IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The TODcast

MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) have released a series of five narrated audio tours of transit corridors and transit-oriented developments (TOD).

Climate Change

MTC and its regional partners are confronting the daunting challenge posed by global climate change.

Parking Policies to Promote Smart Growth

Parking policies play a key role in shaping development patterns in communities throughout the Bay Area — and have a major impact on the quality and feasibility of transit-oriented development.

ADOPTED PLANS

Transportation 2035 : Change in Motion

The new Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), Transportation 2035 details transportation investments throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area through 2035.

Regional Airport Planning

The plan to guide runway capacity decisions in the Bay Area was approved by MTC on September 27, 2000.

Regional Rail Plan

MTC helped develop a Bay Area Regional Rail Plan to improve the current rail system, map out future rail lines and station locations, and intergrate passenger and freight rail sharing on existing tracks.

SF-Oakland Bay Bridge

Historical background on the design of the new east span.

ITS Regional Architecture

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Transit Connectivity Plan

A comprehensive strategy for easing passengers’ movement from one transit system to another

Regional Goods Movement Study

This study looks at how to improve cargo and freight transport in the region.

Regional Transit Expansion Program

Resolution 3434 rail, bus and ferry transit projects

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

State of the System Report

MTC and Caltrans have prepared a joint report that summarizes the performance of the Bay Area transportation system.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Bicycles and Pedestrians

Regional planning information, collision statistics and a comprehensive safety toolbox.

Community-Based Planning

This program's goal is to advance the findings of the Lifeline Transportation Network Report through collaboration with community organizations, transit agencies and congestion management agencies.

Coordinated Public Transit / Human Services Transportation Plan

This plan will focus on the transportation needs of the region’s low-income, elderly and disabled populations. 

Emergency Coordination

Regional transportation emergency plans have been developed and annual preparedness exercises conducted to ensure coordinated responses to a regional disaster.

Express (HOT) Lanes and Carpool Lanes

The region’s Transportation 2035 Plan commits to developing an 800-mile express lane network throughout the region. The approach is to convert 500 miles of existing carpool lanes to express lanes and use the revenue to close gaps and extend the region’s carpool network, by building 300 more miles of express lanes, and fund other important transportation projects and transit operations in the express lane corridors.

Joint Policy Committee

The Joint Policy Committee (JPC) coordinates the regional planning efforts of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and MTC.

Lifeline Transportation Program

MTC works with local agencies to improve access to public transit for new entrants to the job market.

Smart Growth / Transportation for Livable Communities

Bay Area communities are getting a little tender loving care from MTC in the form of initiatives to foster pedestrian-friendly development and travel options such as walking, bicycling and public transit.

Vasco Road Safety Study

Recommendations to fund, construct and maintain a median barrier on Vasco Road