MTC offering paid summer internships for high school students: Deadline March 8
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 8 Feb at 7:17am.

The 2012 Metropolitan Transportation Commission High School Summer Internship Program is now open and accepting student applications online.

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Slow progress on Seventh Street redevelopment leaves architect, business owners frustrated
Article by Jon Leckie.
Last updated at Sun, 15 Jan at 8:25am.

West Oakland’s Seventh Street has witnessed its share of changes over the years.

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Oakland Local’s top stories - Week of Aug. 14-20
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Mon, 22 Aug at 8:38pm.

Have you heard that it’s about to become much easier to make enriched uranium (fuel for nuclear reactors and bombs)? Did this advance in laser technology make you turn off the national/world news and hide under the covers?

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Kaplan joins other leaders, community in opposing MTC's proposed move to San Francisco
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Sun, 21 Aug at 4:46pm.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has called off the moving vans - for now.

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June 2011 MTC Pothole Report: How do Oakland's roads rate?
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 25 Jun at 1:32am.

How's Oakland doing with the pothole problem? And how's the Bay Area pavement doing overall?

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Sign up for Translink Cards is Easy this Summer: Cards soon to be called "Clipper"
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 15 Jun at 1:20am.

BART, AC Transit and the MTC are holding registration events for youth and seniors to register for TransitLink Cards.

Youth and senior discounts are available, but customers must apply in person for a specially encoded youth or senior card.

The schedule and information for upcoming meetings is here:

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Low-income riders of color to testify en masse at MTA budget meeting (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Urban Habitat Tea....
Last updated at Tue, 20 Apr at 2:35pm.

from Urban Habitat: Serve our communities, don't target them! Low-income riders of color to testify en masse at MTA budget meeting

by Bob Allen and Will Dominie

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How Oakland social justice groups convinced feds to yank Airport Connector stimulus funds (City Translator)
Article by The City Translator.
Last updated at Tue, 2 Feb at 11:48am.

The controversial Oakland Airport Connector project may be delayed, and possibly derailed, by a civil rights complaint filed by three Oakland social justice groups.

In a Jan. 15 letter, the head of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) said the agency would withdraw $70 million in crucial stimulus funding for this project unless BART and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) can -- by March 5 -- prove that the Connector would benefit poor people, too. This came in response to a federal complaint filed by Urban Habitat, TransForm, and the interfaith group Genesis.

In this City Translator article, Oakland Local shows how this happened, and considers what might happen from here. Could that $70 million go to fund other local transit needs?...

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