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Workshop Set for April 11 at 7 p.m.

Public Workshop on Future of Transportation in Solano County and Bay Area

Contact:

Marj Blackwell
510.464.7884

Catalina Alvarado
510.817.5783

OAKLAND, Calif., April 3, 2001...The future of transportation in Solano County and the Bay Area will be featured at a public workshop next week. The event will be held Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m., in the Suisun City Hall Council Chambers, 701 Civic Center Boulevard, in Suisun City.

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Solano Transportation Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and will focus on the 2001 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). Each county's transportation priorities will influence the RTP, which is being developed for the Bay Area by MTC. The RTP will specify how billions of federal, state and regional tax dollars should be spent over the next 25 years to manage, maintain and improve the Bay Area transportation network. The network includes transit systems, highways, airports, seaports, railroads, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

"Transportation affects many issues, such as air quality and land use. I strongly encourage all Solano County residents to get involved in and participate in the development of the Regional Transportation Plan," said Jim Spering, Mayor of Suisun City and an MTC Commissioner.

The workshop will feature interactive graphic displays that illustrate transportation issues and that invite participants to express their views on proposed transportation projects in Solano County as well as on regional issues, such as how the transportation system affects the economy, the environment and social equity. A moderated public discussion will follow on choices and tradeoffs the county and region must make in deciding how to invest transportation dollars.

For more information about the public workshop or the Regional Transportation Plan, contact MTC at 510.817.5757, by e-mail to <info@mtc.ca.gov>, visit the MTC Web site at <www.mtc.ca.gov>, or contact the Solano Transportation Authority at 707.422.6491.

MTC is the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The Solano Transportation Authority is the local transportation planning agency for Solano County.

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