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Kern COG is an association of city and county governments primarily created to address regional transportation issues. Its member agencies include the County of Kern and its 11 incorporated cities. |
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Recent News from Kern COG |
Federal Grant for urbanized Bakersfield Workshop
Kern Council of Governments is offering a workshop for federal grants to improve transportation of low-income and disabled residents of urbanized Bakersfield. Approximately $400,000 is available in the Job Access Reverse Commute program that provides transportation options to and from work sites or work training sites. Approximately $74,000 is available for projects designed to assist disabled residents beyond American’s with disabilities act projects. You are invited to join us for a public workshop to discuss the grant application process. Information is available here.
CMAQ Call for Projects
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program Call for Projects - the application package is available and applications are due January 30, 2012
High Speed Rail
The California High-Speed Rail is planned to travel through Kern County with a stop at the Bakersfield High-Speed Rail Station. For information about what Kern is doing in preparation for the HSR click here.
Kern COG Quarterly Newsletter
Kern COG's longtime Executive Director Ron Brummett retired in December after receiving approval of the agency's 2012 Regional Transportation Improvement Program, which calls for $25 million in new projects. Read these stories and more in Kern COG's Winter Quarterly.
January 2012 Projects of Regional Significance
The January 2012 edition of the Progress Report for Projects of Regional Significance is now available.
 Transportation Progress Report [January 2012] 600 KB
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