Document Archive

ABAG Spring General Assembly and Summit (open list)
April 2010. The Bay Area’s regional agencies launched One Bay Area at this Earth Day summit, bringing together 350 city and county elected officials, regional leaders and community stakeholders. The resulting initiative and framework kicked off the Bay Area’s efforts to meet SB 375’s requirements to develop strategies for combating climate change and promoting sustainable communities.

• Agenda (PDF)
• Speaker Biographies (PDF)
• Event Press Release (PDF)
• Audio archive (RealAudio)
• Video:
  • Mark Green, ABAG President and Union City Mayor
  • Ron Dellums, Mayor, City of Oakland
  • Michael Woo, Dean, College of Environmental Design, CA Poly Pomona
  • Steve Kinsey, Marin County Supervisor, MTC Commissioner
  • Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor, ABAG Executive Board and MTC Commissioner
  • Panel Discussion: Dave Cortese, Jim Spering, Ken Yeager, Ash Kalra, Jean Quan
  • Strategies for Sustainability: Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, BAAQMD, and San Mateo County Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson, ABAG Immediate Past President
  • Scott Haggerty, Alameda County Supervisor, MTC Chair, ABAG Executive Board, and BAAQMD
• Display Boards: Showcase of Local Government Sustainable Practices (PDF)
  • Building the Bay Area's Electric Vehicle Corridor
  • City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, TDM Guidelines
  • City of Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific Plan
  • City of Sunnyvale Downtown Specific Plan
  • Contra Costa Centre Transit Village
  • Downtown Redwood City Parking Management Plan
  • GreenTRIP, a program of TransForm
  • Safe Routes to School

Draft Plan Bay Area (open list)
Plan Bay Area charts a course for accommodating needed housing growth within our nine counties while at the same time decreasing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. By laying out the Bay Area’s first-ever Sustainable Communities Strategy, Plan Bay Area seeks to meet these challenges without compromising local control of land-use decisions.

• Entire Draft Plan Bay Area (PDF)
  (53 MB file may download slowly)
• Introducing Plan Bay Area: Strategy for a Sustainable Region
• Chapters:
  • 1. Setting Our Sights
  • 2. The Bay Area in 2040
  • 3. Where We Live, Where We Work
  • 4. Investments
  • 5. Performance
  • 6. A Plan to Build On
• What's Next for Plan Bay Area?
• Appendix 1: Supplementary Reports & Additional Resources
• Appendix 2: Maps
• Errata

Supplemental Reports (open list)
Below is the list of supplementary reports and additional resources that comprise Appendix 1 of the Draft Plan Bay Area.

• Draft Transportation Air Quality Conformity Analysis for Plan Bay Area & the 2013 Transportation Improvement Program
• Draft Performance Assessment Report
• Draft Equity Analysis Report: Including Title VI, Environmental Justice & Equity Analysis for Plan Bay Area
  • Appendices A – D to Draft Equity Analysis Report
• Draft Government-to-Government Consultation with Native American Tribes
• Public Outreach and Participation Program
• Draft Summary of Predicted Traveler Responses
• Draft Summary of Predicted Land Use Responses
• Financial Assumptions
• Local Street and Road Needs and Revenue Assessment
• Transit Operating and Capital Needs and Revenue Assessment
• Draft Forecast of Jobs, Population & Housing
• Regional Housing Need Allocation Methodology for 2014-2022
• Online Project Database
• Priority Development Area Development Feasibility & Readiness Assessment
• Economic Impact Analysis for Future Regional Plans
• State Highway Needs and Revenue Assessment
• Glossary

Environmental Impact Report (open list)
ABAG and MTC are required to analyze the environmental impacts of the land use scenarios and transportation investments that will be considered for Plan Bay Area. The process began with a series of five meetings to gather public input.

