Updated Website Launches for Peninsula's Transportation Authority

The San Mateo County Transportation Authority redesigned its website and invited the public to visit: www.smcta.com.

The updated website aims to provide information about local transportation to the community.

“One of the primary purposes of the redesign was to make a complex agency easier to understand,” TA Graphic Designer Robert Casumbal, said in a statement.

Functional improvements include easier navigation, text-sizing and language translation.

The site also adheres to “responsive design”, which allows it to be accommodated on mobile devices as well as tablets, such as the iPad.

Some of the changes are the result of a survey that asked visitors and other interested stakeholders what information and functions were important to include.

The new website uses photographs and graphics to illustrate how the sales tax funds collected by the TA are allocated and how they are leveraged with other funds to deliver countywide transportation improvements.  

The six program categories included in the voter-approved Transportation Expenditure Plan are shown on a brightly colored pie chart. Each of the categories –transit, highways, local streets and transportation, grade separation, pedestrians and bicycles, and alternative congestion relief – has its own page. 

The website also shows projects underway, such as the San Bruno Grade Separation Project, completed Projects and current “calls for projects.” A call for projects solicits applications from eligible sponsors for available funding.

Budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports back to 2004 are available for viewing. 

Various documents that support the TA, such as the Expenditure Plan, the Strategic Plan, whichprovides a policy framework for programming and allocation decisions, and the Quarterly Capital Projects Reports also are available.

The site also includes information about the board and the citizens advisory committee, including agendas for upcoming meetings and minutes from past meetings.