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MTC presents Plan Bay Area 2050+ to SF Transportation Authority, acknowledges big fiscal trade-offs
Summary
MTC/ABAG officials outlined Plan Bay Area 2050+, highlighting a Transit 2050+ vision, targeted growth geographies in San Francisco, an $80 billion transportation revenue shortfall since 2021 forecasts, and a resilience project list that estimates roughly $27 billion needed in San Francisco for sea-level rise protections.
Dave Vaughton, director of regional planning for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), presented Plan Bay Area 2050+ to the San Francisco Transportation Authority on the plan's goals, fiscal limits and near-term priorities.
Vaughton said the update is a focused iteration of the 2021 plan intended to guide transportation, housing, economic development and environmental resilience across the Bay Area. "Plan Bay Area 2050 plus seeks to create a more affordable, connected, diverse, vibrant, and healthy Bay Area for all who call it home," he said. He described the plan as a "regional vision" that does not override local land-use authority or allocate money directly to projects.
Why it matters: the plan establishes a blueprint for where the region will prioritize housing and…
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