Metropolitan Transportation Commission: Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge, an innovative new approach to prepare the Bay Area for the effects of climate change, launched yesterday with an open call for community leaders, local elected officials, national experts and residents to come together and address this critical issue. Local elected officials and regional agency representatives gathered with private sector representatives at the waterfront in Oakland to announce the initiative, including Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who also is an MTC commissioner. “Now is the time for cities to rise up, and for regions to collaborate,” Schaaf said. Continue reading>>