West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee - how we started

WCCTAC is one of four Regional Transportation Planning Committees in Contra Costa County.

WCCTAC is governed by a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement between the following member agencies: the cities of El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo; Contra Costa County; and the transit providers, AC Transit, BART, and WestCAT.

The current WCCTAC Board members are:

City of El Cerrito	Janet Abelson
City of Hercules	Ed Balico
City of Pinole	Roy Swearingen
City of Richmond	Thomas Butt
City of Richmond	Tony Thurmond
City of Richmond	Maria Viramontes, Vice Chair
City of San Pablo	Sharon Brown, Chair
AC Transit	Joe Wallace
BART	Bob Franklin
WestCAT	Jerrold Parsons
Contra Costa County	John Gioia

Two WCCTAC members also sit on the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) Board. CCTA is the countywide governing body for Measure C as well as state and federal transportation revenues that are allocated to Contra Costa County. CCTA also serves as the county’s Congestion Management Authority.

Current CCTA Board members from the WCCTAC region are: Janet Abelson and Maria Viramontes; Ed Balico serves as Alternate.

View the WCCTAC Org Chart

The Regional Transportation Planning Committees were created to manage the 1988 Measure “C” 1/2 cent transportation sales tax projects and programs. In addition to managing revenues from Measure C, WCCTAC also participates in defining and implementing policies, programs and projects to improve local and regional transportation and air quality.