Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area)

Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)

Agency overview
Formed	1970
Jurisdiction	San Francisco Bay Area
Headquarters	Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale St, San Francisco, California 94105
Employees	289
Annual budget	$1.36 billion (2019) [1]
Agency executive	Andrew B. Fremier, Executive Director
Child agencies	Bay Area Toll Authority Service Authority for Freeways & Expressways
Website	mtc.ca.gov

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the government agency responsible for regional transportation planning and financing in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was created in 1970 by the State of California, with support from the Bay Area Council, to coordinate transportation services in the Bay Area's nine counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.^[2] The MTC is fourth most populous metropolitan planning organization in the United States.