Transportation

Council Applauds Federal Bill that Aims to Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit image

Council Applauds Federal Bill that Aims to Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit

If a bill drops in Congress during debt ceiling negotiations with the fate of the world economy in the balance, does it make a sound? In the case o...
May Budget Revise Offers Narrow Opening for More Transit Funding to Ward Off Fiscal Cliff image

May Budget Revise Offers Narrow Opening for More Transit Funding to Ward Off Fiscal Cliff

Gov. Newsom today (May 12) unveiled his May budget revision and the overall picture has worsened since he first proposed his spending plan in Janua...
New Poll: Overwhelming Support for More Police on BART, Greater Focus on Cleanliness and Stronger Enforcement of Rules  image

New Poll: Overwhelming Support for More Police on BART, Greater Focus on Cleanliness and Stronger Enforcement of Rules 

 San Francisco—BART riders and others who have stopped using the system or reduced their use dramatically say they would return in significa...
New BART Tool Will Help Give Passengers a Smoother Ride image

New BART Tool Will Help Give Passengers a Smoother Ride

On May 3, BART unveiled its newly acquired geometry car, known as the Rail Inspection Vehicle or RIV for short, which will enhance the rider experi...
CEO Transit Ride-Along Highlights Importance of StateFunding Support image

CEO Transit Ride-Along Highlights Importance of StateFunding Support

On April 21, Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman joined 10 transit CEOs from across theBay Area for a multimodal, three-hour-long voyage that carrie...
Big Win for Bay Area Council Capital Transportation Funding Priorities image

Big Win for Bay Area Council Capital Transportation Funding Priorities

Nearly $141 million in state funding will flow to important public transportation projects acrossthe region that the Bay Area Council championed as...
Council Gaining Traction in Securing Transit Funding toAvert Fiscal Cliff image

Council Gaining Traction in Securing Transit Funding toAvert Fiscal Cliff

As transit agencies across the state are barreling towards a fiscal cliff, the Bay Area Council andits partners in the Survive + Thrive Coalition a...
Transit Leaders Discuss Ways to Avoid Fiscal Cliff image

Transit Leaders Discuss Ways to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

Finding a solution to the fiscal cliff facing many Bay Area transit agencies is a top priority for the Bay Area Council and transportation leaders ...
Council Applauds Appointment of Andrew Fremier to Lead Metropolitan Transportation Commission image

Council Applauds Appointment of Andrew Fremier to Lead Metropolitan Transportation Commission

The Bay Area Council this week applauded the appointment of veteran transportation leader Andrew Fremier as Executive Director of the Metropolitan ...
BART Doubling Police Presence on Trains image

BART Doubling Police Presence on Trains

Moving to address concerns about safety and cleanliness on the region’s backbone transit system, BART President Janice Li this week announced pub...
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