Bicyclists in a bike lane in front of a cafe on Arguello in the Inner Richmond

Photo: SFMTA Photography Department

The Transportation Authority’s Neighborhood Program supports neighborhood-scale transportation projects in each supervisorial district.

All Neighborhood Program projects must address one or more of the following priorities:

  • Improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and/or other street users
  • Encourage walking, biking, and/or transit use
  • Improve transit accessibility and/or reliability
  • Improve mobility for Equity Priority Communities or other underserved neighborhoods and vulnerable populations

The Neighborhood Program was developed in response to mobility and equity analysis findings from the San Francisco Transportation Plan and to the public’s and the Transportation Authority Board's desire to increase our focus on neighborhoods, especially Equity Priority Communities and other underserved neighborhoods. The San Francisco Transportation Plan found that walking, biking and transit reliability initiatives are important ways to address socio-economic and geographic disparities and that neighborhood transportation plans can establish a pipeline of grant-ready projects that reflect community priorities, such as street safety, mode shift, transit accessibility, and mobility.

Selecting Projects

As described in the Neighborhood Program Guidelines, anyone can come up with a Neighborhood Program grant idea, including, but not limited to, a District Supervisor, agency staff, a community-based organization, or a community member. There is no predetermined schedule or call for projects for the Neighborhood Program grants. Rather, each Transportation Authority Board member will contact the Transportation Authority’s Neighborhood Program Coordinator when they are interested in exploring Neighborhood Program proposals. Board members may already have an idea in mind, seek help from agency staff in generating ideas, and/or solicit input from constituents and other stakeholders. Ultimately, the district supervisor (acting in their capacity as a Transportation Authority Board commissioner) will recommend which project(s) will be funded with a Neighborhood Program grant.

Contact your district supervisor to propose an idea.

Neighborhood Program Planning Guidelines (PDF)

Funding

The Neighborhood Program provides $700,000 in Prop L transportation sales tax funding for each supervisorial district to use over a five-year period. In 2023 the Board approved a third five-year funding cycle for the Neighborhood Program, which began in July 2023. District supervisors, acting as Transportation Authority Board members, determine which projects are funded.

Historically, $100,000 has been programmed for Planning and $600,000 for Capital (e.g. design and construction) for each district. Planning funds are intended to support neighborhood-scale efforts that identify a community’s top transportation needs, identify and evaluate potential solutions, and recommend next steps for meeting the identified needs. Planning efforts should lead toward prioritization of community-supported, neighborhood-scale capital improvements that can be funded by the Transportation Authority’s Prop L sales tax for transportation and/or other sources.

Capital funds are intended to advance recommendations from Neighborhood Program Planning effort recommendations or other community-supported, neighborhood-scale plans and studies. For example, Neighborhood Program Capital funds could be used to fund design of a project that could then apply for construction funding from a competitive grant source.

