Bay Area residents can weigh in on local and regional
transportation issues at any of three workshops/public hearings
hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to
discuss the newly released Draft Transportation 2030 Plan.
Bay Area residents can weigh in on local and regional transportation issues at any of three workshops/public hearings hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to discuss the newly released Draft Transportation 2030 Plan.
The draft plan specifies how more than $113 billion of anticipated federal, state and local transportation funds will be invested throughout the nine-county Bay Area from 2005 through 2030.
While focused on transportation, the draft plan also spotlights land-use issues, the region’s projected population and job growth, the aging of the Bay Area population and regional efforts to improve air quality.
Among the topics to be discussed are maintenance funding for roads and transit, lifeline transportation for low-income communities, linkages between transportation and land use, investments in bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and a proposed network of high-occupancy/toll lanes on Bay Area freeways.
Copies of the 139-page Draft Transportation 2030 Plan are available in public libraries and by mail upon request (phone 510-464-7841 or visit the MTC Web site at www.mtc.ca.gov/T2030/order.htm). The plan also can be viewed and downloaded on the MTC Web site at www.mtc.ca.gov.
The workshop/hearings are as follows: Tuesday, Nov. 30, 6:30-8:30pm at Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (2nd floor, Room 225), 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose; Thursday, Dec. 2, 6:30-8:30pm at Marin Center Exhibit Hall, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael; and Wednesday, Dec. 15, 10am-noon at Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth St., Oakland.
