MTC Awards

 

Merit Awards

Awarded 1977 – present

2012 • Top Tech Firms Embrace Commute Alternatives

• Genentech, gRide Program
• Google, Transportation Services
• Oracle, Bay Area Commute Program

2012 • New Ways to Park & Play

• SFpark and
  San Francisco Sunday Streets
• Livable City
• San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

2012 • Steven Grover and BikeLink

2012 • Sunol Grade Express Lane Project

• Alameda County Transportation Commission
• California Department of Transportation
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

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2010 • Highway 101 Ramp Metering Project

• City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County
• Caltrans District 4

2010 • Mike Rosenberg, Reporter, Bay Area New Group, “Running on Empty: Bay Area Transit in Trouble” series

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2008 • Fannie Mae Barnes, Retired Cable Car Grip, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

2008 • Stanford University’s Parking and Transportation Services

2008 • Muir Woods Shuttle

• County of Marin
• Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District
• National Park Service

2008 • Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s New Bus Service Initiative

2008 • Safeway’s Greenhouse Gas and Sustainability Initiative

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2006 • San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge West Approach Seismic Safety Project

2006 • Gunn High School’s GO-FAST Program

2006 • Peter Tannen, Bicycle Program Manager (Retired), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

2006 • Ways to Work Family Loan Program, Family Service Agency of San Mateo County

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2004 • Jim Bigelow

2004 • The New Carquinez Bridge (The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge)

2004 • City CarShare

2004 • East Bay SMART Corridors Program and AC Transit's Rapid Bus Service

2004 • Robert Raburn

2004 • The San Francisco Bay Trail Project

2004 • Tiny Tickets Program

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2002 • Asian Health Services and Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Chinatown TRIP and Chinatown Community Development Center

2002 • Lisa Vorderbrueggen and Thomas Peele, Contra Costa Times

2002 • Roland DeWolk, KTVU Channel 2

2002 • Mary Ann and Joe Eddy McDonald

2002 • Napa County Transportation Planning Agency

2002 • Pacific Plaza
Daly City and Summit Commercial/Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

2002 • San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library
Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum

2002 • Mario Urtecho
Give Kids a LIFT Program, Outreach, Inc.

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2000 • AC Transit / U.C. Berkeley Class Pass

2000 • Go Geronimo

2000 • Job Access and Reverse Commute Project / Outreach, Inc.

2000 • Pacific Bell Park Transit Campaign

2000 • San Francisco Labor Council

2000 • Bishop Ranch Shuttle Service / Sunset Development Company

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1999 • Transportation Choices Forum & BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-sufficiency) are two groups that have made exceptional contributions to the transportation planning process by bringing new voices to the transportation planning table.

1999 • Bill Baxter and the Santa Clara County Traffic Operations Center. Baxter is the branch manager for the County Roads and Airports Department of the new, $1.7 facility that allows technicians to monitor traffic flow and adjust signal timing to alleviate congestion, or dispatch emergency crews.

1999 • Caltrans District 4 Public Awareness Campaign Team organized the PAC to make more motorists aware of the special safety needs near highway work zones.

1999 • Phil Frank draws the beloved "Farley" comic strip for the San Francisco Chronicle which, more often than not, deals lightheartedly with transportation issues.

1999 • The S.F. Caltrain Station Renovation took a rather drab and uninviting place and made it light, airy, and, more importantly, highly accessible to persons with disabilities.

1999 • Fair, Isaac Petaluma Commute Center. Fair, Isaac and Co. , which is based in San Rafael, created this 2,400-square-foot telecommuting facility in Petaluma to ease the commute for a large percentage of its workforce.

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1998 • Jesus Losa, who has been driving his jitney bus since 1974, makes the trip between Market Street and the Caltrain station in just a few minutes.

1998 • The San Francisco Municipal Railway Multimedia services Department has designed a CD-ROM for use by transit providers. It provides a training program and is designed to have a positive effect on the lives of the transit drivers.

1998 • Ronna Abramson has covered the challenging transportation beat for three and a half years. Her articles regularly appear in the Oakland Tribune, San Mateo County Times, The Daily Review, and the Fremont Argus.

1998 • WHEELS has provided bus services for thousands of commuters.

