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MTC and Bay Area transit agencies encourage residents and visitors alike to take transit to Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Sunday, Feb. 8, and to related events happening around the...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed into law state Senate Bill 63, authorizing a November 2026 ballot measure to prevent major service cuts at BART and other Bay Area transit systems and to make...

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The largest single public infrastructure project ever constructed in Santa Clara County, the Valley Transportation Authority's BART Silicon Valley Phase II, broke ground Friday. The work will extend...

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MTC Executive Director Andrew Fremier and more than a dozen other Bay Area transportation leaders and policy advocates testified Monday afternoon at a hearing convened by the state Senate Select...

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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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The Bay Area was awarded money for a half dozen projects totaling $160 million — about 60% of the amount available outside Southern California — in the latest funding announcement from the state’s...

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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)...

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MTC is partnering with cities, counties and transportation agencies to bring more Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors to the Bay Area. BRTs breeze past traffic, just like light rail trains, but are...

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Norman Y. Mineta, who established himself as a giant of transportation policy in the Bay Area and across the nation, died Tuesday at age 90 at his home in Maryland. During his long career, he served...

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Bay Area transit agencies today released the Riding Together: Bay Area Healthy Transit Plan to protect the health and safety of transit riders and employees, and to build confidence in public transit.