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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) approved 26 grants totaling $7.3 million to support local plans for higher-density development, including an $800,000 grant to update the existing...

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The atmosphere at the August 25 Grand Opening for the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit line was humming — literally. A three-car train served as the backdrop for the train platform-cum-makeshift stage...

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The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District will begin full passenger train service this Friday, August 25, 2017, thanks to the Federal Railroad Administration's decision last week to give the...

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The November 4 election brought sweeping changes across the nation, including in the realm of transportation. In Washington, a new Obama administration and an increasingly Democratic-controlled...

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As MTC’s pioneering Clipper ® BayPass pilot program nears its first anniversary, usage data indicate program participants take some 35 percent more transit trips than their nonparticipating peers...

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Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) members and Bay Area transit leaders this afternoon thanked state legislators, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)...

The Bay Area's newest passenger rail service, and the first in nearly 60 years in the north bay, is now up and running in Sonoma and Marin County. You can use Clipper to ride the service from the...