1998 • Strobe lights embedded in pavement to warn drivers that a pedestrian has entered the sidewalk

1998 • Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory committee has remained committed to the idea for a bicycle/pedestrian path and they worked more than a year to help Caltrans design it. By the year 2004, pedestrians, wheelchair riders and bicyclists will be able to take advantage of a 15-foot wide path along the south side of the new eastern span of the bridge.

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1997 • Pamela Belchamber, Vallejo Ferry

1997 • Santa Clara Valley Manufacturing Group/ EcoPass

1997 • San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic/ San Francisco Bicycle Coalition/Pacific Bell Yellow Pages

1997 • Bay Bridge Engineering and Design Advisory Panel

1997 • Ron Stout (and volunteers), Santa Rosa bicycle giveaway program

1997 • Muni Transit Assistance Program/ volunteers from RAP and TURF

1997 • Special posthumous merit award to Greig Harvey, transportation consultant

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1996 • Bay Area Open Space Council, Transit Outdoors guide

1996 • Gelsar, Serramonte Shopping Center transit stop

1996 • Hewlett-Packard, employee "On the Move" commute program

1996 • Pedestrian Safety Task Force, extending pedestrian crossing time at hazardous intersections

1996 • Steve Price, Sustainable El Cerrito

1996 • Lance Rivers, transit-inspired artist

1996 • Robert Oakes, Contra Costa Times transportation reporter

1996 • City of Napa and 3M Corp., use of global positioning satellites to keep busses on schedule

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1995 • Ernestine DeFalco

1995 • New Guide, On Your Own in San Francisco

1995 • Ed Cavagnaro

1995 • City of San Francisco, Bicycle Program

1995 • Daniel Gildea and Mikael Sheikh

1995 • Berkeley Electric Shuttle Transit (BEST)

1995 • James McLaughlin

1995 • Carl Guardino

1995 • James McGratt, Quentin Bacon and Catherine Craig, Quilt of Tears

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1994 • Bay Area Air Quality Management District

1994 • Russ Bohlke

1994 • Carolyna Marks

1994 • Gary Richards

1994 • San José Department of Streets and Parks

1994 • Lawrence "Cap" Thomas II

1994 • Charles "Chuck" Tyler

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1993 • Sgt. Sally Mitchel of the CHP & 7 Freeway Service Patrol Tow Truck Operators

1993 • San Francisco General Hospital, transportation program

1993 • Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, comprehensive marketing campaign

1993 • Tom Karnes, designer of computer bulletin board containing transportation information for the disabled

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1992 • Peninsula Joint Powers Board/SamTrans/CalTrain Citizens Advisory Committee, CalTrain advocacy and operations

1992 • AC Transit lift mechanics team

1992 • Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service & Eileen Meehan, volunteer ferry booster

1992 • Steve Heminger, Bay Area Council

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1991 • Santa Clara County Traffic Authority, school outreach program

1991 • CalTrain Citizens Advisory Committee (public transit advocacy)

1991 • Bay Area Economic Forum, for reports on "Market Based Solutions to the Transportation Crisis"

1991 • California State Coastal Conservancy, guidebook for persons with disabilities "A Wheelchair Rider’s Guide: San Francisco Bay and Nearby Shorelines"

1991 • Transportation planners of the BART Plus ticket, from AC Transit, BART, Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, Muni, SamTrans, Union City Transit and Western Contra Costa County Transit

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1990 • 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

1990 • Caltrans District 4 Employees, post-earthquake repairs and efforts

1990 • Peninsula Rail 2000

1990 • San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Transportation and Parking Program

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1989 • Contra Costa Transportation Authority, for the passage of Measure C

1989 • KPIX-TV & KCBS Radio, month-long transportation awareness campaign as part of "Beat the Back-Up" Campaign

1989 • San Francisco Muni, "Tours of Discovery" booklet & marketing programs

1989 • San Jose Trolley Corporation, restoration of 3 vintage cars

1989 • Santa Clara County Transportation Agency, unique efforts to market light rail line

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1988 • Hayward Timed Transfer Project

1988 • Bradford Transportation Company, for staff dedication despite bankruptcy

1988 • San Mateo County Transportation District & San Mateo Council Paratransit Coordination Council, developed a paratransit plan

