ABAG stands for the 91̽»¨. Our mission is to strengthen cooperation and collaboration across local governments to build healthier, stronger communities.
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.
Bay Area jurisdiction staff will find ABAG and MTC technical assistance resources here to help with planning and implementing local policies and projects. Learn more.
Seven regional and state public agencies have executed a new memorandum of understanding committing each agency to a joint work program to address increased threats of flooding and sea level rise in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region.
Bay Area transit’s ongoing transformation into a more connected, more efficient and more customer-focused mobility network today took another step forward as transit agency and MTC staff at the July...
Energy efficiency programs that help jurisdictions meet their climate goals, while providing communities with crucial home retrofits for health and comfort, could be eliminated as early as 2025 through state legislation.
On Friday, June 21, a quorum of representatives from the Bay Area’s nine counties and 101 member cities convened to pass the 2024-2025ABAG budget. Delegates attended the meeting in person at the...
More than 30 years ago state legislation was passed directing ABAG to develop a plan for a regional trail system.
That trail now has 355 spectacular miles of walking and bicycling paths encircling the Bay for everyone who lives here, and everyone who visits.
BayREN helps single family residents, property owners and businesses get technical assistance and access financial resources to reduce energy costs.
BayREN also assists local governments in evaluating and complying with energy codes and standards.
The Estuary’s waters and wetlands are a biological resource of tremendous importance for more than a million migratory birds and a vast diversity of marine wildlife.
The partnership is a collaboration of local, state and federal agencies and other organzations that protect and restore the Bay and Delta.
