The Winter Spare the Air Season is in effect from November 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011. The Winter Spare the Air program notifies residents when concentrations of tiny particles, or soot, are anticipated to be unhealthy. On these high pollution days, the Air District will issue a Winter Spare the Air Alert which prohibits wood burning throughout the Bay [...]
Members of the MPBTA opened their parking lots and provided manpower to host a 4 day, e-waste event. Each day a single company hosted TDR Electronic Recycling, an e-waste collector. People brought monitors, phones, t.v.’s, printers, and other e-waste products to be safely disposed of or recycled. Many people commented that this was a great [...]
After almost 2 years of waiting, the Bay Trail between Mountain View and Sunnyvale opened to the public in September. The Bay Trail covers over 500-miles of shore with plans to connect all nine Bay Area counties, link 47 cities, and cross the major toll bridges. Approximately 290 miles of the trail have been completed, with [...]
The 5th Annual Tour de Moffett Park was a great success! This year over 180 bicyclist from MPBTA member companies participated in the lunch-time rides. Sponsored by Moffett Park Business & Transportation Association, NetApp and Lockheed Martin enjoyed the beautiful day with a 7 mile ride that took them around the Moffett Park area, out [...]
Sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) the 2010 National Dump the Pump Day is a day that encourages people to ride public transportation and save money, instead of driving a car. Started in June 2006 when gas prices were $3 per gallon, this national day emphasizes that public transportation is a great travel [...]
Moffett Park Business & Transportation Association and Juniper Networks sponsor The 8th Annual Bike to Work Lunch & Ride Extravaganza May 11th, 2010. Take part in a 6-mile ride around the Moffett Park area Enjoy lunch provided by Juniper Networks Visit vendors who will be on site with bike related wares Put your name in the raffle to win [...]
The San Francisco Bay Area’s 16th Annual Bike to Work Day will take place on Thursday, May 13th, 2010. Bike to Work Day is the premier bicycling event taking place in all of Northern California with all nine bay Area counties participating in the celebration. The event is just one day of many events taking [...]
U.S. 101 northbund will be subject to full, weeknight closures between March 15 and May 28, 2010. The full freeway closures will begin at midnight on Monday through Thursday and re-open at 4:00 am. On Friday, full freeway closures will begin at 9:00 pm and open at 4am on Monday. Motorist should expect intermittent [...]
Caltrans will begin to repair the Mathilda Avenue overcrossing that was damaged last September when a big rig traveling on northbound U.S. 101 struck and damaged five concrete girders. The work is scheduled during the week of February 22, weather permitting. K-rail concrete barriers were installed and temporary striping applied in prepartation of the project. [...]
City Council has completed their 2010 Study Issues/Budget Issues Workshop. These rankings will become the priority list of issues Council will study through the current year. For many years the City’s study issues process has provided both City Council and City staff with a valuable planning and management tool. Through this process, Council sets priorities [...]