Hot-Button Bay Area Topics Addressed on Expanded MTC Website

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA -- Factual information about hot-button Bay Area topics such as housing affordability, poverty rates and life expectancy is now available online.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has expanded its Vital Signs website, Vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov, to include an equity section addressing these and other issues, the agency announced Monday.

The section includes tidbits such as the fact that housing affordability generally is a greater challenge for those who live in Los Angeles, Miami and New York, the agency said.

Visitors can also consult the interactive website to track the Bay Area's progress toward reaching transportation, land use and environmental goals.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

By Bay City News Service

Image via Vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov