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At a joint meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board, officials voted on Thursday, July 19 to approve five alternative transportation and land use strategies to be considered as part of the environmental review process for the region’s long-range transportation and land use plan.

MTC and ABAG need your help as we begin work on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Plan Bay Area. The EIR is a legally required document that will assess the environmental impacts of the proposed land-use changes and transportation investments in the long-range plan. What environmental issues should be analyzed? Are there alternatives that should be evaluated?

At a packed joint meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), officials voted on May 18 to approve a draft long-range guide to the Bay Area’s transportation, jobs and housing.