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November 23, 2022
We celebrated the completion of upgrades at Powell Street Station. The project revitalized the station with new art, lighting, fare gates, wayfinding, and more to improve safety, security, and overall customer experience.
November 21, 2022
SFTMA opened the long-awaited Central Subway on November 19 for weekend-only service, adding four new train stations to San Francisco’s transit system.
November 16, 2022
The Brotherhood Way Safety and Circulation Plan will develop near- and long-term concepts to improve safety, circulation, and connectivity through the Brotherhood Way and Alemany Boulevard corridors and surrounding streets.
November 04, 2022
We joined Transportation Authority Vice Chair Aaron Peskin, community leaders, and SFMTA to debut a new pedestrian scramble in Chinatown.
October 27, 2022
The Clipper BayPass is available to about 50,000 college students in the Bay Area through a two-year pilot program. The passes provide students unlimited free travel on transit agencies that user the Clipper fare system, allowing unprecedented mobility throughout the region.
October 24, 2022
The SFMTA completed Walk Audits at 10 San Francisco elementary, middle and high schools to improve safety for students and caregivers.
October 20, 2022
In late September, the Transportation Authority nominated several projects for funding, including elevator modernizations, next generation faregates at San Francisco BART stations, seismic retrofitting on Treasure Island and improvements on Muni.
October 19, 2022
The Vision Zero Quick-Build Program installs quick-to-deliver reversible and adjustable traffic measures to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety on the Vision Zero High Injury Network.
October 07, 2022
During the summer, the Transportation Authority hosted interns who were involved in projects across various divisions.
September 28, 2022
To kick off Transit Month and owe joined Transportation Authority Board Chair Rafael Mandelman, Mayor London Breed, city officials, San Francisco Transit Rider members, and the community to kick off Transit Month with a Ride Along and Rally.
September 27, 2022
We’re preparing to pilot an autonomous vehicle shuttle service on Treasure Island to better understand how an on-island shuttle could meet the needs of people traveling around the neighborhood and to provide the community with opportunities to learn about autonomous vehicles.
September 26, 2022
We're developing a School Access Plan to improve transportation options for kindergarten through fifth-grade students and their caregivers within the San Francisco Unified School District.
September 21, 2022
Women held key roles as designers, project managers and contractors and were the driving force behind the decades-long vision of the Presidio Parkway and Tunnel Tops. Meet the women who made it all happen.
September 14, 2022
The San Francisco Transportation Plan is San Francisco’s long-range investment and policy blueprint encompassing every transportation mode, transit operator, and all streets and freeways over a 30-year horizon.
September 12, 2022
BART celebrated its 50th birthday this month with an event at Oakland's Lake Merritt Station and Plaza, featuring a silver time capsule unveiling from 1992, educational booths, historical displays, and more. The Transportation Authority has been a strong supporter of BART and has directed tens of millions of dollars from San Francisco's half-cent sales tax programs to fund BART-related improvements.