Transportation Authority staff are working to improve street safety at 10 intersections in the South of Market neighborhood where freeway on- or off-ramps meet city streets. All of these intersections are in San Francisco's Vision Zero high-injury network, locations in the city that have disproportionate numbers of traffic injuries and fatalities.

Do you walk, bike, take transit, or drive through SoMa?
Our project team wants to hear about challenges you face in these intersections and ideas you’d like us to explore as we conduct this study. 

• See a project map + take our survey
  (It should take about 5-10 minutes)
• Learn more about the Vision Zero freeway ramp intersection study

The Transportation Authority Board recently approved $8.7 million for transportation improvements across the city.

Projects include:

• Rebuilding 25 large cable car pulleys
• Traffic calming improvements in District 11
• New traffic signals
• 19th Avenue Complete Streets improvements
• Upgraded on-street message signs
• Traffic camera deployment

All project funding comes from San Francisco’s half-cent sales tax for transportation. Read more about each of these projects.

In early 2017, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the Board of Supervisors jointly announced the creation of a Transportation 2045 Task Force, to identify transportation funding needs and explore the potential for new local transportation revenue measures from now through the year 2045.

Meeting over the course of seven months, and building on the work of San Francisco’s transportation agencies, the T2045 Task Force developed a menu of options that could help close the transportation funding gap.

Task Force members were selected to represent a broad range of neighborhood, business, civic and advocacy interests along with city and regional agencies, to provide their perspectives on San Francisco’ transportation system’s needs and potential local revenue sources.  While the process often highlighted differences of opinion among Task Force members, the unifying theme was a recognition that it is imperative today to identify and advance solutions to these funding shortfalls if we wish to ensure a continued vibrant and sustainable city into the future.

The final recommendations present the proceedings of the Task Force, and are intended to provide policy-makers with insight into various viewpoints. Use this link to learn more about the recommendations and the work of the Task Force.

The Transportation Authority is pleased to announce a call for projects for $2.6 million in Lifeline Transportation Program funds. The Lifeline Transportation Program supports projects that improve mobility for low-income residents by addressing gaps or barriers identified through collaborative and inclusive community-based planning processes. Transit operators are eligible to apply. Applications are due to the Transportation Authority by March 23 at 5 p.m. Learn more and apply.

Check out our latest newsletter, featuring... 

• New projects from San Francisco's half-cent sales tax for transportation 
• Working toward Vision Zero in SoMa
• Self-driving car deployment in California 
• SFMTA's new light rail vehicles 
• Cap-and-trade funds for transit and housing 
• And a bunch of spring events that you won't want to miss, like Walk to Work Day, Bike to Work Day, Sunday streets and more. 

Our 2017 Annual Report provides an overview of our agency's planning, funding, project delivery, and oversight activities in 2017. Read the report to learn about our efforts to fight congestion, improve neighborhoods, and make the most out of your transportation sales tax dollars.

To help solve the Bay Area's growing congestion problems, local officials have prepared a new ballot measure that would increase tolls on the region's seven state-owned toll bridges for the first time since 2010. Senate Bill 595 was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Brown last fall.

Regional Measure 3 will be on the June 2018 ballot.

Bay Area voters have twice previously approved toll increases for regional transportation improvements. Use this link to learn more about Regional Measure 3—or to learn more about projects funded by previous Regional Measures.

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority board recently dedicated $6 million in state funds to support critically-needed street repaving projects. This funding comes from Senate Bill 1, and will be matched with $6 million from San Francisco's half-cent sales tax for transportation.

San Francisco Public works will use these funds, along with an additional $8.6 million from Senate Bill 1, for street improvements in neighborhoods spanning from the Sunset to Twin Peaks to Visitacion Valley. Improvements include repairs to the road base, paving work, curb ramp construction, and sidewalk upgrades. View a project map.

San Francisco Public Works maintains more than 900 miles of streets and roadways. Funding to maintain these roads comes from numerous sources, including the Road Repaving and Street Safety bond passed in 2011, the City’s half-cent sales tax for transportation, state funds such as California’s Senate Bill 1, and more.

Keeping our streets in a state of good repair saves the City millions of dollars in deferred maintenance and repair costs. See more information on San Francisco Public Works Street Resurfacing Program.

As the transportation sales tax administrator for San Francisco, the Transportation Authority typically disburses funds on an ongoing basis from its sales tax revenues, with occasional use of short-term financing to meet the program’s capital needs. But with expenditures from transit agencies and other City departments anticipated to peak in coming years due to planned major investments, we decided to issue our first long-term bond to meet the higher cash needs. This allows project delivery and benefits to the public to be realized sooner than would otherwise be possible. Read more

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 4. Sloat/Skyline Intersection Alternatives Analysis [NTIP Capital] 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 Districts 9 and 10. Cesar Chavez/Bayshore/Potrero Intersection Improvement Project (Implementation) District 10. Cesar Chavez/ Bayshore/Potrero Intersection Improvement Project (Planning) District 10. Potrero Pedestrian Safety and Walking School Bus Project District 10: District 10 Mobility Management Study [NTIP Planning] 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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