News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
Therese W. McMillan, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) since 2019, notified the Commission that she will retire from both positions on January 31, 2023. Read More
The Technical Assistance Portal, a joint effort of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Association of Bay Area Governments, is a one-stop shop of programs that provide planning and technical support to make it easier for city and county agencies to access resources they need. Read More
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) today announced the selection of Derek Hansel to serve as the agencies’ chief financial officer following the January retirement of longtime CFO and municipal finance industry leader Brian Mayhew. Read More
Think of it as a one-stop shop for Bay Area city and county agencies to access resources they need to address housing, environment, land use, resilience and transportation. Read More
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Chair Alfredo Pedroza and Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board President Jesse Arreguín are lauding Congress for its passage Friday of the nearly $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, noting that the funding package will help implement many of the 35 strategies included in Plan Bay Area 2050, the long-term regional plan for transportation, housing, the environment and the economy adopted last month by both agencies. Read More
Guided by input from more than 20,000 Bay Area residents, nearly four years of planning work came to a close Oct. 1 with the final release of Plan Bay Area 2050. Read More
After three years of public discussion and technical work, The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) released Draft Plan Bay Area 2050 on Wednesday. Plan Bay Area 2050 is a long-range plan charting the course for the future of the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The Draft Plan Bay Area 2050 is being released today for a public comment period that will run through 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Read More
MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) invite members of the public to take part in a survey about the Implementation Plan phase of Plan Bay Area 2050. Read More
As the challenging year that was 2020 fades into the history books, The Bay Link looks back at the most popular blog posts of the year as measured by the number of visits. Topics range from tolls to a ferry anniversary to housing. So, without further ado, here they are. Happy New Year! Read More
MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) have released the Plan Bay Area 2050 Final Blueprint Outcomes — a major milestone in the development of Plan Bay Area 2050, the Bay Area’s long-range plan to guide the growth of the nine-county region for the next generation. Read More