Vital Signs

News and Stories

News Release

As the Bay Area economy returned solidly to the black from 2010 to 2015, data show the region also turned greener, with total greenhouse gas emissions holding steady during this period and per-capita...

Vital Signs data shows short-term improvement for our air quality. That's largely because of California's strict clean air standards and successful Spare-the-Air days enforced by the Bay Area Air...

The Vital Signs update on transportation data, highlights the latest trends for commuting, congestion, transit ridership, and infrastructure conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area.

News Release

MTC today unveiled its yearly analysis of Bay Area freeway congestion, with new data showing congestion-related delays during weekday commute periods climbed 9 percent to a record average of 3.5...

The latest Vital Signs update for the San Francisco Bay Area shines a spotlight on key social equity issues across the region, ranging from housing affordability to displacement risk.

News Release

Did you know that 45 percent of Bay Area workers in 2015 held jobs paying more than 120 percent of the regional median wage? Or that fewer than one-fifth of the region’s jobs that year were considered...

Top Stories

MTC today updated nine performance indicators on the San Francisco Bay Area economy. The latest Vital Signs release underscores robust economic conditions in the region, with economic output reaching...

MTC’s Vital Signs performance monitoring initiative just released updated data for three indicators related to transportation: time spent in congestion, miles traveled in congestion, and travel time...

New updates to MTC's Vital Signs performance monitoring initiative for five indicators related to the Bay Area's land & people and air quality have been released. Learn more on the Bay Area's latest...

News Release

MTC today unveiled its annual ranking of the Bay Area’s most congested freeway segments, with the afternoon drive on northbound U.S. 101 and eastbound Interstate 80 in San Francisco ranking as the...