Relationships between the transit operator and the regional planning agency in a large metropolitan area. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1973.

The intergovernmental relationship between the transit operator and the regional planning agency in the San Francisco Bay area, is explained. It is shown how the creation of a regional transportation commission with powers to plan and allocate resources for both transit and higway modes can give a metropolitan area a new start.