Transactions Newsletter

Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways

SAFE and FSP statistics
An average of 500 calls a day come into the California Highway Patrol dispatch center from the region's network of 3,500 call boxes, installed along 1,100-plus miles of highways and expressways at intervals of a quarter mile to two miles. The Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) added more than 19 miles to its service area last year, bringing the total coverage to 264 miles of the Bay Area's most congested freeways. The FSP contracts with nine private towing companies that together provide a fleet of 48 tow trucks (plus four back-ups) as well as four pickup trucks. The 117 specially trained drivers handle an average of 8,000 incidents a month.

Annual Report Contents

BATA

Status report on bridge expansion program

Vehicle counts on Bay Area Bridges (With photos!)

Summary of Regional Measure One projects

BATA Revenues & Expenditures

MTC

Bullish year for transportation funding

Citizens applaud Regional Transportation Plan

TLC program aims to turn neighborhoods around

Transit and traffic info is just a
mouse click or phone call away

MTC pursues TransLink^® universal ticket

View and download MTC statistics

SAFE

Keeping roadways SAFE

SAFE services

SAFE statistics for 1997-98

Facts and Figures

Bay Area's 10 worst traffic hot spots

In Print & Online

New: Transportation funding, paratransit resources,
transit operator statistics

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Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Executive Director
Lawrence D. Dahms

Deputy Executive Director
Steve Heminger

Manager of Legislation & Public Affairs
Therese McMillan

Editor
Brenda Kahn

Staff Writers
Catalina Alvarado, Marjorie Blackwell, Joe Curley, Réka Goode

Graphic Design & Production
Ethan Michaels

Art Direction
Finger & Smith Design Associates, S.F.

Printing
Dharma Enterprises, Oakland

Conversion, Electronic Transfer & WWW
Ethan Michaels