Spare the Air

Update as of November 1, 2017: With the North Bay fires contained, 511 has discontinued posting of fire-related road closures and transit disruptions. MTC staff have compiled resources to help cities...

A Winter Spare the Air Alert has been issued. The Winter Spare the Air program notifies residents when particulate matter levels are anticipated to be unhealthy. On these high pollution days, the Bay...

The Youth for Environment and Sustainability, or YES, Conference, returns to the Bay Area at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2017, at the new Bay Area Metro Center at 375 Beale Street in San...

A Spare the Air Alert has been issued. Please find alternatives to driving alone to work, as reducing traffic and tailpipe exhaust can improve air quality and keep our air healthy.

OAKLAND, CA — Middle- and high-school students from across the region are invited to attend the third annual Youth for the Environment and Sustainability, or YES, Conference on Saturday, January 30...

“Bring us your tired, your rusty, your broken bicycles.” That’s the motto of MTC’s Bay Area BikeMobile program — a bike repair shop on wheels that appears at schools, libraries and festivals. The van...

Thousands of students will be seeing stars—sea stars, that is—in Bay Area classrooms this school year. It’s all thanks to a visit from the BayMobile, a traveling aquarium that brings sea creatures and...

The Aquarium of the Bay is offering free workshops for teachers from all nine Bay Area counties as part of the BayMobile project, which is funded by the Spare the Air Youth Program. The workshops are...

At a free cycling festival at Antioch High School on Oct. 23, the Bay Area BikeMobile rolled onto campus, stuffed with spare parts such as chains, tires, brake cables, pads and calipers, seats and...

UPDATE February 4, 2015…There’s still room at the YES Conference – Youth for the Environment and Sustainability — set for this Saturday, February 7, at MTC’s Oakland offices, starting at 9:30 a.m. It...