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1988 MTC Award Winners

Grand Award

• BART-SamTrans rail extension agreement, also recognized: Commissioner Joseph Duffel of CTC; Linda Boblinger, CTC staff member; and John Lawrence, administrative assistance

John F. Foran Legislative Award

• State Senator Alfred Alquist

Special Transportation Employee Award

• Billy J. Givens, Muni driver tragically killed in the line of duty

Awards of Merit

• Hayward Timed Transfer Project

• Bradford Transportation Company, for staff dedication despite bankruptcy

• San Mateo County Transportation District & San Mateo Council Paratransit Coordination Council, developed a paratransit plan

• Colleen McCarthy, regional commute coordinator for Hewlett-Packard

Certificates of Achievement

• Jack Going, betterment of transportation in Santa Clara County

• Peter Mendoza, advocate for disabled transit passengers

• Dick Powell, transportation advocate in Yountville and Napa

• city of Palo Alto "Leave Your Car at Home Day"

• Claire Grant, volunteer at the Mastick Senior Center

Letters of Recognition

• Caltrans District 4 staff

• KRON-TV, 3 part "Life in the Slow Lane" series

• Walter Gibbs, San Francisco Chronicle reporter

• Reverend Alan Piotter, established a paratransit service

• Route 85 Task Force, volunteer lobby group in Santa Clara

• September Alliance for Accessible Transit, key liaison role for outside activists at the 1987 annual meeting of APTA