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Former Commission Chair Scott Haggerty, who retired from MTC in 2021 after more than 20 years of service representing Alameda County, died Sunday in Tennessee. He was 68. Mr. Haggerty, who was elected...

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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission today awarded $8 million to 16 Bay Area projects through the Priority Conservation Area (PCA) Grant Program. These grants support the goals of Plan Bay Area...

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Former longtime Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon, Sr., who served as chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Bay Area Air...

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After nearly three years of public discussion, technical analysis and refinement, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments last Friday released the...

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ABAG-MTC's Priority Conservation Areas (PCA) Program — which indicates regionally significant areas to be protected and improved — has been revised. PCAs include natural habitats, farms and ranchlands...

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MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) will host "Accessible Futures: Sharing. Listening. Learning" — a disability-led community conversation on housing, transportation, the...

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Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)’s Joint Legislation Committee today heard the results of a January poll of Bay Area...

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MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) this month approved further study of the Final Blueprint for Plan Bay Area 2050+. At the Commission’s Wednesday meeting and the ABAG Executive...

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MTC this week announced the release of $60 million in planning and capital grants to support local implementation of MTC’s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy and Climate Initiatives Program...

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MTC Commissioners voted today, and the ABAG Executive Board voted last week to support California Propositions 4 and 5, measures scheduled for the statewide November ballot. Proposition 4 is the state...