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1990 MTC Award Winners

Grand Award

•Reid-Hillview Airport Pilot’s Association, represented by John McAvoy & Bill Dunn, for Earthquake Airlift to Santa Cruz County

John F. Foran Legislative Award

• State Assemblywoman Delaine Eastin

Special Transportation Employee Award

• Frank Zichichi, BART mechanic

Awards of Merit

• BART, AC Transit, San Francisco Muni, SamTrans, Central Contra Costa Transportation Authority, Santa Clara County Transportation Agency, Golden Gate Transit, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters–for cooperative efforts extended in the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

• Caltrans District 4 Employees, post-earthquake repairs and efforts

• Peninsula Rail 2000

• San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Transportation and Parking Program

Certificates of Achievement

• American Lung Association, sponsor of "Don’t Drive Alone Day" during 1989 Clean Air Week

• GTE Government Systems, Employee Commute Program

• Sonoma County Transit, marketing program

• Robert Halligan, retired public information officer with Caltrans District 4

• Soledad Milanese, Richmond paratransit driver

• George Blackstock, developed a tool that imprints the word "bus" in Braille at bus stops

Letters of Recognition

• Dianne Steinhauser, Caltrans District 4, Interstate 80 reconstruction coordinator

• AC Transit School Outreach Program

• Willie Witzel, Southern Pacific employee

• EarthWorks Group, 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth

• North Bay Water Commuters, volunteer organization

• Ron Coate, Sonoma County paratransit advocate

Special Earthquake Letters of Appreciation

• Douglas Burghardt, AC Transit bus operator

• Helen Haas, Golden Gate Transit road supervisor

• Mario Perez, Muni