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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (MTC SAFE) this week began a three-month project to remove 500 of the distinctive yellow call...

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OAKLAND, CA — The FasTrak Customer Service Center will close this weekend for an upgrade to its customer account system. During the upgrade process, the FasTrak electronic toll collection system will...

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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today unveiled its innovative Vital Signs website ( vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov), an interactive tool that Bay Area residents can use to track...

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Minor follow-up work continues on the new Bay Bridge East Span, but the biggest tool that was used on the project is on the move. This mammoth tool, the Left Coast Lifter, was built just for the Bay...

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It is fitting that two artists documenting the retirement of the original cantilever Bay Bridge East Span and the construction of the new, sleek self-anchored suspension span (SAS) would choose to use...

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MTC’s Monthly Transportation Statistics show a comprehensive picture of transit and transportation in the Bay Area. See monthly figures on crossings for all seven of the Bay Area’s state-owned bridges...

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MTC’s Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee today approved an asset management policy and a set of objectives for the continued maintenance and operation of the Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll...

Brian Maroney, who serves as Caltrans’ chief bridge engineer, is this year’s recipient of the Greta Ericson Distinguished Service Award. This award is named for the founder of MTC’s awards program and...