Bay Area Increases Walking and Bicycling – and Research Shows We’ll Reap Health Benefits

Submitted on Fri, 2013-04-05 00:38 by Marty Martinez

Marty MartinezNew data released from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), shows that rates of bicycling and walking have increased throughout the region.  

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Tackling Childhood Obesity

Submitted on Thu, 2012-08-30 14:39 by Marty Martinez

Marty MartinezOne of the things I’m most excited about in my position as Bay Area policy manager is how perfectly the work fits my interest in public health. As someone who spent almost a decade working in public health policy, the shift to transportation-related policy such as working on Complete Streets was indeed a change. But in another way it wasn’t a change at all.

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Wins for Safe Routes to School & Complete Streets in San Francisco Bay Area

Submitted on Fri, 2012-05-18 14:08 by Marty Martinez

Marty MartinezOn Thursday, May 17, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) voted to approve the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) as part of the overall approval of their Regional Transportation Plan. OBAG provides roughly $800 million over four years to cities and counties in the region for transportation projects.

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