Transportation Archives - Bay Area Council

Bay Area Awarded $160 Million for Key Transportation Projects

Apr 24 2020

The California State Transportation Agency this week awarded $160 million to the Bay Area to support transformative transit and rail proj...

Speeding Up Key Hwy 101 Infrastructure Project

Apr 17 2020

Work on a project to replace a critical segment of Highway 101 in San Francisco that the Council played a role in coordinating will be accelerated ...

One Step Closer to Redwood City Ferry Service

Mar 13 2020

The future for ferry service in Redwood City is looking bright after the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) this week approved enterin...

Council Urges Reauthorization of Federal Transportation Funding Bill

Mar 13 2020

United by an ambitious transportation agenda for our country, the Metropolitan Civic Leadership Alliance, a new group of nine business-led civic or...

Celebrating Regional Water Transit and Bay Crossings

Feb 28 2020

The Bay Area Council Water Transit Subcommittee held its inaugural 2020 meeting Tuesday (Feb. 25), celebrating Council CEO Jim Wunderman’s recent...

Gov. Newsom Names Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman to Helm Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Jan 2 2020

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman has been named by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve as Chair of the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), wh...

New Ferry Service Coming to Alameda Next Year

Dec 13 2019

Following on the success of the new Richmond-San Francisco ferry service that launched earlier this year, the WETA Board of Directors on Thursday a...

FASTER Continues Regional Engagement in the East Bay

Dec 13 2019

This week, FASTER presented to the AC Transit Board of Directors as part of an ongoing effort to engage with stakeholders across the Bay Area and r...

New Coalition Targets Traffic’s Stranglehold on the Bay Area

Nov 1 2019

The Bay Area Council today announced it is forming a new coalition of transportation companies focused on dramatically expanding a wide range of pr...

Engaging the Region to Create a FASTER Bay Area