Planning Project Allocations
Project Name District Agency Lead Allocation
District 1 NTIP Planning Project 1 SFMTA $100,000
District 1 Multimodal Transportation Study 1 Transportation Authority $300,000
Golden Gate Park Stakeholder Working Group and Action Framework 1, 4, 5 Transportation Authority $61,525
Managing Access to the "Crooked Street" (1000 Block of Lombard Street) 2 Transportation Authority $100,000
Portsmouth Square Community Based Transportation Plan 3 SFMTA $100,000
66 Quintara Connectivity Study 4 SFMTA $100,000
District 4 Mobility Improvements Study (Cycle 2) 4 Transportation Authority $100,000
District 4 Microtransit Business Plan 4 Transportation Authority $310,000
Western Addition Community-Based Transportation Plan 5 SFMTA $100,000
Octavia Improvements Study (Cycle 2) 5 Transportation Authority, SFMTA $100,000
Pedestrian Safety in SOMA Youth and Family Zone - Folsom-Howard Streetscape Project 6 SFMTA $48,000
Pedestrian Safety in SOMA Youth and Family Zone - Vision Zero Ramp Intersection Study 6 Transportation Authority $52,000
Tenderloin Traffic Safety Improvements 6 SFMTA $177,693
Treasure Island Supplemental Transportation Study 6 Transportation Authority $100,000
Mission Bay School Access Plan 6 Transportation Authority, SFMTA $319,307
Balboa Area TDM Study 7 SF Planning $100,000
Ocean Avenue Mobility Action Plan 7 Transportation Authority $275,000
Jane Warner Plaza Renovation Project 8 SF Public Works $100,000
Valencia Street Bikeway Implementation Plan 8 SFMTA $50,000
Slow Duboce Triangle Study 8 Transportation Authority $7,000
Alemany Interchange Improvement Study 9 Transportation Authority, SFMTA $100,000
Alemany Realignment Study (Cycle 2) 9 Transportation Authority $100,000
District 10 Mobility Management Study 10 Transportation Authority $100,000
District 10 15 Third Street Bus Study (Cycle 2) 10 Transportation Authority $30,000
Geneva-San Jose Intersection Study 11 SFMTA $100,000
Alemany Safety Project (Cycle 2) 11 SFMTA $100,000
Golden Gate Park - John F. Kennedy Drive Access Equity Study citywide Transportation Authority $200,000
Total Neighborhood Program Planning     $3,330,525
Capital Project Allocations
Project Name District Agency Lead Allocation
Arguello Blvd Improvements 1 SFMTA $188,931
Fulton Street Safety Project (Cycle 1) 1 SFMTA $82,521
Fulton Street Safety Project (Cycle 2) 1 SFMTA $236,215
Anza Bike Lanes (Cycle 2) 1 SFMTA $220,000
38th and Geary Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons 1 SFMTA $212,000
Lombard Street US-101 Corridor 2 SFMTA $400,000
Lombard Crooked Street Reservation and Pricing System Development 2 Transportation Authority $200,000
Portsmouth Square Community Based Transportation Plan 3 Transportation Authority $50,000
Jefferson Street Improvements Phase 2 3 SF Public Works $200,000
Battery and Sansome Bicycle Connections 3 SFMTA $200,000
District 3 Pedestrian Safety Improvements (Cycle 2) 3 SFMTA $819,800
Sloat/Skyline Intersection Alternatives Analysis 4 SFMTA $250,000
Lower Great Highway Pedestrian Improvements 4 SFMTA $250,000
Ortega Street Improvements 4 SFMTA $330,000
Frederick/Clayton Traffic Calming 5 SFMTA $175,000
Divisadero Intersection Improvements 5 SFMTA $273,500
Buchanan Mall Bulbouts - Golden Gate and Turk 5 SF Public Works $300,000
Golden Gate Avenue Buffered Bike Lane 6 SFMTA $50,000
Howard Street - Embarcadero to 3rd Street 6 SFMTA $75,000
Bessie Carmichael Crosswalk 6 SFMTA $28,000
South Park Traffic Calming 6 SF Public Works $30,000
7th and 8th Streets Freeway Ramp Intersections Near Term Improvements 6 SFMTA $160,000
Tenderloin Traffic Safety Improvements 6 SFMTA $177,963
Lake Merced Bikeway Feasibility 7 SFMTA $150,000
Lake Merced Quick-Build 7 SFMTA $250,000
District 7 FY19 Participatory Budgeting Priorities (Cycle 1) 7 SFMTA $255,000
District 7 FY20 Participatory Budgeting Priorities (Cycle 2) 7 SFMTA $132,600
Ocean Avenue Safety and Bike Access 7 SFMTA $237,000
Elk Street at Sussex Street Pedestrian Safety Improvements 8 SFMTA $405,000
Upper Market Street Safety Improvements 8 SFMTA $500,000
14th Street Road Diet 8 SFMTA $60,700
Next Generation Sanchez Slow Street 8 SFMTA $277,300
Alemany Interchange Improvements 9 SFMTA, SF Public Works $399,995
District 9 Traffic Calming 9 SFMTA $165,000
Bayshore Blvd/Cesar Chavez St/Potrero Ave Intersection (The Hairball - Segments F & G) 9 & 10 SF Public Works $400,000
Hairball Segments F & G - Additional Funds 9 & 10 SF Public Works $150,000
Vision Zero Proactive Traffic Calming — Visitacion Valley and Portola Neighborhoods 9 & 10 SFMTA $150,000
Minnesota and 25th St Intersection Improvements 10 SF Public Works $400,000
Bayshore Blvd/Cesar Chavez St/Potrero Ave Intersection Improvements 10 SFMTA $100,000
Potrero Hill Pedestrian Safety and Transit Stop Improvements 10 SFMTA $60,000
District 11 Near-Term Traffic Calming 11 SFMTA $600,000
District 11 Traffic Calming (Cycle 2) 11 SFMTA $600,000
Total Neighborhood Program Capital     $10,201,525

Contact

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Sidewalk construction in the project area

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A satellite image of the Duboce Triangle neighborhood in San Francisco with a yellow border around the neighborhood boundaries.

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A freeway ramp intersection with cars, people walking, and people biking

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A rendering of the South Park Improvement Project

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Aerial view of Upper Market Street.

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