About ABAG
ABAG stands for the Association of Bay Area Governments. ABAG is part regional planning agency and part local government service provider. We accomplish our goals by providing planning services and cost-effective ABAG member services to local governments struggling with rising costs and diminishing incomes. The consolidated staff of ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) staff have been working as one team since 2017.
Mission, Vision & Values
Our mission is to advance shared local and regional priorities for transportation, housing and the environment. In 2024, the ABAG-MTC Executive Team adopted this mission, along with a vision statement, values, goals and objectives, to guide the work of agency staff, in the service of making the Bay Area the best it can be.
Combining Goals with MTC
ABAG shares many of the same planning goals and initiatives with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, or MTC, and we are now working together. Get the history.
Did You Know?
ABAG helps facilitate major projects around the Bay to protect our natural environments — both on and off the water.