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Executive Director's Report

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE HEMINGER’S REPORT TO THE
COMMISSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 26, 2011

SUMMARY OF EVENTS:

CMA Directors Meeting
Napa, September 30

At my regular quarterly get-together with the directors of the congestion management agencies, we spent most of our time talking about the One Bay Area grant proposal. We hope to circulate for public comment a revised draft of the proposal within the next few months.

Rotary Club
Napa, October 5

At the invitation of Commissioner Dodd, I addressed the Napa Rotary Club on the construction activities of the Bay Area Toll Authority.

880/92 Ribbon Cutting
Hayward, October 7

I joined Commissioners Green, Haggerty, and Sartipi at this ribbon cutting event for the reconstructed Interstate 880/State Route 92 interchange, the last major Regional Measure (RM) 1 project to be completed. It was especially noteworthy that State Treasurer Bill Lockyer addressed the gathering, since he authored the legislation placing RM 1 on the ballot in 1989 during his tenure in the State Legislature.

CFEE Conference
Los Angeles, October 10-11

Andy Fremier and I journeyed to LA to attend the latest in a series of infrastructure conferences sponsored by the California Foundation for the Environment and Economy (CFEE).

Regional Headquarters Purchase
San Francisco, October 14

The $93 million transaction to purchase 390 Main Street in San Francisco as a regional agency headquarters formally closed on this date. The building is now owned by the Bay Area Headquarters Authority (BAHA). Staff will be bringing a series of budgetary and contractual actions to BAHA in the coming months as we begin the challenging task of renovating the facility and readying it for occupancy in 2013.

Rail-Volution
Washington DC, October 17-19

Commissioners Glover, Haggerty, Mackenzie, and Spering joined ABAG Planning Director Ken Kirkey, MTC Senior Planner Doug Johnson, and me at this annual conference that brings together elected officials and private and public sector planning professionals seeking to implement transit-oriented development projects around the nation.

Silicon Valley Structures Conference
San Jose, October 21

I joined SamTrans CEO Mike Scanlon, San Jose Transportation Director Hans Larsen, and Judge (and former MTC commissioner) Quentin Kopp in a panel discussion on high speed rail and other transportation policy issues at this conference sponsored by the San Jose Business Journal.

AMPO Annual Meeting, Dallas, October 25-28

Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend your commission meeting on October 26th because I will be attending the annual meeting of the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations. At the conference, I will be attending a board of directors meeting as well as introducing the keynote speaker, my former SAFETEA commission colleague and BNSF Railroad CEO Matt Rose.

Map of the Month

In the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, about 7.5 million households do not own a vehicle and 700,000 of those zero-vehicle households also do not have access to regular public transit service. This combination places these households at a severe mobility disadvantage in obtaining access to jobs, school, and other vital destinations. The good news depicted in this map is that while the Bay Area is home to the 6th largest concentration of zero-vehicle households in the U.S., about 98% of those households in our region also are located in areas served by public transit. As the map clearly shows, the story is much different in the eastern half of the nation.


MTC Operational Statistics

The monthly report on the performance of MTC’s operating programs:


Upcoming Events

October 25-26 — CTC Hearing on HOT Network Application, Sacramento
November 10 — Senate Transportation Committee Hearing on Regionalism, San Francisco

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