County Needs Volunteers for Transportation Authority's Advisory Committee

By Bay City News Service:

The San Mateo County Transportation Authority is asking for five volunteers to serve on its Citizen Advisory Committee, a spokesman for the authority said Thursday.

The terms of five members are expiring, SMCTA spokesman Will Reisman said.

The committee will advise the authority’s board of directors on transportation expenditure plan projects and programs and on the use of money collected under Measure A.

Measure A is a half-cent sales tax approved by voters to provide money for improving transportation and infrastructure. The expenditure plans indicate which projects and programs are priorities for improving transportation in the county and includes improvements to Caltrain, highways and streets, paratransit service and walkways and bikeways.

Volunteers must be San Mateo County residents. The committee meets in San Carlos at 4:30 p.m. on the Tuesday before the first Thursday each month.

April 3 is the deadline for submitting and application.

Anyone interested in applying can download an application at http://www.smcta.com/about/cac/TA_CAC_Online_Application.html.