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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE
February/March 2000

Transactions 1991 Transactions Retrospective: 1991

Transactions celebrated three major rail milestones during 1991. California's first new intercity train in more than a decade -- the "Capitols" -- made its inaugural run between the Bay Area and Sacramento. Eye-catching photos introduced two local projects: A band of beaming children posed in front of a sleek rail car ushered in the Guadalupe Corridor light-rail line in Santa Clara County, and a shot of two BART trains seemingly headed straight for the viewer heralded the groundbreaking for two East Bay BART extensions.

The year's high point came near its end, when Transactions reported on the signing of the landmark six-year Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA or "Ice Tea") that gave regions like the Bay Area the flexibility to tailor federal highway funds to local needs. The promises -- and challenges -- of ISTEA became a recurring subject in Transactions throughout the next few years.

MTC's exhaustive Bay Crossing Study was completed in 1991, but, stay tuned -- we'll be taking another look at options for traversing the Bay again later in 2000.

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