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Upper Market has complex, 6-way intersections and is on San Francisco’s Vision Zero High-Injury Network. Through the Upper Market Street Safety Project, SFMTA will install sidewalk and roadway improvements to make Upper Market safer and more comfortable for people walking, biking, driving, and accessing transit.

In 2014, San Francisco adopted Vision Zero as an ambitious policy goal. Vision Zero represents the City’s commitment to creating safer, more livable streets with the goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities and severe injuries.

The SFMTA and SF Public Works delivered traffic calming improvements to enhance safety for people walking, biking, and driving in the Mission and Bernal Heights neighborhoods in District 9. We supported the project with $165,000 from the Neighborhood Program at the request of Transportation Authority Board Member Hilary Ronen (District 9).

We joined SF Public Works, District 5 Transportation Authority Board Member Dean Preston, and the community to celebrate Arbor Day at District 5’s Neighborhood Beautification Day.

We joined State Senators Scott Wiener and Aisha Wahab, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, BART, SFMTA, and transportation officials to celebrate National Transit Appreciation Day and the introduction of the Connect Bay Area Act.

Several projects were awarded critical grant funding to improve local and regional transportation. These investments will support vital improvements to connect communities, improve transit service, and advance equitable access.

The Transbay Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan Supplement presents a holistic approach for managing congestion, improving safety, and maximizing traffoc flow for all travel modes and incorporates measures to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases.

The Lifeline Transportation Program funds projects that improve mobility and accessibility in low-income communities and address gaps or barriers identified through community-based transportation plans or other substantive, collaborative, and inclusive planning efforts involving focused outreach to low-income populations.

Our board approved over $10 million in San Francisco’s voter-approved half-cent sales tax for transportation to support the SFMTA’s SF Paratransit program. SF Paratransit is a service of SFMTA that provides van and taxi services to people with disabilities who are unable to use public transit independently.

The SFMTA is working with the community to assess and recommend safety improvements for Valencia Street between Market and Mission streets.