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Commission Actions
September 2001

• Allocated $49 million in transit funds to SamTrans for fiscal 2001-02 -- helping to boost SamTrans' fixed-route bus operating budget by 18 percent to, among other things, improve its on-time performance and begin the district's first 24-hour bus service on a countywide route.
• Allocated $88 million in operating subsidies to San Francisco Muni for fiscal 2001-02. This assistance, combined with city parking revenues and city general fund money, will help stave off the need to raise fares.
• Released the Performance Measures Report and the Environmental Justice Report for the Draft 2001 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), which look at the degree to which proposed RTP projects would increase mobility, sustain the region's economy, enhance community vitality, improve access for minority and low-income citizens, and impact the local and global environment.

Contents

• New Ozone Plan Will Help Clear the Air
• News Briefs
  • Crisis Knows No Boundaries
  • Eleventh Hour Deal Delivers Bridge Retrofit Financing
  • Project Update: New Bridges Rising From the Bay
  • Car Sharing Program Moves Into Fast Lane
  • Local Caltrans Chief Retires
• Facts and Figures
  • Commuting Trends
• COMMISSION ACTIONS