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August brings Bay Area Bike Share's first birthday, but you wouldn't know the system was so young. The mint-colored bikes are already ubiquitous on the streets of San Francisco, San Jose and three...

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Armed with PowerPoint presentations, and flexing their budding public speaking skills, MTC’s high school interns competed last week to convey their summer experiences in the most creative and...

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Thousands of students will be seeing stars—sea stars, that is—in Bay Area classrooms this school year. It’s all thanks to a visit from the BayMobile, a traveling aquarium that brings sea creatures and...

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MTC staff and commissioners past and present are mourning the loss of John F. Foran, the former California legislator known as the “Father of MTC,” whose legacy lives on through the agency he created...

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Plan Bay Area encompasses all nine of the Bay Area’s diverse counties, so conjuring up a comprehensive mental picture of the end product is a challenge. That’s where a new, large-format map from MTC...

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The Experience Electric campaign, sponsored by MTC together with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and a consortium of electric vehicle (EV) organizations, rolled into Cupertino on...

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How much would you be willing to pay for a house in the Bay Area? And where in the Bay Area can you afford to live for that price? How long would it take to get to work from there? What if you biked...

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It was a Tuesday evening, but it looked like a lively weekend afternoon at East Palo Alto’s Joel Davis Park. Kids and parents wheeled around on their bicycles — a pink princess bike with training...

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On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta quake, the traveling public can rest assured that the Bay Area’s transportation system is far better prepared to withstand the next...

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Are you a local artist or arts organization interested in participating in MTC’s Community Art Program? MTC hosts rotating art exhibits on all three floors of our offices at the Joseph P. Bort...