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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This report provides the first comprehensive estimates of Uber and Lyft activity in the city.