Agencies San Mateo County

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="05ad05a3.jpg"> <div> <B>    </B><B>     </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                                                                                                      </B></FONT><I>   </I><I>Bike San Mateo County</I><I>                      </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>                 </I></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="05bd2123.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bike San Mateo County"><U><B><U>HOME</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web Site Content"><U>Web Site Content</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Using your bike"><U>Using your bike</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Campaign Projects"><U>Campaign & Projects</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Issues"><U>Current Issues</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dangerous Conditions"><U>Dangerous Conditions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Google Discussion Groups"><U>Google Discussion Groups</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meetings"><U>Meetings</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resources"><U>Resources</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local News Updates"><U>Local News & Updates</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bikes on Transit"><U>Bikes on Transit</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Route Suggestions"><U>Route Suggestions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact/ Join Bike SMC"><U>Contact/ Join Bike SMC</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Getting Involved"><U>Getting Involved</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Improvements"><U>Improvements</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Case of an Accident Legal Considerat"><U>In Case of an Accident & Legal Considerations</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Agencies San Mateo County</I></div> <bR> <div> 1. C/CAG  City/ County Association of Governments of San Mateo County</div> <bR> <div> Website: <A HREF="http://www.ccag.ca.gov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ccag.ca.gov"><U><U>www.ccag.ca.gov</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> County Office Building</div> <div> 555 County Center</div> <div> Fifth Floor</div> <div> Redwood City, California 94063</div> <div> Phone: 650.599.1406</div> <div> Fax: 650.361.8227</div> <div> Email: <A HREF="mailto:nblair@co.sanmateo.ca.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:nblair@co.sanmateo.ca.us"><U><U>nblair@co.sanmateo.ca.us</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Per the C/CAG website</div> <div> "C/CAG deals with issues that affect the quality of life in general; transportation, air quality, stormwater runoff, hazardous waste, solid waste and recycling, land use near airports, and abandoned vehicle abatement"</div> <bR> <div> The C/CAG has a Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee which is made up of representatives from each city along with some citizen members. The committee is responsible for the annual evaluation and recommendations for the TDA grants awards for bicycle and pedestrian projects submitted by the cities in San Mateo County.  This is not a San Mateo County BPAC, but it is a county wide advisory committee made up of members from each city.</div> <bR> <div> For information on this advisory committee.</div> <bR> <div> Bikeway & Pedestrian Advisory</div> <div> Tom Madalena - 650 599-1460</div> <div> email: <A HREF="mailto:tmadalena@co.sanmateo.ca.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:tmadalena@co.sanmateo.ca.us"><U><U>tmadalena@co.sanmateo.ca.us</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Importance to bicycle and pedestrian interests:</div> <bR> <div> 2. San Mateo County Transportation Authority  (SMCTA)</div> <bR> <div> Website: <A HREF="http://smcta.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://smcta.org"><U><U>http://smcta.org</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> San Mateo County Transportation Authority </div> <div> 1250 San Carlos Ave.</div> <div> P.O. Box 3006</div> <div> San Carlos, CA 94070-1306</div> <div> 650-508-6219</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@smcta.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@smcta.com"><U><U>info@smcta.com</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Per their website</div> <bR> <div> The San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) is an independent agency formed to administer the proceeds of a county wide half-cent sales tax. Measure A, which established the program, was approved by voters in June 1988. </div> <bR> <div> Measure A was to expire in December 2008, but in 2004 voters agreed to extend this until 2033. Measure A funds can be applied for by any city in San Mateo County as these funds can be used for highway improvements, transit projects as well and bicycle and pedestrian projects. For a good description of the types of projects funded or could be funded see: <A HREF="http://smcta.org/Expenditure_Plan/Measure_A_Fact_Sheet.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://smcta.org/Expenditure_Plan/Measur"><U><U>http://smcta.org/Expenditure_Plan/Measure_A_Fact_Sheet.pdf</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Importance to bicycle and pedestrian interests:</div> <bR> <div> 3. Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)</div> <bR> <div> Website <A HREF="http://www.mtc.ca.gov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mtc.ca.gov"><U><U>www.mtc.ca.gov</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Metropolitan Transportation Commission </div> <div> 101 Eighth Street, </div> <div> Oakland, California 94607</div> <div> Phone: 510.817.5700</div> <div>  Fax: 510.817.5848</div> <bR> <div> Per the MTC website:</div> <bR> <div> Created by the state Legislature in 1970,the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. </div> <bR> <div> MTC functions as both the regional transportation planning agency - a state designation - and, for federal purposes, as the region's metropolitan planning organization (MPO). As such, it is responsible for regularly updating the Regional Transportation Plan, a comprehensive blueprint for the development of mass transit, highway, airport, seaport, railroad, bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The Commission also screens requests from local agencies for state and federal grants for transportation projects to determine their compatibility with the plan. Adopted in February 2005, the most recent edition of this long-range plan, known as <A HREF="../planning/2030_plan/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="../planning/2030_plan/index.htm"><U><U>Transportation 2030</U></U></A>, charts a new course for the agency, particularly with regard to promoting "<A HREF="../planning/smart_growth/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="../planning/smart_growth/index.htm"><U><U>smart growth</U></U></A>" development patterns.</div> <bR> <div> For additional details see: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/about_mtc/about.htm</div> <bR> <div> <U>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's newly released Transportation 2035 Plan</U> for the San Francisco Bay Area: Change in Motion, is now available for viewing online, along with other companion technical reports, at: <A HREF="http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan"><U>www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan </U></A></div> <bR> <div> Importance to bicycle and pedestrian interests:</div> <bR> <div> 2. Caltrans District 4 ( California Department of Transportation District 4)</div> <bR> <div> Website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/    General website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/</div> <div> District 4 covers San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and most other Bay Area counties</div> <bR> <div> Caltrans is the state's department of transportation. They are responsible for the state owned and operated roadways. Some of these in San Mateo County include El Camino Real, Highway 101, 280, 92, 1. Many of the freeway overpasses are controlled by Caltrans even if a city street.</div> <bR> <div> Contacts in District 4</div> <bR> <div> <B>Ina Gerhard</B></div> <div> Bicycle Coordinator</div> <div> CA Department of Transportation, District 4</div> <div> P.O. Box 23660, MS 10 C</div> <div> Oakland, CA 94623-0660</div> <div> Phone: 510.286.5598</div> <div> Fax: 510.286.5513</div> <bR> <div> <B>Gidget Navarro</B> </div> <div> Public Information Officer, San Mateo County & Chronicle Watch</div> <div> 510-286-5574</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:paulette_navarro@dot.ca.gov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:paulette_navarro@dot.ca.gov"><U><U>gidget_navarro@dot.ca.gov</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> District 4 Director Bijan Sartipi </div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:Bijan.Sartipi@dot.ca.gov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Bijan.Sartipi@dot.ca.gov"><U><U>Bijan.Sartipi@dot.ca.gov</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Send Mail to</div> <bR> <div> Caltrans District 4</div> <div> P.O. Box 23660</div> <div> Oakland, CA 94623-0660</div> <bR> <div> District 4 Bicycle Advisory Committee  http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/shuttle.htm</div> <div> Per their website</div> <div> Formed in 1993, the primary mission of the Caltrans D-4 Bicycle Advisory Committee is to increase bicycle and walking projects in accordance with the California Blueprint for Bicycling and Walking, to encourage safe bicycle improvements, and to continue to support mandatory and routine accommodation for regional bicycle and pedestrian projects across the Nine Bay Area counties.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>