Transportation Archives : Bay Area Council

Analysis: Howard Terminal Not Viable for Cargo Uses

Apr 29 2022

Some critics of a visionary plan by the Oakland A’s to transform an aging and underutilized cargo terminal at the Port of Oakland into a gleaming...

Seamless Regional Transit Advancing

Apr 29 2022

Work is progressing on the development of sweeping changes to the Bay Area’s transit system that would deliver more integrated, convenient and ef...

Bay Area Council Applauds Key Decision on High-Speed Rail Valley-to-Valley Segment

Apr 29 2022

The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday (April 28) unanimously approved the environmental review for the Central Valley to San Jose Di...

California’s High-Speed Rail Project: Approval of the San Jose to Merced Environmental Documents is Essential for Jobs, the Environment, Business Competitiveness and Quality of Life

Apr 27 2022

By Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of the Bay Area Council, Ashley Swearengin, President and CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation, and A...

Show me the Money; Bay Area Competes for Federal Transportation Largesse

Mar 18 2022

From electrifying Caltrain to extending BART to San Jose, the Bay Area is lining up its top transportation infrastructure projects to compete for $...

Employer Survey: Almost 70% See “New Normal” Operations by Summer

Mar 8 2022

Almost one full year of survey data provided by Bay Area employers shows the post-pandemic “new normal” for in-person office work and public tr...

Let It Flow: Federal Funding for Bay Area Transportation

Mar 4 2022

The Federal Transit Administration announced yesterday (March 3) that five Bay Area transit operators will receive an additional $525 million of op...

Gov. Newsom Reappoints Wunderman Chair of Regional Ferry Board

Feb 25 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced the reappointment of Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman as Chair of the Water Emergency Transportation Agency (WE...

Council Sponsors Legislation to Fast Track Transportation Infrastructure Projects

Feb 11 2022

With billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure funding poised to pour into the Bay Area, new legislation (SB 922) introduced this week (Feb...

Council Advocates for Megaregion Dozen Transportation Projects

Feb 4 2022

Last Friday, the Megaregion Working Group – comprised of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, and ...

Transportation

Analysis: Howard Terminal Not Viable for Cargo Uses

Seamless Regional Transit Advancing

Bay Area Council Applauds Key Decision on High-Speed Rail Valley-to-Valley Segment

California’s High-Speed Rail Project: Approval of the San Jose to Merced Environmental Documents is Essential for Jobs, the Environment, Business Competitiveness and Quality of Life

Show me the Money; Bay Area Competes for Federal Transportation Largesse

Employer Survey: Almost 70% See “New Normal” Operations by Summer

Let It Flow: Federal Funding for Bay Area Transportation

Gov. Newsom Reappoints Wunderman Chair of Regional Ferry Board

Council Sponsors Legislation to Fast Track Transportation Infrastructure Projects

Council Advocates for Megaregion Dozen Transportation Projects

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