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The San Francisco County Transportation Authority has released “TNCs Today: A Profile of San Francisco Transportation Network Company Activity.” The draft report is the first comprehensive estimate of the volume, frequency and coverage of ride-hailing trips by Uber and Lyft in San Francisco.  

Key findings of the report, which focused only on Transportation Network Company trips made entirely within San Francisco, include:

• On a typical weekday, TNCs make more than 170,000 vehicle trips within San Francisco, approximately 12 times the number of taxi trips, representing 15% of all intra-San Francisco vehicle trips.
• TNC trips are concentrated in the densest and most congested parts of San Francisco, including the downtown and northeastern core of the city. At peak periods, TNCs are estimated to comprise 20-26% of vehicle trips in Downtown areas and the South of Market. At the other end of the range, TNCs comprise 2%-4% of peak vehicle trips in the southern and western part of the city.
• On an average weekday, more than 5,700 TNC vehicles operate on San Francisco streets during the peak period. On Fridays, over 6,500 TNC vehicles are on the street at the peak.
• TNCs drive approximately 570,000 vehicle miles within San Francisco on a typical weekday. This accounts for 20% of all local daily vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and includes both in-service and out-of-service mileage. Taken over total weekday VMT, which includes regional trips, local TNC trips account for an estimated 6.5% of total weekday vehicle miles traveled.
• TNCs provide broader geographic coverage than taxis, though there appear to be lower levels of both types of trips in the south and southeast part of the city.

Learn more and get copies of the report at www.sfcta.org/TNCsToday

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The San Francisco County Transportation Authority’s Yerba Buena Island I-80 Westbound Ramps project won two major project delivery awards.

The $100 million project was opened to traffic last fall and is the agency’s first major capital construction project.

Project partners included Caltrans, Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA), and the U.S. Coast Guard. The project’s 13.2 percent participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises included more than two dozen  women-, African-American- and LGBT-owned firms.

The Construction Management Association of America (Northern California Chapter) on May 18 awarded the Transportation Authority and its partners its large project Achievement Award for projects exceeding $50 million in value. Separately, the California Transportation Foundation on May 24 named the YBI Ramps the Interchange Project of the Year.

Download our press release to learn more.

The Transportation 2045 (T2045) Task Force has been convened by the Honorable Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Board of Supervisors President London Breed. The Task Force will be co-chaired by the Mayor's Chief of Staff, Steve Kawa, and San Francisco County Transportation Authority Chair and City Supervisor, Aaron Peskin. Task Force members represent the community at large, including individuals representing neighborhoods; small and large businesses; transportation, housing and environmental justice advocacy groups; labor and civic organizations; and city and regional transportation agencies.

To ensure a safe, reliable, and affordable transportation system, the Task Force will meet over the coming months to discuss options for how the City can generate revenue, prioritize expenditures over the long-term, and balance regional and neighborhood-level needs.

The goals of the Task Force are to:

• Identify transportation funding needs and gaps in resources
• Identify potential revenue options to close the gaps

T2045 will build off the City's previous transportation planning efforts (including the Transportation Task Force 2030 process, The San Francisco Transportation Plan, Plan Bay Area, and Propositions J and K previously on the November 2016 ballot) and incorporate the progress we've made in the intervening years as well as the new challenges we face as a city.

Use this link to learn more.

The Transportation Authority is proud to continue our support for Bike to Work Day. Bicycling is a healthy, sustainable and fun way to get around San Francisco.

Our commitment to cycling extends well beyond Bike to Work Day. The agency has allocated approximately $11 million from the city's half-cent sales tax, along with other funding sources for bike-related improvements citywide. These investments include big, exciting projects like the newly opened Mansell Street bike path through McLaren Park and the Vista Point rest area on Yerba Buena Island, innovative concepts like the Market Street raised cycletrack and basic necessities like the thousands of new bike racks installed across the city.

We’re planning for more cycling improvements around the city, including neighborhoods around the Alemany Interchange and in the Richmond along Arguello Boulevard.

We hope you had a great Bike to Work Day 2017. Check out MyStreetSF.com to see what other bike projects are coming to your neighborhood.

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority, in cooperation with the Bay Area Toll Authority, Caltrans and Treasure Island Development Authority, opened the Vista Point visitor area on Yerba Buena Island on May 2.

Situated at the San Francisco (western) terminus of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge bicycle-pedestrian path, Vista Point is designed as a relaxation and rejuvenation area for visitors to Yerba Buena Island. Featuring restrooms, benches, a hydration station and bike racks, Vista Point offers sweeping views of the east span of the Bay Bridge and Oakland.

A shuttle equipped to transport up to eight bicycles operates 15- to 20-minute service between Vista Point and Treasure Island on Saturdays and Sundays.

The opening of Vista Point comes as Caltrans extends the hours of the Bay Bridge’s bike-pedestrian path to weekdays as well as weekends. Vista Point will be open the same hours as the Bay Bridge bike-pedestrian path: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM–8:00 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 6:00 AM–8:00 PM.

The Lombard “Crooked Street,” with its distinctive switchbacks, flowers, and vistas draws visitors from both around the world and locally. As overall tourism to the street has increased in recent years, issues of vehicle and pedestrian crowd control have become more challenging.

The Transportation Authority on Feb. 16 released the “Lombard Study: Managing Access to the “Crooked Street.”

The report details four recommended strategies for further planning, analysis and development. These strategies are:

• Improved Enforcement of Existing Regulations
• Engagement of Tourism Industry as Partners in Visitor Management
• Engineering and Signage Enhancements
• Reservations and Pricing System for Vehicles: Admission Fee with a Discount for Advanced Reservations

Follow this link to learn more about the study and download a copy of the report.

