MTC Awards

 

Certificates of Achievement

Awarded 1977-1993

1993 • Naydine Ricks, San Francisco’s unofficial "goodwill ambassador of public transit"

1993 • Harry Osbin, Public Affairs Director of LIVE 105/KITS FM radio

1993 • Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News columnist, "Streetwise"

1993 • Tandem Computers, employee transportation program–TRAX

1993 • Operation Lifesaver Program, run by Caltrain, Peninsula JPB and Amtrak. Rail safety education program

1992 • Warren Boyd, buspool organizer/driver

1992 • Benny Evangelista, Oakland Tribune reporter

1992 • Joel Maybury, Daily Review reporter

1992 • County Connection, marketing program

1992 • Lyman McCrea, volunteer paratransit driver

1992 • Harre Demoro, transit historian

1991 • Alex Zuckerman, bicycle transportation advocate

1991 • Project 2472, steam locomotive restoration

1991 • Eunice Valentine, former executive director of RIDES for Bay Area Commuters

1991 • Santa Clara County Transit Authority, Guadalupe Corridor light rail project

1991 • Captain Hugo Knef and Deckhand Daron Oates of the Alameda-Oakland Ferry (operated by Blue and Gold Fleet)

1990 • American Lung Association, sponsor of "Don’t Drive Alone Day" during 1989 Clean Air Week

1990 • GTE Government Systems, Employee Commute Program

1990 • Sonoma County Transit, marketing program

1990 • Robert Halligan, retired public information officer with Caltrans District 4

1990 • Soledad Milanese, Richmond paratransit driver

1990 • George Blackstock, developed a tool that imprints the word "bus" in Braille at bus stops

1989 • Transportation 2000 plan, Santa Clara County

1989 • Joy Doyle, Caltrans railroad consultant

1989 • Vallejo Transit BARTLink, service across the Carquinez Bridge

1989 • San Francisco Bay Trail Plan & all those involved

1989 • Jean Nandi, former chair of the Alameda County Paratransit Coordinating Council for outstanding volunteer leadership

1989 • Greenbelt Alliance, "Future of the Metropolis" program

1988 • Jack Going, "betterment of transportation in Santa Clara County

1988 • Peter Mendoza, advocate for disabled transit passengers

1988 • Dick Powell, transportation advocate in Yountville and Napa

1988 • City of Palo Alto "Leave Your Car at Home Day"

1988 • Claire Grant, volunteer at the Mastick Senior Center

1987 • Marge Becker, transit supervisor for Healdsburg Transit Service

1987 • Kimberly Lenz, transportation coordinator with the East Bay Regional Park District

1987 • Thomas Rickert, development of Muni’s multi-modal E & D transportation program

1987 • William Wilkes, chairman of Alameda County Paratransit Coordinating Council

1986 • City of Belmont, Pavement Management System implementation

1986 • Operation Lifesaver

1986 • Santa Clara County Transportation Agency, Transit and Road Operations

1986 • Santa Clara County Transportation Agency Summer Youth Pass Program

1986 • Sonoma County Paratransit Coordinating Committee

1985 • 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.

1985 • The Bay Area Super Bowl Task Force was honored for ensuring an efficient flow of traffic to and from Stanford Stadium in January.

1985 • The Poplar Center, a private non-profit agency, was honored for providing transportation to disabled and elderly persons in San Mateo County since 1981.

1985 • Judith Wasson received a certificate for promoting ridesharing with RIDES.

1985 • The Consolidated Transportation Services Agency of Napa County was cited for its program to provide transit for the elderly and disabled.

1985 • Crowley Maritime’s Red and White Fleet introduced much-needed high-speed ferry service from San Francisco to Marin County.

1984 • Charles W. Holland, senior vessel operator for Golden Gate Ferries

1984 • Louise McClung, promotes ridesharing for the University of San Francisco

1984 • Mary Moon, volunteer driver for Tri-City Bus Service

1984 • Tomi Skinner, dispatcher, San Pablo Omnibus program

1984 • Berkeley TRiP

1984 • Arlene Chew Wong, San Francisco Paratransit Coordinating Council (member, vice chair & chair)

1984 • Rick Laubscher, conceived, organized & managed the San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival

1983 • Andrew M. Huerta, GGBHTD bus driver

1983 • Harold Willson, BART accessibility

1983 • Volunteer receptionists of the Antioch Seniors’ Bus Office

1983 • Mary Dean, Santa Clara County Paratransit Coordinating Council Chairwoman

1983 • Roy S. Samuels, Deputy Director of Operations, San Francisco International Airport

1983 • John Cahall, North of Market-Tenderloin Senior Escort Program volunteer

1983 • East Bay Regional Parks District, transit coordination

1983 • Reba L. Gauer, AC Transit bus driver

1982 • AC Transit public information campaign on "Accessible Transit"

1982 • Martin Cooke, coordinator of OMNIBUS paratransit service for city of San Pablo

1982 • Dennis Guinaw, coordinator of the Santa Clara County Paratransit Coordinating Council

1982 • Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group, traffic improvements in Santa Clara

