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Supporting Safe Routes to School
Our board approved $925,000 in half-cent sales tax for transportation funds to support SFMTA’s Schools Engineering Program. Within San Francisco’s Safe Routes to School, this program will fund the planning, design, and construction of signage, paint markings, and traffic calming measures at schools throughout the city.
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Plan Bay Area 2050: A Path Forward for Bay Area Transportation
Transportation investments are critical to building a well-connected, safe, and accessible transportation network.
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Behind the numbers: The Latest Data on Congestion
The Transportation Authority has released the latest data on congestion in San Francisco.
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President Signs Historic Infrastructure Bill and $18 Million Infrastructure Grant Coming to San Francisco
On November 15, President Biden signed the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act which will invest nearly $1 trillion in transportation, water, broadband, and power infrastructure across the nation. The U.S. Department of Transportation also awarded an $18 million RAISE grant to the West Side Bridges replacement and seismic retrofit project on Yerba Buena Island.
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Developing a New Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan
We’re preparing to ask San Francisco voters in June or November 2022 to continue the existing half-cent transportation sales tax and approve a new 30-year investment plan, also known as the Expenditure Plan. This plan will determine how we invest sales tax dollars to improve transportation across the city.
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Sales Tax Stories
Take a tour of stories from people all over San Francisco who have benefited from projects funded by Prop K, the half-cent sales tax for transportation.