For the first time in history, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area’s regional transportation planning agency, is proposing a grant program to support open space conservation and farmland preservation in rural areas.
By 2035, the Bay Area is expected to add over 900,000 new households and 1.2 million new jobs. We have to plan now for how we get around and how we build. We have to grow smarter.
On Friday, March 11, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments presented the Initial Vision Scenario of Plan Bay Area, the region’s plan for growth over the next 25 years.
Greenbelt Alliance, along with a coalition of transportation and land-use non-profits, is leading efforts to ensure that Plan Bay Area is beneficial to cities and residents, and we wanted to share our response to the first draft of the plan.
What happens at the polls affects the way we live in the Bay Area.
Greenbelt Alliance provided members with a handy ballot guide that highlighted key measures around the region. Almost all of the measures we endorsed passed.
