportation agenda for our country, the Metropolitan Civic Leadership Alliance, a new group of nine business-led civic or...
Celebrating Regional Water Transit and Bay Crossings image

Celebrating Regional Water Transit and Bay Crossings

The Bay Area Council Water Transit Subcommittee held its inaugural 2020 meeting Tuesday (Feb. 25), celebrating Council CEO Jim Wunderman’s recent...
Gov. Newsom Names Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman to Helm Water Emergency Transportation Authority image

Gov. Newsom Names Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman to Helm Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman has been named by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve as Chair of the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), wh...
New Ferry Service Coming to Alameda Next Year image

New Ferry Service Coming to Alameda Next Year

Following on the success of the new Richmond-San Francisco ferry service that launched earlier this year, the WETA Board of Directors on Thursday a...
FASTER Continues Regional Engagement in the East Bay image

FASTER Continues Regional Engagement in the East Bay

This week, FASTER presented to the AC Transit Board of Directors as part of an ongoing effort to engage with stakeholders across the Bay Area and r...
New Coalition Targets Traffic’s Stranglehold on the Bay Area image

New Coalition Targets Traffic’s Stranglehold on the Bay Area

The Bay Area Council today announced it is forming a new coalition of transportation companies focused on dramatically expanding a wide range of pr...
Engaging the Region to Create a FASTER Bay Area image

Engaging the Region to Create a FASTER Bay Area

Congested roadways, packed and infrequent transit, and projects that run over-time and over-budget have become an unfortunate reality for the Bay A...
Federal Grant a Boon for BART to San Jose Extension image

Federal Grant a Boon for BART to San Jose Extension

The power of public private partnerships was on full display this week when the Federal Transit Administration announced $125 million in funding to...
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