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City Streets, County Roads Stuck in Neutral as Middling Pavement Quality Prevails Across Bay Area

North Bay Notches Many of Region’s Biggest Gains
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Beautifully paved road in San Francisco.
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Toll Authority to Hold Public Hearing, Host Webinar on Proposed 2026 Toll Hike, Carpool Policy Changes

Funds to be Used Exclusively for Bridge Preservation and Operations
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Workers making maintenance repairs on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.
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Oakland Celebrates Groundbreaking For New Affordable Housing for Seniors

BAHFA Delivers Critical Funding with First Priority Sites Loan
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Groundbreaking of the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation's 97-unit Chinatown Senior Transit-Oriented Development apartments, Oakland.
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Regional Agencies Mark Milestone in the Mandatory Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program

Thousands of Reminder Letters to be Mailed, Employers Urged to Enroll Today
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Smiling passengers on a LAVTA bus.
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First Look: Bay Area’s New Transit Maps and Signs to Be Unveiled Next Week

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A person reviews a mockup of a new Transit Connections map.
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MTC, ABAG Seek Residents’ Advice on Bay Area Challenges

Pop-up Events Focus on Plan Bay Area 2050+ Blueprint, Future Transit Network
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Man places sticker onto foam board to indicate preference for public engagement activity.
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State, Regional Agencies Join Forces to Prepare Bay Area for Sea Level Rise, Increased Flooding

Memorandum Marks Commitment to Coordinated Efforts
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Sea level rise
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BAHFA to Place $20 Billion Affordable Housing Bond Measure on November Ballot

First-of-its-Kind Measure to Help Build and Preserve More Than 70,000 Homes
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The BAHFA Board unanimously agreed to place a housing bond on the November 2024 ballot.
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Bridge Toll Dollars Drive Dumbarton Corridor Improvements

U.S. 101/Woodside Road Interchange Tops List of East Bay, Peninsula Projects
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Dumbarton Bridge
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Bay Area Transit Transformation Gets $18 Million Boost

First Commitments Spur Near-Term Projects to Improve Bus, Light Rail Service
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An AC Transit Tempo bus.
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30th Anniversary of Bike to Work/Wherever Day Unprecedented Success

Riders log over 6,000 miles in the Bay Area Bike Challenge on May 16th alone
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Bike to Work Day 2024
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Bike to Work Day is May 16

Bay Area Celebrates 30 Years With Events, Energizer Stations
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Bike to Work Day
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New Research Finds Bay Area Needs $9.7 Billion to 'Unlock' 40,000 Affordable Homes in Predevelopment Pipeline

Proposed Regional Bond Measure Seen as Way to Close the Gap
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Construction of an affordable housing apartment building complex for teachers in San Francisco: Shirley Chisholm Village.
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MTC, CARB, TransForm Unveil New Mobility Hub at San Jose Apartment Complex

Shared EVs and Chargers, Bikes and E-bikes, Lyft Credits, Real-Time Transit Info
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Event attendees from MTC, CARB and TransForm launch a new Mobility Hub at the Betty Ann Gardens apartments in San Jose.
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Bay Wheels Bikeshare Makes San Mateo County Debut

Partnership Paves Way for New Station at Daly City BART
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Bay Wheels bikeshare expansion event at Daly City BART station.
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2024 Bike Champion of the Year Winners Announced

Bike Month begins May 1st/Bike to Work Day is May 16th
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Solano BCOY 2024
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MTC, Lyft Kick Off Bay Wheels’ East Bay Expansion

New E-bikes, More Stations in Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville
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Caroline Samponaro, Lyft VP of Bikes/Scooters; Andrew Fremier, MTC Executive Director; Justin Hu-Nguyen, Bike East Bay Executive Director; Courtney Welch, Mayor of Emeryville; Jesse Arreguin, Vice President of the Association of Bay Area Governments and Mayor of Berkeley.
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New Federal Grant to Help Protect Highway 37 from Flooding

Key Piece for Partnership’s Complex Funding Puzzle
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Aerial over a partially flooded section of State Route 37.
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Nine Bay Area Counties Call for Bike Champion of the Year Nominations, Ask Residents to Pledge to Ride in May

Bike to Wherever Days start May 1; Bike to Work Day 30th Anniversary Celebrated May 16
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An adult and child riding bikes in neon safety vests in Golden Gate Park.