• Draft Environmental Impact Report (Full report, 179 MB)
• Draft EIR Chapters
  • 0.0 Cover, Intro and Executive Summary
  • Part One: Introduction and Study Approach
    • 1.1 Introduction and Study Approach
    • 1.2 Overview of the Proposed Plan Bay Area
  • Part Two: Settings, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures
    • 2.0 Introduction and Study Approach
    • 2.1 Transportation
    • 2.2 Air Quality
    • 2.3 Land Use and Physical Development
    • 2.4 Energy
    • 2.5 Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases
    • 2.6 Noise
    • 2.7 Geology and Seismicity
    • 2.8 Water Resources
    • 2.9 Biological Resources
    • 2.10 Visual Resources
    • 2.11 Cultural Resources
    • 2.12 Public Utilities and Facilities
    • 2.13 Hazards
    • 2.14 Public Services and Recreation
  • Part Three: Alternative and CEQA-Required Conclusions
    • 3.1 Alternatives to the Proposed Plan
    • 3.2 CEQA Required Conclusions
    • 4 Bibliography and EIR Preparers
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Notice of Prepartion
    • Appendix B1: Agency and Public Interest Group Comments
    • Appendix B2: Citizen Comments
    • Appendix B3: Comments not on the EIR
    • Appendix B4: Scoping Meeting Transcripts
    • Appendix C: Transportation Projects in Each EIR Alternative (Revised 4-10-13)
    • Appendix D: Scoping Comments on Alternatives
    • Appendix E: Air Quality Analysis Methodolgy
    • Appendix F: Geology
    • Appendix G: Water Resources
    • Appendix H: Biological Resources Special Status Species Table H-1
    • Appendix I: Hazards
    • End Cover
• Presentation: Plan Bay Area Environmental Impact Report Scoping Meetings (PDF)
• Press Release: Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for Plan Bay Area (PDF)
• Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for Plan Bay Area (PDF)

Preferred Land Use and Transportation Investment Policy (PDF) (open list)
May 17, 2012. The Preferred Land Use and Transportation Investment Strategy is a key milestone in the development of Plan Bay Area. It combines the Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy with the Transportation Investment Strategy. It will comprise the Plan Bay Area project alternative to be evaluated as part of the Environmental Impact Report required by the California Environmental Quality Act.

• Preferred Land Use and Transportation Investment Policy (PDF) 

Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy (open list)
Final (Revised May 16, 2012). The Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy serves as the land-use element of the Draft Preferred Scenario for Plan Bay Area. It integrates regional priorities across housing, economic development, transportation and land conservation. The background materials consist of reports and presentations developed by several outside consultants.

• Full Report
• Executive Summary
• Appendices
  • High Resolution
  • Low Resolution
• Priority Development Area (PDA) Narratives
• Jobs-Housing Connection Housing Distribution Details (Excel)
• Jobs-Housing Connection Employment Distribution Details (Excel)
• Regional Growth: Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy
  • Bay Area Job Growth to 2040: Projections and Analysis (PDF)
  • Regional Projections to 2040 Presentation (PDF)
• Growth Distribution: Strategic Economics and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development
  • Historic and Projected Employment Trends in the Bay Area (PDF)
  • Demographic Shifts and Implications for TOD Housing Demand (PDF)
  • Employment Distribution Patterns Presentation (PDF)
• Housing: Karen Chapple, UC-Berkeley
  • Evaluating the Effects of Projected Job Growth on Housing Demand (PDF)
  • Housing in the SF Bay Area, 2010-2040 Presentation (PDF)

Draft Transportation Investment Strategy (open list)
April 6, 2012. The Transportation Investment Strategy serves as the transportation element of the Draft Preferred Scenario for Plan Bay Area. When paired with the land-use element (called the “Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy”), it is intended to fully achieve our GHG emission reduction targets and make progress toward the other performance targets adopted by ABAG and MTC.

• Draft Investment Strategy Memo and PPT (PDF)
• Technical Appendices A - C (PDF)
• Technical Documentation for Draft Preferred Transportation Investment Strategy:
  • Appendix A: Final List of Transportation Projects/Programs by County (PDF)
  • Appendix B1: Plan Bay Area 28-Year Investment Summary (PDF)
  • Appendix B2: Plan Bay Area Investment Detail (PDF)
  • Appendix B3: Plan Bay Area High Performing Projects Funding Strategy (PDF)
  • Appendix C1: Plan Bay Area 28-Year Local Street and Road System Preservation Needs and Revenues (PDF)
  • Appendix C2: 28-Year Transit Capital Needs and Revenue Summary (PDF)
  • Appendix C3: Transit Operating 28-Year Needs and Revenue (PDF)
  • Appendix C4: Plan Bay Area 28-Year State Highway & Bridge Needs & Revenue (PDF)
  • Appendix D: Plan Bay Area 28-Year Revenue Forecast Summary (PDF)
  • Appendix E: Technical Summary of Proposed Climate Policy Initiatives (PDF)
  • Appendix F: Technical Summary of Preferred Scenario Equity Analysis Methodology (PDF)
• Correspondence
  • Appendix G: Correspondence/Responses Job-Housing Connection Scenario and Transportation Investment Strategy (PDF)

Transportation Project Performance Assessment (open list)
Revised Results - January 24, 2012. Since the November release of draft project performance assessment results, MTC staff received feedback from commissioners, county congestion management agencies, project sponsors and other stakeholders. The revised results reflect additional information received for specific projects, as well as refinements to the assessment methodology for selected targets.

