Transportation Archives : Page 15 of 47 : Bay Area Council

Congressman Garamendi’s Strong Leadership Could Finally Make Hovercraft a Reality in the Bay Area

Jun 25 2021

San Francisco—The Bay Area could finally add hovercraft to its arsenal of regional traffic-fighting tools after East Bay Congressman John Garamen...

Bay Area Council Poll Finds Huge Support for Merging Caltrain and BART

Apr 30 2021

Merging two of the region’s largest commuter rail systems into a single system ringing the bay is a winning idea, according to a vast majority of...

Finally, It’s Infrastructure Week

Apr 2 2021

President Biden this week unveiled his $2.3 trillion proposal to invest in upgrading and expanding the nation’s crumbling and outdated infrastruc...

Bay Area Council Applauds WETA’s Pandemic Recovery Program

Apr 2 2021

Yesterday (April 1) the WETA Board of Directors, chaired by Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman, unanimously approved its Pandemic Recovery Program ...

Join: Return to Work Employer Network

Mar 19 2021

Understanding employers’ plans for returning to work will be crucial in reopening and ramping up capacity of the Bay Area’s public transit syst...

Charging into the Future on Road Usage Charging

Mar 12 2021

As California moves to electrify its transportation sector, funding from gas taxes that is critical to maintaining the state’s transportation inf...

Council Backs Push for Action on Infrastructure

Mar 5 2021

The Bay Area Council has joined over 300 organizations to support a campaign led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Bipartisan Polic...

Council Congratulates New MTC Chair Alfredo Pedroza

Feb 26 2021

The Bay Area Council congratulates Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza on being named this week (Feb. 24) Chair of the powerful Metropolitan Tra...

Mourning the Passing of Katherine Strehl

Jan 29 2021

The Bay Area Council mourned the passing this week of Katherine Strehl, a former Council staff member and a widely respected public affairs leader ...

Progress in Bringing Ferry Service to Silicon Valley