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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...
Silicon Valley’s Capital Confronts a Planning Paradox: How San Jose Is Rethinking Growth After Years of Housing Shortfalls
The nation’s tenth-largest city launches an ambitious review of its development blueprint, wrestling with affordability, density, and the consequences of decisions made decades...
Peninsula’s Grand Boulevard Initiative Seeks to Balance Housing Growth with Retail Protection Along El Camino Real
Multi-city effort receives new funding to transform 43-mile Peninsula corridor while addressing business community concerns A nearly two-decade effort to reimagine one of...
Bay Area Employers Increasingly Mandate Office Returns as Hybrid Work Stabilizes at Three Days
Four-year survey reveals dramatic shift from full remote work to structured return-to-office policies Bay Area employers are solidifying their return-to-office strategies with increasing...
Bay Area Transit Agencies Secure $776MM in Subsidies, With BART and SFMTA Taking 85% of It
In a significant relief for the Bay Area’s beleaguered transit system, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
The Vision of Plan Bay Area 2050
By Jack Stubbs Home to approximately 7.75 million people, Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area comprises nine counties, and regional initiatives and city...
Marin North-South Greenway Project Awarded $10MM from MTC
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20, 2018 – The Metropolitan Transportation Commission awarded $10.6 million in regional toll dollars this week to Marin County’s North-South...
MTC-ABAG Executive Director Steve Heminger Announces Retirement
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2018 – Steve Heminger, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) since 2001 and of the Association of...
You Say You Got a Real (Transportation) Solution? MTC, ABAG Would Love to Hear Your Plan
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2018 – The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) today kicked off an...
San Mateo County Considers Impact of Regional Planning on Local Transportation Infrastructure
By Jacob Bourne The City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County has embarked on a long-range planning process for the future...
Comprehensive Approach Needed to Solve Housing Issue in Bay Area
By Jacob Bourne A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are working to better understand the root causes of the...
