The TAMC Board of Directors adopted a racial equity program on August 25, 2021. The program integrates specific racial equity-based activites into three agency areas: funding, public outreach and hiring with a developed a set of issues, potential solutions, action items and a racial equity goal for each area.
They are:
· Funding: Provide an equitable share of transportation investments to underserved, racially diverse communities to improve their health, safety, and quality of life.
· Hiring: Hire to reflect the diversity of the Monterey County community in order to increase TAMC’s success as an agency.
Public Outreach: Design and implement public outreach and engagement that is broadly accessible and provides means for all to participate.
Transportation Agency for Monterey County is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Transportation Agency for Monterey County
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Transportation Agency for Monterey County has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Transportation Agency for Monterey County regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
