IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Transportation 2035

This effort will define a vision for what the region’s transportation network should encompass by the year 2035.

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 2030

The new Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), Transportation 2030 details transportation investments throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area from 2005 through 2030.

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

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. 

HOV/HOT Lanes

This study will assess the feasibility of developing a regional network of high-occupancy/toll (HOT) lanes and define a phased implementation plan.

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.

Urban Partnership Program

MTC's proposal to deliver congestion reduction by 2009 through a bold program combing the “four Ts:” tolling, advanced technology, transit and transportation demand management.

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.