Call for Transportation Projects

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) received about 900 submissions for consideration in response to its open “call for projects” for Plan Bay Area. Project submittals were due to MTC by April 29, 2011. Each of the nine Congestion Management Agencies (CMAs) assisted MTC by coordinating project submittals for their county. In addition, CMAs were responsible for the public involvement and outreach activities, and to coordinate with members of the public on project ideas. Caltrans and multi-county transit operators were allowed to submit directly to MTC, but coordination with the CMAs was encouraged.

MTC staff have been working closely with CMA staff and local project sponsors to review project submittals for completeness and to sort through projects and programs that are deemed “committed” as defined by MTC’s Committed Funds and Projects Policy, which was adopted in April 2011. In general, “committed” projects are projects that have received environmental clearance and have full funding plans. A second category of “discretionary” projects will be run through a project performance assessment, and results of the performance assessment will be available for Commission discussion later this fall.

The draft list of projects (PDF) is now available, although project data are subject to change.

The project list will be used to help define various alternative scenarios that will be tested this fall to determine how we can meet our adopted performance targets. In addition, individual projects will be assessed in the same time frame on how they meet the same targets.

For more information, contact Brenda Dix at (510) 817-5927 or bdix@mtc.ca.gov. Additional information about individual projects may also be available by contacting your county officials.

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