Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Bay Area Transit Tax Measure Clinches November Ballot Spot, Setting Up $980MM Funding Fight
Connect Bay Area submitted more than 305,000 signatures for SB 63’s five-county sales tax, but business and taxpayer groups are already mobilizing against...
Contra Costa’s Measure A Tees Up a 25-Year Lock on 65% of County Land, Splitting Conservationists From Housing Bloc
Voters on June 2 will decide whether to extend the urban limit line through 2051, in a fight that pits one of California’s...
Bay Area Transit Ridership Smashes Records Across BART, Caltrain, and Muni
A perfect storm of marquee events, electrification, and gas-pump pain is pushing all three major rail operators to post-pandemic highs—even as a $376...
Caltrain Outlines Doomsday Scenario With Station Closures and Service Shutdown Absent November Ballot Measure
The commuter rail agency projects an average annual deficit of $75 million and warns that thousands of commuters could be forced onto already...
San José Adopts Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan to Address Growing Wildfire, Flood, and Heat Risks
The City Council-approved plan complements the city’s existing emissions reduction strategy and places vulnerable communities at the center of its adaptation framework. On...
BART Board Votes 8-1 to Approve Contingency Blueprint for Sweeping Service Cuts, Station Closures, and Possible System Shutdown
The transit agency’s alternative service plan outlines three escalating phases of reductions — including the elimination of 1,170 jobs — if voters reject...
BART Faces Existential Budget Crisis, Warns of Closing 15 Stations and Slashing Service Without Voter-Backed Sales Tax
The transit agency is running a $376 million annual deficit driven by post-pandemic ridership that remains at roughly half of pre-COVID levels, and...
EBALDC’s 65-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Oakland Secures $35.9MM State Funding
The Chinatown project, developed by EBALDC, will pair family housing with over two miles of protected bike lanes and bus-only lanes on Broadway...
Berkeley’s $100MM+ Ferry Project Clears Key Hurdle as Bay Area Water Transit Surges
Berkeley’s ambitious plan to launch electric ferry service to San Francisco advanced in January when the city’s Planning Commission unanimously endorsed a use...
San Jose Task Force Debates Adding Up to 60,000 Housing Units to General Plan Amid District Equity Concerns
Planning Commission members challenge transit-oriented development focus as city faces capacity shortfall with only 18,000 units remaining in General Plan 2040 San Jose’s...
San Francisco’s “Family Zoning” Plan Passes Board of Supervisors in Contentious 7-4 Vote
Mayor Lurie’s signature housing initiative clears final hurdle despite deep divisions over displacement and rent control protections San Francisco’s most ambitious residential rezoning...
Bay Area Cities Turn to Creative Financing as Infrastructure Needs Mount
Regional municipalities showcase new strategies to fund development amid decades of tax restrictions California’s cities are getting creative. With property tax limits imposed...
