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Fall 2010

Transportation Awards 2010: Excellence in Motion

Welcome to this special issue of Transactions, in which we highlight the winners of MTC’s 29th Transportation Awards Program. The biennial competition honors people, projects and organizations for exceptional contributions to Bay Area transportation. We received a healthy crop of 72 entries this round, from which we selected 11 winning people and programs to receive the Excellence in Motion trophy — a handsome wooden base topped by an engraved ball bearing, the universal symbol of motion.

This year our jury took the unusual step of splitting the Grand Award honor among four organizations and their multitude of volunteers — extending from Marin and Alameda counties to San Jose — for their work to inspire students to make smart transportation choices, and to give them the tools to travel safely by foot and bike. These innovative programs collectively have touched tens of thousands of youths, and serve as models for the region, the state and the nation of how to steer the next generation away from our ubiquitous car culture and toward a more sustainable future.

We’re also honoring six individuals — sadly, two of them posthumously — who clearly stand out for applying their leadership, creativity, passion and tenacity to making the Bay Area transportation network safer and more accessible, and for fostering sustainability and regionalism. Rounding out the list of winners is a ramp-metering project on the Peninsula that is a model of intercity and interagency cooperation.

View video profiles of the winners

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