The San Francisco Bay Area (referred to locally as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California.The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, along with smaller urban and rural areas.The Bay Area's nine counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, …

People in the San Francisco Bay Area rely on a complex multimodal transportation infrastructure consisting of roads, bridges, highways, rail, tunnels, airports, seaports, and bike and pedestrian paths.The development, maintenance, and operation of these different modes of transportation are overseen by various agencies, including the California Department of Transportation (), the …

Die San Francisco Bay Area [ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ ˌbeɪ ˈeəɹiə] (Gebiet um die Bucht von San Francisco), kurz auch die Bay Area genannt, ist eine Metropolregion im nördlichen Teil des US-Bundesstaates Kalifornien.Ihre wichtigsten Städte gruppieren sich um die Bucht von San Francisco.Größte Stadt der Region ist San Jose südlich der Bucht, kulturell dominierend jedoch …