OneBayArea Grant Program

PROGRAM INFORMATION

A proposal to establish the OneBayArea Grant program was approved for release to the public by the MTC Planning Committee and ABAG Administrative Committee at their joint meeting on July 8, 2011. This proposal is an alternative to the Cycle 2 STP/CMAQ framework approved by the Commission in December 2009 that better integrates the region’s federal transportation program with land-use and housing policies by providing incentives for the production of housing with supportive transportation investments.

Feedback from stakeholders and technical working groups is being sought over the next several months. The preliminary timeline for development and approval of the OneBayArea Grant is included below.

Tentative Schedule
(revised since initial release)

July – December 2011
The Joint MTC Planning Committee / ABAG Administrative Committee release of OneBayArea Grant proposal for public review and comment ABAG releases preliminary draft concepts for RHNA methodology Working Group Discussions of Cycle 2/OneBayArea Grant approach
January 2012
OneBayArea proposal update and comments received presented to Joint Planning Committee January 13, 2012
March 2012
MTC/ABAG releases draft Preferred SCS
April 2012
Working group discussions on further revisions to OneBayArea Grant proposal
May 2012
MTC/ABAG approves preferred SCS scenario MTC approves Cycle 2/OneBayArea grant
June 2012 – March 2013
Congestion Management Agency (CMA) Project Selection Criteria Process Specific projects included in federal TIP
April 2013
MTC adopts final Plan Bay Area (SCS)

Questions regarding the proposal may be directed to Craig Goldblatt of MTC staff at cgoldblatt@mtc.ca.gov or 510-817-5837.

Comments on the proposal may be sent to: info@mtc.ca.gov