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New Parking Enforcement Effort to Focus on Safer Sidewalks and Streets By Madhu Unnikrishnan Keeping cars off our sidewalks and bikeways will help make it safer for everyone to get around.  This week, we will begin a focused parking enforcement plan to help make sidewalks and streets safer for all San Franciscans. We’ll carry out this work on a rotating basis in each supervisor’s district. Our goal is to limit violations of existing parking regulations.  Improving safety for people who walk, bike, roll and drive  The new Neighborhood Operations Plan will prioritize enforcing safety-related violations. These include parking on the sidewalk, in bike lanes and crosswalks. This way, we can help ensure that people who walk, bike and roll on the city’s sidewalks and streets do not have to enter traffic lanes to get where they need to go.   Our work will improve safety for people using mobility devices like wheelchairs and crutches. It will also help people pushi...

Potrero Yard Project Reaches Major Milestone – Learn How Your Feedback Helped By John Angelico A rendering of the Potrero Yard Modernization Project. Learn more about our plan to replace a 100-year-old bus yard with new transit infrastructure and up to 465 affordable housing units. ( Arcadis IBI Group )  Maintenance and repair work are key to your smooth rides on Muni. That's why we're working hard to improve infrastructure at the Potrero Yard. Recently, we reached a major milestone.  Mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors approved legislation that lets us move forward with the Potrero Yard Modernization Project .   Learn why the legislation could spell big wins for transit and housing. See how your feedback shaped its success.   Understanding Entitlements: the path ahead for Potrero  Potrero Yard was built in 1915 to serve 100 streetcars. The 4.4-acre site is bordered by Bryant, 17th, Hampshire and Mariposa streets.   We pla...

Shape Our Vision for a Safer West Portal By Brian Haagsman West Portal Station is a busy transit hub served by three rail lines and two bus routes.  This week, we’re hosting pop-ups in West Portal and running a survey to seek your feedback on safety improvement proposals we announced for the area on April 16.   The West Portal Station area includes three Muni rail lines and two bus routes. Together, they serve 50,000 riders per day. It’s also the entrance to a vibrant commercial village where people visit restaurants, shops and offices. Every day, children and families pass through the area to go to local schools, playgrounds or the public library.  With such a high volume of people traveling through West Portal, it’s critical that the space is safe for everyone who accesses it. That means safe connections to transit. It means safe travel between homes, to businesses and to other West Portal destinations.  Tragically, a collision killed a family of four near We...

Taken with Transportation Podcast: Keeping the Vision By Street safety advocates and SFMTA staff at an event outside City Hall commemorating the 10th anniversary of Vision Zero. It’s been a decade since San Francisco adopted Vision Zero. That’s the road safety policy to eliminate traffic deaths and reduce severe injuries in the city. “Keeping the Vision,” the latest episode of our podcast Taken with Transportation , takes listeners from the origins of Vision Zero to the work we are doing today to make our streets safe, joyful and welcoming spaces.  “There was a cultural change underway locally and nationally with [an] understanding that severe and fatal crashes are preventable, and that there are ways to prevent them and save lives,” Megan Wier tells Taken with Transportation Host Melissa Culross. Wier was the first Vision Zero co-chair in 2014 when she was with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. She now works for the Oakland Department of Transportation.  The...

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 a...

Help Us Beautify Geary – and Learn the Latest on the Corridor’s Transit and Safety Upgrades By David Sindel A 38 Geary bus beats traffic in the new transit lanes installed last fall. The Geary Boulevard Improvement Project aims to address bus delays and traffic concerns on a high-injury corridor. Community feedback played a major role in the transit and safety improvements we’re bringing to Geary.  As we share the latest on these upgrades, we invite you to weigh in on a new topic: beautification.  Join us Wednesday, April 17 for an open house about community enhancement for the Geary Boulevard Improvement Project.    Date/time: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 5 - 7 p.m.  Location: Presidio Middle School Library – 450 30th Avenue, 2nd floor  Selecting the best option to beautify Geary  At the open house, drop in to learn more about seven options to beautify Geary Boulevard. They include:   Sidewalk pavers  Etched/stamped s...