1982 • Syntex Corporation, ridesharing program

1982 • San Jose Mercury News

1982 • Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.: transportation alternatives program

1982 • Bill Noshkin, Provide-A-Ride paratransit driver

1982 • Ilona Kecskemethy, schecduler for Tri-City Bus of St. Helena

1982 • Richard Skaff, member of Marin County Paratransit Coordinating Council

1982 • ATU Local #1555 (BART), Public Information and Education Committee for campaign to improve public understanding and use of BART

1982 • Bay Area Council, support of MTC’s Commute Alternatives Program

1981 • Bay Area Council, endorsed a bill for MTC

1981 • Sy Berkowitz, coordinator of Volunteer Wheels

1981 • Mike Bullock, Santa Clara Valley Bicycle Association, bicycle advocacy

1981 • Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation, "BUS-ter Roberts" bus service to a local park for inner-city children

1981 • Wayne T. Diggs, GGBHTD maintenance supervisor

1981 • Anne Evans, chairwoman of Solano County Paratransit Coordinating Council

1981 • Roberta Gray, commute alternatives project leader for ROLM Corporation

1981 • Gladys J. Harrison, Senior Coordinating Council volunteer

1981 • Richard B. Heath, director of San Francisco International Airport, adpoted a noise reduction plan

1981 • Arthur Hubbard, chairman, Transportation Task Force for the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group

1981 • Harry Kallshian, V.P. Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group

1981 • KCBS Radio, promotion of public transit

1981 • Napa Valley Dining Club, paratransit services for seniors

1981 • Dana Porterfield, volunteer driver for Tri-City Bus.

1981 • San Francisco Center City Circulation Program, corrdinate multi-modal transit options for downtown SF

1981 • Volunteer Wheels

1980 • Chris Brecher, KCBS Radio

1980 • Robert L. Copes, outstanding safety record for 30 years as AC Transit driver

1980 • Dolores Costanza, public transportation advocate

1980 • Bill Doyle, volunteer for West Valley Assist paratransit

1980 • Mark E. Gottlieb, commute alternatives

1980 • John B. Grimaldi, safety record as a Santa Clara Transportation Agency bus driver

1980 • Marin County Parks and Recreation, map of bicycle trails

1980 • Peninsula Children’s Center, training disabled youth to use public transportation

1980 • Save Our Ferry Commitee

1980 • Van Am, BART, operation of a shuttle service

1980 • West VAlley Multi-Modal Transportation Task Force, volunteer group advocating the "preservation of right-of-way"

1979 • Max Bedel, retired Muni employee

1979 • Ellen Fletcher, Palo Alto city council

1979 • Paul Kilkenny, advocate for Contra Costa transit

1979 • Ellis Raderman, Oakland Unified School District, introduced Oakland schools to public transportation systems

1979 • Recreation Center for the Handicapped, paratransit service

1979 • Martha Schremp, established the Alamo/Danville Senior Mini-Bus Project

1979 • Jean Schultz, worked on 5-year transportation plan for Sonoma County

1979 • Howard Solomon, public transit volunteer

1979 • UC Berkeley Vanpool Program

1978 • Jan Browne, paratransit advocate

1978 • City of Cupertino, traffic intensity performance standard plan

1978 • Fred DeBois, Port of Oakland employee, Oakland AirBART shuttle bus system

1978 • SF Muni, planning and organizing activities for transit users

1978 •John Scharer, Petaluma Transit System

1977 • AC Transit District, BART Express to Livermore

1977 • American Institute of Architects, transportation advocates

1977 • BART Handicapped Task Force, Bay Region Transit Discount card

1977 • City of Berkeley Transportation Commission

1977 • M.H. Brokbank & J.L."Doc" Harris, operation of Commuter Club buses

1977 • Center for Independent Living, free paratransit service

1977 • City of Concord, bus system

1977 • Michael Cory, member of Moraga Town Council, advocated bus service for Moraga and Orinda

1977 • East Bay Regional Park District, accessible recreation

1977 • Dr. George Ellman, Commuter Club bus

1977 • John Evans, advocate for Commuter Club buses

1977 • Senator John F. Foran, legislative advocate for Bay Area public transportation

1977 • Bob Gefken, vanpool serving Fairfax

1977 • Hayward Citizens Transportation Consortium

1977 • City of Healdsburg, mini-bus system

1977 • Landor Associates, donated public relations services

1977 • Michael Luckoff, KGO Radio

1977 • Edward Martinez, Vista Bus Rides paratransit service in Vallejo

1977 • Modern Transit Society, public transportation advocate

1977 • Volunteer Center of Napa County, paratransit services

1977 • City of Palo Alto, Project Mobility paratransit

1977 • City of Petaluma, neighborhood-oriented public transit system

1977 • City of Pleasant Hill, promotion of local transit and BART Express bus service

1977 • Press Publications, transit coverage

1977 • City of San Pablo, Omnibus I & III, paratransit

1977 • Solano County Economic Opportunity Council, project "Move," free paratransit service

1977 • Union City Transit, low cost public transportation