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January 19, 2024
San Francisco Assemblymember Phil Ting (19th Assembly District), introduced Assembly Bill 1777 which would strengthen regulation of autonomous vehicles in key areas.
January 18, 2024
The Upper Market Safety Project installed a variety of sidewalk and roadway improvements in the vibrant neighborhood along Market Street from Octavia Boulevard to Castro Street, a one-mile stretch of the city’s Vision Zero High Injury Network.
January 15, 2024
The project installed safety improvements along 5th Street between Market and Townsend Streets in the South of Market neighborhood. The Transportation Authority provided over $378,000 in funding to support the project.
January 11, 2024
The Transportation Authority Board re-elected District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman as Chair and District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar as Vice-Chair for 2024. Our agency also released the 2023 Annual Report that provides highlights of what we planned, funded, and delivered last year.
December 14, 2023
Our board approved over $59 million in funding from San Francisco’s Prop L half-cent sales tax for transportation and $6 million in Prop D TNC Tax funds to support various projects across the city.
December 06, 2023
We have recently begun conducting public outreach for our Northbound I-280 Transit and Carpool Lane Project, currently in environmental review, which would provide priority for public transit and carpools at the I-280 northern terminus.
December 01, 2023
At the November 27 California Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Public Transportation, Dan Tishler from the Transportation Authority presented analysis on the transit fiscal cliff's potential impacts on transit ridership, job accessibility, and traffic.
November 15, 2023
The Transportation Authority has launched fall outreach events for the Brotherhood Way Safety and Circulation Plan and is exploring ways to help improve safety, circulation, and connectivity for people walking, driving, and biking through the Brotherhood Way and Alemany Boulevard corridors.
November 08, 2023
In late October, the Transportation Authority joined the Self Help Counties Coalition to host the 34th Annual Focus on the Future Conference which brough together leaders from across California to share recent innovations and explore future directions in transportation.
November 01, 2023
During the October 24 Transportation Authority Board, board members approved over $13 million in funding from San Francisco’s Prop L half-cent sales tax for transportation to support several projects.
October 31, 2023
The Transportation Authority, in partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority recently launched a major survey designed to learn more details about travel trends and patterns in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area, in the post-COVID era.
October 26, 2023
At the October 24 Transportation Authority Board meeting, staff from the Transportation Authority, SFMTA, and San Francisco Fire Department, presented on the recent on-street experience and current regulatory landscape of driverless AVs in San Francisco. Carnegie Mellon Professor Philip Koopman also provided expert perspectives on autonomous vehicle safety and policy issues.
October 16, 2023
On October 13, Governor Newsom signed California State Assembly Bill 645 into law, allowing six California cities, including San Francisco, to pilot speed safety cameras on streets with the highest crash rates and in school zones.
October 13, 2023
Transportation Authority Chair Rafael Mandelman, board members and staff joined San Francisco Transit Riders, State Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Phil Ting at the kick-off rally in September to celebrate the start off Transit Month. Transportation Authority also staff spoke at events throughout the region. Transit Month culminated in the First Riders Awards.
September 29, 2023
Caltrain hosted its second public tour to showcase the arrival of their new electric train sets at San Francisco’s 4th and King Caltrain Station. The Transportation Authority provided $41 million in transportation sales tax funds, One Bay Area Grant, and other funds to support Caltrain Electrification.