TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE

August 2001
COMMISSION ACTIONS

June 27, 2001

Amended San Francisco's new Transbay Terminal into the Transportation Improvement Program, making $5.6 million in federal funds available for planning and preliminary design of the project to get under way. (Resolution No. 3300, revised)
Approved principles for addressing a $2 billion shortfall for strengthening the region's state-owned toll bridges. The plan calls for supplementing regional funds -- to come from a permanent extension of the $1 seismic surcharge on bridge tolls -- with state and federal funds.
Approved the FY 2001-02 MTC budget. MTC's operating expenses increased 13.2 percent over the prior year's budget, reflecting MTC's growing responsibilities. (Resolution No. 3363)

July 25, 2001

Adopted the Final Plan for the Regional Welfare-to-Work Transportation Planning Project. The plan calls for closing gaps in the regional transportation network that make it difficult for low-income residents to get to jobs and basic services. (Resolution No. 3405)
Allocated $18 million to 22 Bay Area cities under the Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) capital program and MTC's new Housing Incentive Program. (Resolution No. 3398)
Adopted the $40 million Re-gional Express Bus Program, which calls for deploying 102 low-emission coaches along freeway high-occupancy-vehicle lanes and major arterials. (Resolution No. 3385)

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