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TRIP Report Press Conference

MTC Chair Dave Cortese, joined by (left to right) Transportation California Executive Director Will Kempton, TRIP Associate Director Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
MTC Chair Dave Cortese, joined by (left to right) Transportation California Executive Director Will Kempton, TRIP Associate Director Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
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Robert Kwong
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MTC Chair Dave Cortese speaks at the TRIP press conference
MTC Chair Dave Cortese speaks at the TRIP press conference
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Robert Kwong
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MTC Chair Dave Cortese, joined by (left to right) Transportation California Executive Director Will Kempton, TRIP Associate Director Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
MTC Chair Dave Cortese, joined by (left to right) Transportation California Executive Director Will Kempton, TRIP Associate Director Carolyn Bonifas  Kelly, VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
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Robert Kwong
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MTC Chair Dave Cortese speaks at the TRIP press conference, flanked by VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez (left) and MTC Commissioner and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (right).
MTC Chair Dave Cortese speaks at the TRIP press conference, flanked by VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez (left) and MTC Commissioner and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (right).
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Robert Kwong
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Roads and bridges that are deficient, congested or lack desirable safety features cost California motorists a total of $53.6 billion statewide annually — $2,471 to $2,824 per driver in the Bay Area — due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays, according to a new report released today at press events in San Jose and Oakland by TRIP, a Washington DC-based national transportation organization. Read the full story about the press event and the report here.