Transportation Awards

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1985 MTC Award Winners

Grand Award

• The Committee for Traffic Relief helped pass Santa Clara County’s Measure A, which allowed for a half-cent sales tax increase for transportation.

Special Transportation Employee Award

• Ray McCann and Charles Gerstbacher, gripman and brakeman on the S.F. Muni cable car that was struck head-on by a suicide driver in August 1984. The two, who were injured by the accident, were still able to avert catastrophe by pulling the brake while the car was careening out of control, thereby saving the lives of the 70 people on board.

Awards of Merit

• The City of Pleasanton was honored for its innovative attempt to control traffic while accommodating increased development.

• The East Bay Bicycle Coalition has provided pivotal leadership in promoting bicycle programs and facilities that encourage commuting and traveling by bicycle. Its most recent accomplishment was the implementation of bike racks on AC Transit buses.

• The Regional Transit Association, a consortium of the Bay Area’s six largest transit operators, was honored for a variety of activities that improved coordination between transit operators.

• The Benicia Bay Connection pioneered public transit service in an area where the only commute option had been the private automobile.

Certificates of Achievement

• Peninsula Rail 2000 received a certificate of achievement for examining the current state of rail service between San Jose and San Francisco and issuing long-term improvement proposals.

• The Bay Area Super Bowl Task Force was honored for ensuring an efficient flow of traffic to and from Stanford Stadium in January.

• The Poplar Center, a private non-profit agency, was honored for providing transportation to disabled and elderly persons in San Mateo County since 1981.

• Judith Wasson received a certificate for promoting ridesharing with RIDES.

• The Consolidated Transportation Services Agency of Napa County was cited for its program to provide transit for the elderly and disabled.

• Crowley Maritime’s Red and White Fleet introduced much-needed high-speed ferry service from San Francisco to Marin County.

Letters of Recognition

• The Bay Area Transportation Corporation was awarded for pioneering paratransit services for disabled and elderly residents of southern Alameda County.

• The California Highway Patrol was honored for its successful operation of the San Tomas and Montague commuter lanes in Santa Clara County since 1982.

• Hale Zukas was honored for his unending advocacy for improving access to transit for disabled persons.