State and Local News

• MTC Steps Up to Save Construction Projects
  May 2009 update
• Legislative Framework for a Bay Area Express Lane Network (PDF)
  April 2009
• Fact Sheet on Assembly Bill 744 (Torrico) to Authorize a Regional Express Lane Network (PDF)
  April 2009
• State Budget Hits Public Transit Hard
  February 23, 2009
• Democratic Proposal to Replace State Fuel Excise and Sales Taxes with Fees
  January 12, 2009
• Proposed FY 2009-10 State Budget
  January 12, 2009
• Proposition 1B Bond Funds Stop Flowing
  January 2009
• Governor Proposes Major Cuts to Public Transit To Help Plug $11 Billion Shortfall
  November 2008
• SB 375 Fact Sheet (PDF)
  On September 30, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 375 (Steinberg) into law. The bill establishes a process for regional transportation plans to help achieve the state's greenhouse gas reduction goals.
• Proposition 42 Fully Funded, But Public Transit Hit Hard in State Budget
  September 2008
• Vasco Road Median Barrier Project: Findings & Recommendations (PDF)
  September 2008
• MTC Takes Positions on High-Speed Rail Bond and Other Local Measures
  September & October 2008

Federal News

• Senator Oberstar Releases Blueprint for New Transportation Authorization
  June 18, 2009
• Paying Our Way: A New Framework for Transportation Finance (PDF, 4.3 MB)
  Report of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission
  March 2009
• Infrastructure Report Card
  The American Society of Civil Engineers has issued an updated report card assessing the state of our infrastructure in the United States, and the nation’s overall G.P.A. is a miserable D. In the transportation arena, America’s bridges earned the highest mark of C, railroads were a C-, public transit was a D, and roads got the worst grade at D-.
• MTC's Federal Transportation Authorization Principles
  February 2009
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
  February 2009
• MTC Principles for a Federal Economic Recovery Program
  December 2008
• National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission releases final report to Congress
  January 2008
• FY 2008 Federal Appropriations Update
  January 2008

MTC Advocacy

• 2009 Final Legislative Program (PDF)
• Recent Legislation Committee meeting packets
• Upcoming Legislation Committee Meetings
• Current Legislative History (PDF)
• Annual reports to State Legislature and Congress

Legislative Links

Contact: Randy Rentschler rrentschler@mtc.ca.gov