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Public Workshop on the Future of Transportation in West Contra Costa County and the Bay Area

MTC and Neighborhood House of North Richmond Co-sponsor Workshop May 8, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

CONTACT:

Whitney Dotson, Neighborhood House
510.235.9780

Ellen Griffin, MTC
510.817.5854

OAKLAND, Calif., May 2, 2001...How easy is it for you to travel to work, to health care, to school, to shops and recreational facilities? Are you concerned about transportation and its effect on our community, economy, and environment? The future of transportation in West County and the Bay Area will be the subject of a public workshop sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on Tuesday, May 8, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Senior/Multicultural Center at 515 Silver Avenue in North Richmond.

The meeting is being co-sponsored by MTC and the Neighborhood House of North Richmond. Refreshments will be served.

The focus of the meeting is on MTC's Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), slated for adoption in November 2001. Each of the nine Bay Area counties' transportation priorities will influence the RTP and 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 workshop will feature interactive graphic displays illustrating transportation issues. Participants are invited to comment on how the transportation system affects the community, the economy, and the environment. An open discussion will follow.

Whitney Dotson, deputy director for Neighborhood House of North Richmond, said, "This workshop will provide our community the opportunity to shape the various transportation resources in the Bay Area, which include transit systems, highways, airports, seaports, railroads, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities."

MTC, the transportation planning, coordinating, and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, is sponsoring the workshop in a special effort to work with community organizations and a range of interest groups to ensure broad public participation in developing the 2001 Regional Transportation Plan.

For more information about the public workshop or the Regional Transportation Plan, contact Neighborhood House, at 510.235.9780, or telephone MTC at 510.817.5757, e-mail at info@mtc.ca.gov. Can't come to the workshop? Express your views online by completing an interactive survey. Visit MTC's Web site at <www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/rtp/survey.htm>.

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