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Introducing Applications for Our Scooter Share Program – and Celebrating Wins Shaped by Your Feedback By Maddy Ruvolo Scooters are an important part of San Francisco’s multimodal transportation network. We’re excited to open applications for the FY2025 – FY2026 Powered Scooter Share Program . This program supports the city’s goal of providing multiple reliable transportation options to get around San Francisco.  The current permits for scooter share operators expire in June 2024. The next round will go into effect on July 1, 2024.   For operators who want to apply to the Powered Scooter Share program:  See the FY2025 – FY2026 Powered Scooter Share Program webpage for application materials.  Check out the bottom of this blog for a section with more details about the process.  Scooter program successes: how your feedback helped  Over the past several years, we have reached out to stakeholders in a variety of ways to gather feedback on ou...

Reflecting on 10 Years of Vision Zero: What We’ve Learned and What’s Still to Be Done By Mayor London Breed speaks at a press conference for the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Vision Zero in San Francisco. Ten years ago this month, San Francisco adopted Vision Zero , a policy declaring that no one should die traveling on the streets of our city. Vision Zero is San Francisco’s commitment to create safer, more livable streets with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and reducing severe injuries.   San Francisco and New York were the first two U.S. cities to set Vision Zero as a transportation goal, following in the footsteps of Sweden, where Vision Zero was created in 1997. Now, about 50 U.S. cities, the state of California and the federal government also have adopted Vision Zero as a goal.    After ten years, San Francisco has not reached zero traffic deaths, but we’ve made real progress on safer streets. We’ve tested many tools and learned what...

Celebrate Women in the Trades at Muni and Learn How to Work in their Fields By Glennis Markison Jeena Villamor checks resistance on the contactors for an accelerator drum at the SFMTA. This Women’s History Month, we’re proud to feature women in the trades and engineering at the SFMTA.   You’ll hear from contract managers, car cleaners, engineers, machinists, mechanics, parts storekeepers and more. They all help keep our system safe, clean and accessible for everybody. We appreciate their hard work!   We also want to encourage more women to enter their fields. That’s why we’re celebrating women in a way that helps others take action.   Below, you can click on a job title to learn about one of our female staffers in the trades and engineering. You’ll see:   What jobs they had before their SFMTA role   What key skills they need for their current job   What their typical workday looks like   What they enjoy most abo...

Taken with Transportation Podcast: Paint, Paper, Metal and Machines By Members of the SFMTA Paint Shop Thermoplastic Team Six restripe Lake Merced Boulevard to create a new bike lane. Street signs, street paint and parking meters keep us moving safely and efficiently around San Francisco. We may take them for granted because we are so used to seeing them, but they are a vital part of our transportation management infrastructure.  In “Paint, Paper, Metal and Machines,” the latest episode of our podcast Taken with Transportation , we take a tour of the SFMTA’s Street Operations shops. These shops are responsible for street and curb painting, parking meter management and street sign production and installation in San Francisco. We depend on the work they do, whether we get around the city by walking, driving, cycling or scooting.  “Drivers need to know where they need to be,” Traffic Paint Shop Supervisor Brian McBride tells Taken with Transportation Host Melissa Culross. “T...

Then and Now at Kirkland Division, Muni’s Oldest Motor Bus Yard By Jeremy Menzies Tucked away on the northeast edge of San Francisco is our transit system's oldest motor bus yard. Small but mighty, Kirkland Division has been home to some of Muni’s fleet of motor buses for nearly 75 years.   These two panoramic photos show Kirkland Division during and after construction. Top photo taken July 20, 1950, bottom September 14, 1950.  Kirkland was built in 1950 amidst freight rail yards and factories. Its namesake comes from a former Southern Pacific Railroad official, William B. Kirkland, who worked in a rail yard on the site during World War II.  Today, the division is nestled among Pier 39 attractions, parking garages and hotels.  An aerial view from 1972 shows Kirkland in the upper center of the photo. Industrial uses in the area have begun to give way to residential and tourist areas. The yard was primarily designed as an operations facility. It has shops a...

How New Speed Cameras Will Make Our Neighborhoods Safer By Shannon Hake A new roadway safety tool will make San Francisco's streets safer in 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about Automated Speed Enforcement cameras.   What is an Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Camera?   Speed is the leading factor in collisions on San Francisco’s streets. Multiple studies have shown that the faster a vehicle travels before a collision, the lower the survival rate is for the occupants and other victims outside the vehicle. ASE cameras are a well-used tool to discourage dangerous vehicle speeding on neighborhood streets and highways. Widespread across Europe, the Middle East and many U.S. States, these cameras capture the license plate number of vehicles traveling over the posted speed limit. A citation is then issued to the vehicle owner.   Why Is San Francisco Getting Speed Enforcement Cameras Right Now?   Safety advocates and politicians alike have long champi...

Celebrating What Makes SoMa Great as We Improve Transportation Safety By Adrienne Mau Folsom Street at 9th Street looking east (September 28, 1914). We're excited to break ground in just a few months on the Folsom-Howard Streetscape Project . Before construction begins, we want to share a bit of Folsom Street's rich history and how we’re working to make the corridor safer.   Folsom is an eclectic street in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood. Originally, it was part of a one-way, east-west couplet with Howard Street that served an industrial district. Now, this area has been transformed into a cultural, residential and transit-rich hub.  Filipino Culture and Community  Over the decades, SoMa has faced several challenges, including intense redevelopment efforts that were not only rampant in downtown San Francisco, but in the Fillmore neighborhood as well. Those efforts displaced approximately 4,000 blue-collar Filipino residents, including elders. But ...