Congratulations to the Safe Driver Award Winners! By Celebrating operators at our 2023 Safe Driver Award dinner. It’s not easy to drive a cable car, streetcar or 40-foot bus through the streets of San Francisco – maneuvering around construction, parades and protests, rain or shine. And that’s not to mention the possibility that a few of the passengers on board may not be having one of their best days. Now imagine doing all that and doing it safely every single time.  That’s what our Safe Driver Award winners do, day in and day out.   Operators who drive at least 1,952 hours without any preventable incidents or collisions during the fiscal year (July – June) earn a safe driving record for that year.   This weekend, we’ll recognize operators who have met that standard for 15 years or more at our annual Safe Driver Awards dinner.  Of the 229 operators we are honoring, 85 have between 15 and 19 years of safe driving. One operator, Oliverio Valle, has 49...

Central Subway One Year Out: Celebrating the Impact of Community Outreach By Enrique Aguilar Muni customers catch the T Third Line at the Union Square/Market Street Station on opening day. The Central Subway has connected communities from the Bayview to Chinatown for over a year now. As we celebrate this milestone, we’re proud to share why community feedback has been key to its success.  Meeting feedback drives more transparency  Our project team held community meetings from project design through activation. We gathered feedback from residents, merchants and other stakeholders. We also shared important project updates.   These outreach meetings led to constructive conversations between project staff and the community. Early on, people asked for more transparency. We listened and updated our communication strategy.  Local communities influence station design and safety  Residents and community groups also shaped design and safety for the new subway....

Our Vision Goes Beyond Zero By Amanda Eaken Ten years ago last month, San Francisco proudly became the second city in the United States to adopt Vision Zero , an ambitious pledge to end all serious and fatal traffic crashes. Since I joined the SFMTA Board of Directors in 2018, I have been laser focused on what it will take to get to zero. Like many of you, I feel very strongly that this must be a top priority for our city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, scoot, roll or take transit safely, without fear of harm, as a basic right and freedom that people should expect in our city. A basic right just like turning on the tap and expecting that the water is safe for you to drink — something you just assume the government will take care of for you. And, as I affirmed at the Mayor’s Vision Zero press conference, I share in the feelings of rage, powerlessness and grief whenever I learn that anyone is injured or killed in traffic violence on our streets. But it wasn’t until recently...

What to Expect from Our Onboard Ridership Survey – and How the Data Helps By The next time you take Muni, you might see survey takers for our onboard ridership survey. We’ll share what to expect.  Recently, you may have seen survey teams wearing blue vests and badges on Muni vehicles. From now through May, these survey teams are working to conduct an onboard survey to collect critical information from our riders.  Our goal is to collect 25,000 entries that represent all modes, routes and times of day on both weekday and weekend service.   We’re excited to share why we’re doing this, how the process works and how we’ll use the data to improve our system.   Why we’re surveying riders:   Having an accurate picture of our ridership demographics helps us make a range of important decisions. We can use this data to improve our system and service. We can also use it to set fares and inform our multilingual communication methods.    To ma...

The Road Forward for the L Taraval Improvement Project By Amy Fowler Crews completed Segment A of the L Taraval Improvement Project on time in 2021. The area now has new rail tracks, accessible boarding islands and freshly paved roads. Segment B is nearing completion and will include similar upgrades.   We’ve been making great progress on the L Taraval Improvement Project . A massive amount of work is being done along the Taraval corridor to make it safer and more accessible for people who walk, bike and take Muni. We know this has been challenging for neighborhood businesses and residents. But the good news is that we’re turning a page on this critically needed work, and some cool new features are coming to Taraval Street soon.   The most disruptive parts of construction are almost done and the project is on track to be completed this fall.  Below ground: Utility upgrades  Taraval Street is getting a complete makeover, from about 10 feet below the ...