On March 21 the Transportation Authority Board adopted the Lombard Street "Crooked Street" study.  READ MORE

On March 20 the San Francisco County Transportation Authority hosted an event for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and Local Business Enterprises (LBEs) to highlight upcoming procurements.

The event highlighted several key SFCTA contract opportunities, related to:

• Yerba Buena Island (YBI) West Side Bridges and YBI Southgate Road Realignment Improvements
• On-call Transportation Modeling and Technology Services
• I-280/Balboa (Ocean/Geneva) Ramps
• U.S. 101/I-280 High Occupancy Vehicle/High Occupancy Toll Lane
• Treasure Island Tolling
• Treasure Island Autonomous Shuttle Pilot

The event also featured several contracts from Caltrain and San Francisco Public Works. SFMTA and Caltrain met with attendees to talk about their DBE/LBE programs.

More information about the March 20 event, including a list of attendees and a slide presentation with details about each upcoming procurement is posted on the Available Contracting Opportunities section of our website.

2016 was another busy year for the Transportation Authority as we planned, funded and delivered transportation improvements citywide.

Download a copy of the agency’s 2016 Annual Report for details.

Highlights include construction of the agency’s first major capital project: the new westbound I-80 on- and off-ramps connecting Yerba Buena Island/Treasure Island to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Other major efforts during the year were the certification of the Environmental Impact Report for Geary Bus Rapid Transit; launching a novel crowding reduction program with BART; and initiating a framework for major transit investments with Subway Vision.

Meanwhile, the agency made strides working side-by-side with residents on neighborhood-scale planning projects across the city to improve access, transit performance and the street network.

The Alemany Interchange—where U.S. 101, I-280, Alemany Boulevard, Bayshore Boulevard, San Bruno Avenue and local streets intersect—presents challenges to pedestrian and bicycle safety.

At Commissioner David Campos' request, the Transportation Authority is working with neighboring communities, led by the Portola Neighborhood Association, to make the area safer and more accessible to all travelers.

Transportation Authority staff are coordinating with SFMTA planners and engineers and Caltrans staff to develop potential circulation and safety enhancement projects for the area. Community outreach is also underway to obtain input on the various improvement options.

The Alemany Interchange Improvement Study is just one of several efforts under the Transportation Authority’s Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program (NTIP), which funds neighborhood transportation planning efforts and capital projects in every district in San Francisco. The program was developed through the Transportation Authority’s 2013 Countywide Transportation Plan to strengthen the pipeline of projects at the neighborhood level, particularly in underserved areas and Communities of Concern.

See where else NTIP work is taking place across San Francisco and let us know your ideas for the next update of the San Francisco Transportation Plan, now underway.

The Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program (NTIP) funds community-based neighborhood-scale planning efforts, especially in underserved neighborhoods and areas with vulnerable populations (e.g. seniors, children, and/or people with disabilities).

The NTIP was developed in response to mobility and equity analysis findings from the San Francisco Transportation Plan (SFTP), the city’s 30-year blueprint guiding transportation investment in San Francisco, and the Transportation Authority Board's desire for more focus on neighborhoods, especially on Communities of Concern and other underserved neighborhoods.

The SFTP found that walking, biking and transit reliability initiatives are important ways to address socio-economic and geographic inequities.

The NTIP is made possible by the Transportation Authority through grants from San Francisco's half-cent sales tax for transportation.

Current NTIP Projects

For more information on the NTIP program see our NTIP pages. For information on individual projects, see below. READ MORE

District 1. Improving Connections from Golden Gate Park to the Presido District 1. Arguello Boulevard Near-Term Improvements District 2. Lombard Study: Managing Access to the "Crooked Street" District 2. Lombard Street/US-101 Corridor Pedestrian Safety District 3. Kearny Street Multimodal Implementation District 4. 66-Quintara Reconfiguration Study District 5. Western Addition Community-Based Transportation Plan District 6. Golden Gate Avenue Buffered Bike Lane Photo courtesy Lynn Friedman via flickr Commons.

District 6. Bessie Carmichael Crosswalk District 6. South Park Traffic Calming District 6. Vision Zero Ramp Intersection Study District 6. Folsom-Howard Streetscape Project District 7. Balboa Area Transportation Demand Management Study District 8. Elk Street at Sussex Street Pedestrian Safety Improvements District 9. Alemany Interchange Improvement Study District 10. Cesar Chavez/ Bayshore/Potrero Intersection Improvement Project District 10. Potrero Pedestrian Safety and Walking School Bus Project District 11. Geneva-San Jose Intersection Study

From signals to streetcars, bicycles to boulevards, from pedestrian safety to paving, the Transportation Authority provides funding for hundreds of transportation projects citywide. The MyStreetSF interactive map shows projects currently underway, proposed, and recently completed that are funded by, or prioritized for funding by the Transportation Authority, as well as those for which the we provide some level of oversight, in our role as Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco. The MyStreetSF interactive map allows you to search for projects by location, Supervisorial District, project type (e.g., bicycle, pedestrian safety, transit rehabilitation), project sponsor, or timeline. Click on a project on the map to see key information (e.g., short description, schedule, cost) and a link to the project page and/or project sponsor’s main page. The map page also includes information on city-wide projects and programs like Bicycle Education and Outreach. READ MORE

Citizens (or Community) Advisory Committees, also known as CACs, are an important part of our planning efforts: they give the public—community and business stakeholders—a voice in the direction and scope of many of our projects, analyze benefits and impacts on San Francisco’s many communities, and recommend courses of action.

We currently have one vacancy on our agency-wide CAC. If you’re interested, get in touch with us! Call 415.522.4800 or send us an email. We need your guidance and support!

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