Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Government AdministrationCalifornia, United States201-500 Employees
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) plans, funds, and coordinates transportation across the San Francisco Bay Area's nine counties, directing regional, state, and federal allocations for projects. It maintains long-range planning, including the Regional Transportation Plan known as Plan Bay Area, which guides the development of mass transit, highways, airports, seaports, rail, and bicycle and pedestrian networks. Additionally, MTC operates as the Bay Area Toll Authority and the Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways, and it runs programs such as FasTrak, Clipper, and the 511 Traveler Information System. A 21-member policy board leads the agency, supported by a citizen advisory panel and a coalition of federal, state, regional, and local agencies focused on transportation and environmental quality in the Bay Area. Based in San Francisco in the Bay Area, the agency is a mid-sized government administration employing hundreds of staff, and its core purpose is to ensure the transportation networks function smoothly and meet residents' mobility needs now and in the future.