Regional Planning

Oct. 19, 2020 – San Francisco Business Times reporter Laura Waxmann reports on a decision by the Executive Board of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) which is considering a [...]

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 27, 2017   CONTACT: Isabel Alegría, 510- 541-5428,  ialegria@publicadvocates.org or David Zisser, 415-828-8722, dzisser@publicadvocates.org   [...]

Originally published in December of 2013 See Part 2 of this blog By Richard Marcantonio I’ve been asked more than once why, as a civil rights lawyer, I spend so much time working with community [...]

March 12, 2015 Robert Fabela, Esq. General Counsel Valley Transportation Authority 3331 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 RE: CEQA non-compliance of VTP 2040 Dear Mr. Fabela: On the consent [...]

June 21, 2011 Mark Green, Chair, and Members ABAG Administrative Committee Adrienne Tissier, Chair, and Members Metropolitan Transportation Commission Dear Chairs and Members: We join several of [...]

Public Advocates proposed a new chapter on “Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Regional Transportation Planning” for California’s RTP Guidelines. The proposed new chapter includes federal [...]

More than forty groups have called upon MTC and ABAG to incorporate key elements of the “Equity, Environment and Jobs” Scenario into the final Plan Bay Area. On September 23, 2015 wrote a letter [...]

This is the 2012 Report Card on Plan Bay Area issued by the 6 Wins Coalition rtp_scs_report_card_6_wins_network_may_2012

Urban Habitat vs. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Issue: Transportation Justice Topic: Community & State Campaigns Case Date: March 7, 2014 BACKGROUNDThe legislation that created the [...]

Issue: Climate Justice Topic: Bay Area SCS Date: May 12, 2016 File: plan_bay_area_report_card Do the Bay Area’s regional agencies make the grade in creating a Plan Bay Area for all? The 6 [...]