To the Regional Advisory Working Group: Thank you for your ongoing participation and involvement in the Horizon/Plan Bay Area 2050 long-range planning process. We wanted to provide a brief update on the Project Performance Assessment, which will evaluate the region’s largest transportation investments to ensure they provide significant benefits to the Bay Area. We have presented on […]
Continue ReadingThere will be plenty of opportunities in coming months to get involved with Horizon. We hope you will join us for exciting developments, like the release of the next Perspective Paper and the announcement of the finalists from the Transformative Projects competition. Join Us in San Jose on September 26 This month our new event […]
Continue ReadingThe Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) are still collecting BIG ideas for transportation in the Bay Area, and we want to hear from you! The Request for Transformative Projects, part of MTC and ABAG’s Horizon initiative, is a unique opportunity to reshape Bay Area transportation as we know […]
Continue ReadingAugust 2018 RAWG Update: Spotlight on Horizon and Plan Bay Area 2050 Project Performance Methodology Richmond-San Rafael Bridge facing east. (Photo: CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Coming Up in August Horizon is now in full swing. For our upcoming August meeting, we will be taking a closer look at the Horizon and Plan Bay Area 2050 Project Performance […]
Continue ReadingThe Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is seeking community-based organizations, not-for-profit organizations, non-government organizations or faith-based organizations to assist MTC in reaching out to and engaging members of their communities to participate in the update of Plan Bay Area. One objective of the planning process for Horizon and Plan Bay Area 2050 is to provide ample opportunity for low-income […]
Continue ReadingThank you for being a part of the exciting launch of Horizon! This ambitious initiative explores a range of questions that traditionally have been outside the regional planning process and opens up the conversation to the public, planners and policymakers. Several events took place in June that explored the challenges and opportunities that the Bay Area likely […]
Continue ReadingJuly 12, 2018 If you are interested in responding to a REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) for the: Horizon/Plan Bay Area 2050 Community-Based Outreach Please visit https://mtc.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/9303 BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) seeks Community-Based Organizations (e.g., not-for-profit organizations, non-government organizations or faith-based organizations) to assist MTC in […]
Continue ReadingWe are excited to share the launch of Horizon, an ambitious regional initiative that will explore the challenges and opportunities likely to face the Bay Area between now and 2050. The Horizon initiative will allow the public, planners and policymakers to wrestle with a range of challenging questions that traditionally have been outside the regional […]
Continue ReadingJune 2018 RAWG Update: Horizon Futures Shortlist, Applying the Guiding Principles and More A Sonoma Mountain vineyard, with the Mayacamas Mountains in the background. (Photo: CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Month in Review At the RAWG meeting on May 1, planning staff summarized all of the comments received on the preliminary Guiding Principles for Horizon and […]
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