About

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.