Transactions Newsletter

Sales of Bay Area Commuter Check® vouchers for transit passes and commuter vanpool expenses broke records in the first seven months of 1999, doubling the dollar amount sold during the same period in 1998. From January through July 1999, nearly 300,000 Commuter Checks were sold, compared to 157,000 in the same period last year, according to MTC Transit Marketing Manager Robert Huang. A total of 273 more companies joined the program, bringing to nearly 2,000 the number of Bay Area employers offering Commuter Checks to their employees.

Commuter Check benefits were expanded through the 1998 federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). For information on Commuter Check, call TravInfo, the Bay Area's traveler information system, at 817-1717, and press option 3, or log onto www.commutercheck.com.

-- Marjorie Blackwel

Contents

• Cover Story
• Front Page
• MTC Cultivates Community Improvements
• Complete list and descriptions of TLC projects
• Helping the Bay Area Grow Wisely

  News Briefs:

• Three Bay Area bridge projects roll, but Bay Bridge design stalls
• What's up for future of Bay Area airports
• Commuter Check® sales set record