• Summary Packet (Memo + Attachment A) (PDF)
• Components of Revised Project Assessment Release:
  • Memo(PDF)
  • Attachment A: Project Assessment Summary Materials (PDF)
  • Attachment B: Revised Benefit-Cost Assessment: Detailed Materials (PDF)
  • Attachment C: Revised Targets Assessment: Detailed Materials (PDF)
  • Attachment D: Equity Considerations (PDF)
• Complete Packet (Memo + All Attachments) (PDF)
• Supplemental Attachment 1: Benefit-Cost Assessment Methodology (PDF)

Winter 2012 Public Engagement (open list)
Winter 2012. The following documents summarize the second round of public outreach conducted by MTC and ABAG for Plan Bay Area. The outreach consisted of public workshops, focus groups, a virtual workshop and telephone survey.

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 
• Telephone Survey
  • Telephone Survey Topline Summary
  • Telephone Survey Summary Report
  • PowerPoint Presentation
• Virtual Workshop
• Workshop Results by County
  • Alameda County
    • Workshop Overview
      • Workshop: Open Comment Station
      • Workshop: Written Comments
      • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
      • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group, Summary
  • Contra Costa County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group, Summary
  • Marin County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group, Summary
  • Napa County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
  • San Francisco County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group #1, Summary
    • Community Based Focus Group #2, Summary
  • San Mateo County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group, Summary
  • Santa Clara County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group #1, Summary
    • Community Based Focus Group #2, Summary
  • Solano County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group, Summary
  • Sonoma County
    • Workshop Overview
    • Workshop: Open Comment Station
    • Workshop: Written Comments
    • Workshop: Comments on Transportation Trade-Offs
    • Workshop: Comments on Land Use
    • Community Based Focus Group, Summary

Alternative Scenarios Analysis and Results (open list)
December 2011. Agency staff presented results of the analysis performed on the five alternative Plan Bay Area land-use and transportation scenarios that were approved for study in June 2011.

• Scenario Analysis and Targets Scorecard (PDF)
  December 2011
• SCS Indicators handout (PDF)
• SCS Indicator maps (PDF)
• Related: Equity Analysis Results (PDF)

List of Significant Uncommitted Projects (open list)
November 23, 2011. Does the list of significant uncommitted projects belong by itself? Or should this document be grouped with one of the other categories of technical documents?

• List of Significant Uncommitted Projects (PDF)

Transportation Project Performance Assessment (open list)
Draft Results -November 4, 2011. MTC conducted the draft project performance assessment to help inform the discussion of trade-offs in developing a draft program of transportation investments for Plan Bay Area in early 2012.

• FAQs (PDF)
• Memo to MTC Planning Committee (PDF)
• Presentation to MTC Planning Committee (PDF)
• Draft Results Summary Tables (PDF)
• Detailed Tables (PDF)

Alternative Land Use Scenarios: Core Concentration, Focused Growth, and Outer Bay Area Growth (open list)
August 30, 2011. This report assesses economic growth, financial feasibility and planning strategies for 3 of the 5 alternative land-use scenarios that were approved for study in June 2011.

• Alternative Land Use Scenarios (PDF)
• Map: Existing Conditions (2010 Census) (PDF)
• Map: Core Concentration Scenario (PDF)
• Map: Focused Growth Scenario (PDF)
• Map: Outer Bay Area Scenario (PDF)

Draft List of Projects (open list)
June 15, 2011. Does this draft list of projects belong by itself? Or should this document be grouped with one of the other categories of technical documents?

• Draft List of Projects (PDF)

Alternative Scenarios Chosen for Study (open list)
June 2011. In June 2011, MTC and ABAG approved five alternative Plan Bay Area land-use and transportation scenarios for evaluation and testing to demonstrate how the region might achieve a set of performance targets for the environment, the economy and social equity.

Technical Summary of Predicted Traveler Responses to First Round Scenarios (open list)
March 22, 2011. Does this technical summary belong by itself? Or should this document be grouped with one of the other categories of technical documents?

Spring 2011 Public Engagement (open list)
Spring 2011. MTC and ABAG conducted 10 workshops to solicit public comment on priorities for future land development, housing growth, transportation investment options and potential policy initiatives to be considered as part of Plan Bay Area. We also conducted a telephone survey and contracted with 14 community-based organizations in low-income communities and communities of color to involve residents in those communities in the Plan Bay Area dialogue.

