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January/February 2005

COMMISSION ACTIONS

November/December 2004

• Approved eight planning grants totaling $500,000 and 11 capital grants totaling $18.4 million through MTC’s Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) Program, which is designed to foster pedestrian-, transit- and bike-friendly communities.
  MTC Resolutions 3671, 3625 (revised)
• Allocated $29.7 in Regional Measure 2 toll funds to 10 projects, including $16.1 million to help acquire a parcel of land (80 Natoma Street) needed to construct the new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco; $6 million to BART for the relocation of utilities in the vicinity of the planned Warm Springs extension; and $3 million to BART and Caltrain to develop a Regional Rail Integration Plan.
  MTC Resolutions 3643 (revised), 3651 (revised), 3655 (revised), 3666, 3667, 3668, 3672, 3673, 3575
• Funded a dozen projects totaling $2.8 million as part of the Low Income Flexible Transportation (LIFT) Program, which is designed to fill transportation gaps identified through welfare-to-work efforts and MTC-sponsored community-based transportation plans.
  MTC Resolution 3518 (revised)

Contents

• State of the System
  • Bay Area Freeways Record Third Straight Year of Reduced Congestion
  • Facts and Figures – Daily Freeway Delay by Bay Area County, 1999–2003
  • Facts and Figures – Top 10 Bay Area Congestion Hot Spots
• Update – Traveler Info Service Logs 5 Millionth Call
• In the News – Former Executive Director Lawrence D. Dahms Honored
• In Memoriam – William R. "Bill" Lucius, Original MTC Commissioner
• Commission Actions