MTC Awards

 

Letters of Recognition

Awarded 1978 – 1993

1993 • Sue Hodges, accessibility advocate

1993 • Katie Scarborough, Sonoma County Transportation Coalition

1993 • Sonoma County Transit, Hispanic Outreach Program

1993 • Robert Oakes, reporter with Contra Costa Times

1993 • Dave Gurich, Caltrans tow truck driver who rescued a motorist stranded on the Benecia-Martinez Bridge

1992 • Ralf Hotchkiss, wheelchair designer

1992 • Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., ridesharing program

1992 • Lysa Hale, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters

1992 • Joseph W. Charles, "The Berkeley Greeter"

1991 • Doug McMillan, reporter, Peninsula Times-Tribune

1991 • New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., employee transportation programs and promotions

1991 • JoAnn Johnson and her 1990-91 third grade class, study of transportation and land-use issues

1991 • City of Oakland’s Audio Pedestrian Signals Program

1991 • Santa Clara County Transit Authority, for the Class Pass

1991 • Sam Mohammed, BART operator with friendly demeanor

1990 • Dianne Steinhauser, Caltrans District 4, Interstate 80 reconstruction coordinator

1990 • AC Transit School Outreach Program

1990 • Willie Witzel, Southern Pacific employee

1990 • EarthWorks Group, 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth

1990 • North Bay Water Commuters, volunteer organization

1990 • Ron Coate, Sonoma County paratransit advocate

Special Earthquake Letters of Recognition

1990 • Douglas Burghardt, AC Transit bus operator

1990 • Helen Haas, Golden Gate Transit road supervisor

1990 • Mario Perez, Muni

1990 • Cheri Sheets, transportation planner for city of Alameda

1989 • Keith Bernard, decade of leadership as BART general manager

1989 • Paratransit Insurance Corporation, created a self-funded insurance pool

1989 • Lu Hurley, posthumous to veteran KGO-radio traffic reporter

1989 • Junior Center of Art and Science, "Oakland Explorers Kids’ Guide"

1989 • Candlestick Park Transportation Task Force, promotion and marketing of public transportation alternatives to cars

1988 • Caltrans District 4 staff

1988 • KRON-TV, 3 part "Life in the Slow Lane" series

1988 • Walter Gibbs, San Francisco Chronicle reporter

1988 • Reverend Alan Piotter, established a paratransit service

1988 • Route 85 Task Force, volunteer lobby group in Santa Clara

1988 • September Alliance for Accessible Transit, key liaison role for outside activists at the 1987 annual meeting of APTA

1988 • Transportation Advisory Committee to Golden Gate Park, "Turn 75 Cents into a Dollar" marketing campaign

1987 • Bay Bridge 50th Anniversary Events

1987 • Oakland Tribune, for "Commuter Blues" series

1987 • Peninsula Times-Tribune

1987 • Carl Edmonds, driver with the Volunteer Center of Napa

1986 • Petaluma Argus-Courier

1986 • Metropolitan Transit Association of Private Sector Providers

1986 • City of Walnut Creek, downtown shuttle

1986 • Central Contra Costa Transit Authority’s "Plan the Perfect Day" promotion

1986 • Roy Nakadegawa, member-at-large of AC Transit’s Board of Directors

1985 • The Bay Area Transportation Corporation was awarded for pioneering paratransit services for disabled and elderly residents of southern Alameda County.

1985 • The California Highway Patrol was honored for its successful operation of the San Tomas and Montague commuter lanes in Santa Clara County since 1982.

1985 • Hale Zukas was honored for his unending advocacy for improving access to transit for disabled persons.

1985 • The BART Police Department was honored for launching the Ident-A-Kid program.

1984 • Linda Shepard, affirmative action officer for BART, summer youth work programs

1984 • Residents of Parkland Convalescent Hospital, who raised $800 for East Bay Regional Park District’s summer bus program

1984 • Terra Linda carpool, 5 member group that commuted between Marin and the SF Financial District for more than 25 years

1984 • Varian Corporation, commute alternatives program

1983 • Jeryl Saulter, Chairman of the Minority Citizens Advisory Committee at MTC

1983 • Robert Nisbet, general manager AC Transit

1983 • Participants of Santa Clara County’s October Commuter Salute Month

1982 • Assemblymen Elihu Harris, William Lockyer and Louis J. Papan for their efforts on behalf of paratransit legislation

1982 • Caltrans, CHP, GGBH&TD and the Marin County Sheriff’s Department for helping to restore transportation services between Marin County and San Francisco during the flood on Jan. 4, 1982

1982 • Curtis Green, retiring general manager of the San Francisco Municipal Railway

1982 • Patsy Surratt, BART station agent, for providing first aid/ quick assistance to a passenger at a BART station

1981 • Senator Alfred E. Alquist

1981 • John L. McDonnell, CHairmand of American Public Transit Association and Board member, AC Transit

1981 • Matt Du Plessis, Ralph Weule, Charles Jenkins, Bradly Williamson–BART and UCB staff, for BART’s Fire Hardening Program

1980 • BART employees, rescue efforts during the Transbay Tube fire

1980 • Oakland & SF Fire Departments, Transbay Tube fire work

1980 • Elzada Malinak, 34 years of service for AC Transit

1979 • John C. Beckett, advocate for public transportation

1978 • Alan L. Bingham (posthumous), transportation advocate