• Public Comments Memo and Full Report (PDF)
• Public Comments Presentation (PDF)
• CBO Outreach Overview (PDF)
• Video:
  • How Will We Grow? Plan Bay Area Public Outreach, Spring 2011
  • Community-Based Outreach
• Telephone Survey
  • Telephone Survey Topline Survey
• Public Workshop Results by County
  • Alameda County - Berkeley
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
  • Alameda County - Oakland
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
  • Alameda County - CBO Outreach Results
    • East and West Oakland (PDF)
    • Hayward/Union City (PDF)
    • Youth/Public Radio (PDF)
  • Contra Costa County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results
      • Concord (PDF)
      • Richmond/San Pablo (PDF)
  • Marin County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results — Marin City/Canal Neighborhood (PDF)
  • Napa County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
  • San Francisco County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results
      • South of Market/Tenderloin/Chinatown (PDF)
      • Bayview Hunters Point/Mission (PDF)
  • San Mateo County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results
      • North Fair Oaks/East Palo Alto (PDF)
      • South San Francisco/San Bruno (PDF)
  • Santa Clara County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results
      • Central San Jose (PDF)
      • San Jose/Milpitas (PDF)
  • Solano County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results — Dixon/Solano County (PDF)
  • Sonoma County
    • Workshop Overview (PDF)
    • Workshop Small Group Comment Sheets (PDF)
    • Workshop Click Voting Results (PDF)
    • CBO Outreach Results — Santa Rosa/Roseland (PDF)
  • Other
    • Workshop Comment Forms (PDF)

Initial Vision Scenario (open list)
March 11, 2011. The Initial Vision Scenario was the starting point for development of Plan Bay Area. It proposed an "unconstrained" development pattern that depends upon a strong economy, sufficient funding for affordable housing and supportive public infrastructure and transportation investments. Public input on the Initial Vision Scenario informed development of more detailed planning scenarios.

• Memo (PDF)
• Overview (PDF)
• Presentation (PDF)
• Full Report (PDF)
• County Maps (PDF)

Plan Bay Area: Building on a Legacy of Leadership (open list)
March 2011. This 12-page brochure is an introduction and primer to Plan Bay Area.

• Plan Bay Area: Building on a Legacy of Leadership

ABAG Focus Forum - Transit Sustainability Project (open list)
March 2011.

• ABAG Focus Forum - Transit Sustainability Project (PDF)

SB 375 (open list)

• Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Statutory Language (PDF)
• Recommendations of the Regional Targets Advisory Committee pursuant to SB 375 (PDF)
• Bay Area Principles for Establishing Regional GHG Reduction Targets (July 2010) (PDF)

Land Use Data (open list)

• Memo: Planned Priority Development Area Assessment – Expected Growth & Infrastructure Needs (PDF) 8-30-10
• Memo: Planned Priority Development Area Assessment – Readiness (PDF) 9-27-10
• Memo: Priority Development Area Assessment: Completeness – Schools (PDF) 11-9-10
• Presentation: Employment Distribution Patterns and the SCS (PDF) 2-7-12
• Presentation: Regional Projections to 2040: Methodology and Results (PDF) 2-7-12
• Bay Area Job Growth to 2040: Projections and Analysis (PDF) 2-7-12
• Evaluating the Effects of Projected Job Growth on Housing Demand (PDF) 2-7-12
• Housing in the SF Bay Area, 2010-2040 Presentation (PDF) 2-7-12
• Memo: Historic and Projected Employment Trends in the Bay Area (PDF) 3-19-12
• Memo: Demographic shifts and Implications for TOD Housing Demand (PDF) 3-19-12
• Jobs-Housing Connection Housing Distribution Details (Excel)
• Jobs-Housing Connection Employment Distribution Details (Excel)

Plan Bay Area Process Fact Sheets (open list)

• Transportation Project Performance Assessment (PDF)
• Performance Targets (PDF)
• Committed Funds and Projects Policy (PDF)
• Financial Forecasts (PDF)
• Transportation Project Performance Assessment (PDF)

Additional Fact Sheets (open list)

• Senate Bill 375, The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 (PDF)
• Agenda 21 Myths and Facts (PDF)

San Francisco Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan (open list)
June 2012. The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan is a detailed blueprint for executing the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development. It aims to increase access to regional prosperity for workers who cannot make ends meet, by creating middle-income jobs and developing and preserving affordable housing in transit-served communities.

• San Francisco Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan (PDF)