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Transportation Summit Slated for Bay Area

Public Joins Regional and National Leaders Saturday, June 14 to Begin Developing New Bay Area Transportation Plan

For Release: June 13, 2003

WHAT:
"Transportation 2030: Getting From Here to There" at the Palace Hotel – A free conference sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that will begin a community-wide dialogue on major decisions anticipated as part of the Bay Area’s long-range transportation plan and will serve as a guide to future projects, policies and investments.

WHEN:
Saturday, June 14, 2003
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE:
Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California

WHO:

Steve Kinsey, MTC Chair and Marin County Supervisor

Martin Wachs, Director, U.C. Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies

Anne Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)

Jeff Squires, Sr. Policy Advisor, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Robert Poole, Jr., Director of Transportation Studies, The Reason Foundation

Stuart Cohen, Executive Director, Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC)

More than 500 participants already are registered and will engage with these and other local and national leaders to discuss a range of topics, including the link between transportation and land use. Attendees are encouraged to raise new issues and concerns about Bay Area transportation.

CONTACT:
John Goodwin, 510.817.5862
Randy Rentschler, 510.817.5780

For More Information
pdf versions of conference materials will be available on MTC's Web site after noon on Friday, June 13. Visit the MTC Web site at <www.mtc.ca.gov> or call 510.817.5757 for more details. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

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