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For Release: April 30, 2001

Media Advisory

MTC to Hold Press Briefing on 2001 Regional Transportation Plan

WHAT: News briefing on the 2001 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) ÷ the long-range transportation plan for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The briefing will address these questions:

  • How much money will be needed to maintain the existing transportation system over the next 25 years?
  • How much money is expected to be available for new projects?
  • How is MTC involving the public in RTP choices and decisions?
  • What is the process and schedule for adopting the RTP?
  • What are the chances for a regional agreement on major transit expansion projects?
  • What other key transportation issues must the RTP consider?


WHEN: Thursday, May 3, 2001
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Lunch will be provided.

WHERE: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street (at Oak St.) — 3rd floor conference room, Oakland, CA 94607 (Located directly across from the Lake Merritt BART
Station)

WHO: Steve Heminger MTC Executive Director; Chris Brittle MTC Planning Manager; Doug Kimsey MTC Senior Planner and RTP Project
Manager

Contact: Joe Curley 510.817.5847 or Marj Blackwell 510.464.7884

RSVP by phone (510.817.5847), fax (510.817.5848) or e-mail (jcurley@mtc.ca.gov)


The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county Bay Area.

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