MTC’s Climate Initiatives Program Receives Statewide Honor

The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) gave high honors to an MTC climate program at its prestigious 2010 Transportation Awards program today in Sacramento. The CTF presented 19 awards, including the award for Sustainable Transportation Study or Program of the Year to MTC’s Climate Initiatives Program. The CTF Transportation Awards recognize excellence in transportation projects throughout California.

“We are glad to be recognized for our commitment to sustainability and to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,”  said Brenda Dix, MTC’s Climate Initiatives Program grants manager.

MTC launched the Climate Initiatives Program in 2010 to spur ground-breaking transportation ideas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Bay Area. In total, MTC awarded 17 grants worth a total of $33 million in the areas of clean vehicles, parking management, transportation demand management and Safe Routes to School. The grantees’ efforts will be implemented and evaluated over the next three years alongside other Climate Initiatives Program elements, including outreach and education, sea level rise evaluation and the Safe Routes to School County Program.

“The program demonstrates MTC’s commitment to inspire new technology and innovation in transportation to support a sustainable Bay Area region,” the CTF wrote in its awards materials.

“We look forward to continuing our work on the Climate Initiatives Program,” continued Dix. “The best is yet to come.”