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<br />EGIONAi. <br />AIRPORT <br />STUDY <br />~ e <br />:~, <br />~~ <br />~ 1 <br />~_ ~ :. ~; <br />~. <br />~. <br />.~ -w- ~ 4 <br />HOME <br />Get Involved <br />Sign up for email blasts. <br />Email:* <br />_. <br />Format:* HTML -' <br />Sign Up <br />Regional Agencies <br />. MTC: Metropolitan <br />Transportation Commission <br />. ABAG: Association of_BaV Area <br />Governments <br />BCDC: Bay Conservation and <br />Development Commission <br />Regional Airport Planning: <br />Committee (RAPC) <br />. AQMD: Bay Area Air Quality <br />Management-District <br />FAA: Federal Aviation <br />Administration <br />. SFO: San Francisco <br />International Airport <br />OAK: Metropolitan Oakland <br />international AirporE. <br />SJC: Norman Y. Mineta San <br />Jose Internationia Airport <br />. Caltrans: California <br />Department of Transportation, <br />Division of Aeronautics <br />Contact Us: <br />The Regional Airport Study is <br />currently underway. For more <br />information, please contact us, at <br />info@regionalairportstudY.con <br />ABOUT THE STUDY MEETINGS LIBRARY <br />ABOUT THE STUDY <br />With projected growth in business and recreational travel, as well as with <br />growth iri the shipment of air cargo, Bay Area airports may face capacity..,.: <br />issues in he future, possibly .around 2020. <br />Current forecasts estimate that by 2035: <br />. 63y Area air passengers will increase by 67°(.,; <br />. Air cargo would increase 9Z°ro; and'' <br />. 6usihess jet activity. would increase by 56°fo. <br />The Regional Airport Study is exploring a number of different scenarios that <br />cah serve future traffic demand_at the Bay Area airports, including spreading . <br />more service to Oakland and San Jose Airports, expanding airline serve to <br />alternate airports, accommodating some air passengers on High,Speed'Rail, <br />deploying ,new Air Traffic Control technologies, and putting controas on flights <br />so runway's can. operate efficientty,.The Study will. be completedin the early <br />part of 2D11. <br />Goals <br />The Regional Airport Study will be guided by thefollowing coals in order to <br />address user needs, provide support for-the Bay Area economy, .and address <br />impacts from airport activity on khe erivironmentand bn people ivho'live <br />near airports. <br />Healthy Economy <br />. Reliable Runways. <br />• Good Passenger Service <br />• Convenient Airports <br />.Climate Protection <br />. Clean. Air <br />. Livable Communities <br />Metropolitan Transportation Commission <br />,~ 101 Eigh[h Street, Oakland, California 94607 <br />Phone: 510.817.5700, Fax: 510.817.5848 <br />© 2010 MTC <br />I Go to ton <br />http://www.regionalairportstudy.com/about.html 7/7/2010 <br />