ORGANIZING FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

This is one of six case studies exploring regional cooperation among transportation operating organizations. These studies, developed in conjunction with the National Dialogue on Transportation Operations, document alternative approaches for developing and sustaining regional transportation operations and portray institutional practices and lessons learned. They provide examples of experiences that reflect National Dialogue goals of facilitating cultural transitions within transportation operating entities that are driven by system performance and customer service measures. They are intended to serve as a resource guide for decision makers as well as transportation management and operations staff. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the transportation planning, financing, and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area's transportation network includes highways, carpool lanes, local streets, transit routes, rail transit, bridges, ports, commuter ferry lines, airports and bicycle trails.