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• Approved Public Involvement Goals for the Transportation 2030 Plan now in development. The goals call for making every effort to include the greatest number of people possible; conducting outreach to a range of socioeconomic, ethnic and cultural groups; and, whenever possible, taking participation activities to where people are located.
• Took positions on two pieces of legislation now moving through Congress: the Freeing Alternatives for Speedy Transportation (FAST) Act, which would repeal the current federal prohibition against imposing tolls on interstate highways under certain conditions (support and seek amendments); and the National Rail Infrastructure Program Act, which would direct $3 billion annually for rail infrastructure nationwide (support).
• Adopted MTC’s 2003 triennial Title VI Report, which addresses Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice by documenting how MTC provides services and benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis. (MTC Resolution 2091)
  

• Received the Fiscal Year 2002–03 Audit for MTC and its components, the Bay Area Toll Authority and Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways.
• Acting as the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), authorized the agency’s executive director to negotiate a $33.5 million, five-year contract with ACS State & Local Solutions, Inc. for the development and operation of a regional customer service center for the FasTrak® electronic toll collection program. Under the contract, the customer service centers for both the region’s state-owned toll bridges and the Golden Gate Bridge eventually will be merged into a single center under BATA’s jurisdiction. The contract can be renewed for two additional two-year periods.

• New Carquinez Bridge
  • A New Suspension Bridge Spans the Carquinez Strait
  • Al's Bridge — Local Ironworker Honored
  • Facts and Figures
  • Photo Gallery
• Commission Actions