As part of the Monterey County Rail Extension Kick Start Project - Package 1, TAMC has constructed improvements at the Salinas train station. Also known as the Intermodal Transportation Center, the site is in downtown Salinas on State Route 183 (Market Street), a walkable distance to the Monterey Salinas Transit (MST) bus center and the main employment areas of downtown Salinas. To date, the…

Monday, March 29, 2021

MONTEREY COUNTY – The Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) announced that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $12.04 million in Active Transportation funds for the City of Seaside’s “Broadway Avenue Complete Street Corridor” project. This funding will be matched with $1.02 million from TAMC and $940 thousand in local Measure X funds to redesign Broadway Avenue…

TAMC Board Approves Programming for Federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 Funds

TAMC Hosts Unmet Transit Needs Public Hearing

Caltrans District 5  Released the following update on February 1, 2020 at  1:00 p.m.

Currently there is no safe access for vehicles, bicyclists or pedestrians through the Highway 1/Rat Creek washout. The slide area has been secured, heavy equipment is being mobilized and engineering crews continue doing damage assessment and monitoring up and downslopes for potential further instability and movement. Thanks for your patience and cooperation.

To the surprise of his colleagues, when Supervisor Lopez said he wanted to comment on the "Gloria Road/Iverson/Johnson Canyon Road Project, no one knew he was standing in the rain along Johnson Canyon Road until he turned on his camera to talk about the improvements and its significance for those who can travel safely along the roadways. 

The Transportation Agency presented their 19th Annual Transportation Excellence Awards to honor community members, programs and projects that make a significant contribution to improve transportation in Monterey County. This year’s awards recognize a city’s effort to reduce congestion along their mayor arteries, a unique public-private partnership that worked together in South County to make road…

Wednesday, January 27, 2021                                                                                                              

The Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, January 15, 2021 to celebrate the improvements at the Intermodal Transportation Center in Salinas. TAMC Executive Director Debbie Hale was joined by several elected officials to present to the community the completion of Package 1 of the Monterey County Rail Extension Package 1.

TRANSPORTATION:  Surviving 2020 with Hope & Resiliency

The Transportation Agency and Caltrans seek to rescind the old Prunedale Bypass route segment of the US 101 corridor, sell the excess property originally purchased for the bypass in the 1970’s, and insure that the estimated $10 million of proceeds from the sell are applied to a project (or projects) identified in the Monterey County Local Alternative Transportation Improvement Program.

At the June 24, 2020 meeting of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Board of Directors, the Board adopted the State Route 156 Multimodal Corridor Plan. The State Route 156 Multimodal Corridor Plan was developed with the intent of presenting an integrated analysis of mode-specific plans along the corridor in order to document the eligibility of the State Route 156 Castroville Boulevard…