Transit 2050+

MTC is working  with the region’s transit operators on Transit 2050+ — a parallel long-range planning effort to Plan Bay Area 2050+ that will develop a first-of-its-kind plan to re-envision the future of the public transit network in the nine-county Bay Area.

Because of the pandemic-induced changes to commute patterns and significant reductions in anticipated revenues, Transit 2050+ will comprehensively overhaul the six transit-related strategies included in Plan Bay Area 2050. When finalized, this Transit 2050+ network concept will be incorporated into the Plan Bay Area 2050+ Final Blueprint.

In Fall 2024, the Transit 2050+ project team finalized a draft project list that included more than three dozen transit projects and several programmatic investments envisioned over the next 25 years. Transit projects featured in the network include improvements to existing services, new bus, rail and ferry capital projects, and strategies throughout the region to improve the passenger experience. The project list was adopted by the Commission as part of the Plan Bay Area 2050+ Final Blueprint in January 2025.

Transit 2050+ had its origins in two previous planning efforts:

• The Transit Transformation Action Plan, which aims to improve the Bay Area’s public transportation network to create a more user-friendly and connected system.
• The Plan Bay Area 2050 Implementation Plan, which identified the development of a new transit modal plan known as the Connected Network Plan (CNP). The CNP would take a service-oriented approach to creating an aspirational transit vision for the Bay Area.

Along with the project list included in the Final Blueprint, the Transit 2050+ team will develop a Supplemental Report that details the development of the Transit 2050+ network and identifies early action items that can contribute to implementation of the strategies in the plan's first five years. 

By considering and combining the goals of both plans, Transit 2050+ is re-imagining a Bay Area public transit system that is service-based, hub-oriented and fiscally responsible.