1988 • Colleen McCarthy, regional commute coordinator for Hewlett-Packard

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1987 • "Yes on B" campaign

1987 • Varian Associates & Alza Corp. of Palo Alto: subsidized transit tickets for employees

1987 • FMC of San Jose, subsidized transit tickets

1987 • Children’s Hospital of Oakland, subsidized transit tickets

1987 • City of Berkeley, subsidized transit tickets

1987 • Friends of the Fairfield Senior Center, volunteer driver program

1987 • Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, transit service to E & D

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1986 • San Francisco Paratransit Programs

1986 • Care Cab Program

1986 • Cal State Hayward "Computer Commuter" program

1986 • Karen Fraser-Middleton, rideshare programs in Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton

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1985 • The City of Pleasanton was honored for its innovative attempt to control traffic while accommodating increased development.

1985 • 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.

1985 • 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 .

1985 • The Benicia Bay Connection pioneered public transit service in an area where the only commute option had been the private automobile.

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1984 • BART/Muni joint pass project

1984 • Luxor Cab Compnay, paratransit service for SF

1984 • Mike Mills, marketing director for AC Transit, implementation of Transbay Terminal Information Center

1984 • CalTrain Peninsula Pass & peak-hour shuttle service

1984 • Santa Clara County Paratransot Coordinating Council, developing funds and coordinating paratransit service

1984 • Sunset Development Company, transportation management program that seeks to reduce single occupancy vehicles in their business park

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1983 • Committee to Save the Cable Cars

1983 • Virginia Dennison (posthumous), AC Transit’s first marketing manager

1983 • Ellen Fletcher, Palo Alto City Councilwoman: bicycle advocate

1983 • BART Police Public Education Program "Ride with Pride"

1983 • Petaluma People Services Center, paratransit services

1983 • KRJB-FM, 5 hours/day on transportation issues

1983 • Peninsula Times-Tribune

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1982• State Senator John Foran

1982 • H.A. "Spike" Flertzheim, public works director for Alameda County

1982 • Bay Area United Youth, for participation in AC Transit’s Community Values Program

1982 • Friends in Sonoma Helping, paratransit services

1982 • More Than Meets the Eye, volunteer college group that cleaned four commuter rail stations

1982 • Celinda Romaine, director of Provide-A-Ride: paratransit advocate and volunteer

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1981 • Bay Area Transportation Corporation, private, non-profit bus company run by women

1981 • Jody Jones, Antioch Senior Citizens Club volunteer

1981 • "The Phantom Commuter," a column in the San Francisco Examiner

1981 • Wally Skeels, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Transportation for the Handicapped

1981 • Transportation Systems Management Program, UCSF

1981 • United Cerebral Palsy Association of San Francisco, for promoting accessible transportation

1981 • Youth Evolving Solutions, a volunteer group that promotes energy conversation by emphasizing alternatives to the single-passenger car

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1980 • Central Contra Costa County Public Transportation Study Committee

1980 • TRIP, volunteer group in SF Chinatown

1980 • Hewlett Packard Corporation, commute alternatives

1980 • James J. Karabochos, organize "people for Sonoma Transit"

1980 • Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, commute alternatives

1980 • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, commute alternatives

1980 • Ernest Reilly, organized a group to keep Antioch’s Senior Bus Service in operation

1980 • UCB Ridesharing Program

1980 • University Fellowship Program, encouraged internships with the Santa Clara Transportation Agency

1980 • Wells Fargo Bank, commute alternatives

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1979 • Sebe Hill, Carquinez Coalition & Western Contra Costa County Transit Authority, advocate for public transportation

1979 • Harvey Milk (posthumous), support of San Francisco’s "Transit First" policy

1979 • William Poelle (posthumous), accessibility advocate

1979 • Muni Railway Planning Division, Muni’s 5 year plan

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1978 • City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto-Menlo Park Transportation Study (PamTrans)

1978 • Stanford University, "Marguerite" bus system

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1977 • Richard P. Demko, maintenance of BART’s rolling stock

1977 • Mary E. Gilbert, Med-I-Hop transportation services

1977 • Miriam Gholikely, senior citizens transit advocate

1977 • Barabara J. Guise, public transportation advocate in Eastern Contra Costa County (Brentwood councilwoman)

1977 • Humphrey Go BART, free transportation to UC Berkeley