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In 2007, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted a regional rail plan that envisioned opportunities to accelerate Bay Area travel with an integrated network. The vision described [...]

When Senate Bill 1 (Beall) passed in 2017, it raised the gasoline excise tax for the first time in 20 years to generate tens of billions of dollars to restore aging transportation infrastructure. [...]

The Bay Area housing affordability crisis is changing single-family home ownership as residents explore variations on the dream, turning to creative solutions like cohousing that offer community [...]

What if it were possible to travel by bus, train, electric bike, or rideshare using a single account to pay for these transportation costs? It’s one of several fare policy strategies suggested to [...]

In many parts of the Bay Area driving is more like plodding, with heavy feet on the brakes because of record-level gridlock on roads and streets. Given no sign these conditions will let up, San [...]

In July of 2017, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted Plan Bay Area 2040, a long-range blueprint to guide transportation [...]

The state is driving toward a future in which five million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) will navigate California roads by 2030, a goal set nearly a year ago by outgoing Governor Jerry Brown as [...]

Last year, the California legislature enacted Senate Bill 1 (Beall), which increased the state’s base gasoline tax by 12 cents. The law also hiked diesel taxes, implemented a vehicle [...]

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is not a new idea, but Bay Area bus and rail operators are increasingly pushing the approach because land they own near stations is ripe for creating affordable [...]

While the Bay Area economy continues to hum, policymakers are exploring various “what ifs” to decide how the region should react when economic output, population, and employment abruptly busts. [...]