Tools + Resources

Pages throughout our website feature Related Documents that help you learn even more about a chosen topic.

Reflecting MTC’s collaborative approach to regional transportation issues, the Digital Library includes documents produced by many of our partner agencies.

Just type a key word or phrase such as “pavement” or “Plan Bay Area” to zip through the Digital Library archives and find the documents you’re looking for.

The MTC-ABAG Library is a fully accredited facility stacked with books and periodicals with a special focus on transportation and planning.

Our library has the MTC studies, reports and brochures you’re looking for, plus other publications to help you get the latest word on transportation planning, demographics, economic indicators and regional issues.

Are you researching transportation planning, census data, demographics, housing or public policy issues?  Call 415-778-5236 or email library@bayareametro.gov to contact the MTC-ABAG Librarian.

 StreetSaver® is MTC’s award-winning software that helps our cities and counties make maintenance decisions to prevent pavement problems.

The Complete Streets program provides tools for emerging street types, safety strategies and quick build materials.

The Technology Transfer Program provides technical presentations by topic experts, as well as presentations from local engineers on recent projects in the Bay Area.

We provide the general public and local agencies access to MTC data through our Open Data Library; and use this information ourselves for forecasting, planning analyses, and the creation of maps and charts. 

We use the detailed information provided every decade by the U.S. Census Bureau to help ensure our region’s communities receive their fair share of state and federal funding. 

Custom-crafted for MTC Commissioners, these maps help illustrate important trends in our ever-changing region.

MTC’s interactive Travel Time Housing Map spotlights the tradeoffs that often must be made to balance housing affordability and commute times.

Featuring much more than highways and cities, our Bay Area transportation map highlights rail lines, ferry routes, airports, the Bay Trail and key land uses to illustrate both the similarities and differences among our communities.