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Our board approved $50,000 in half-cent sales tax funds to support a study that will identify emission reduction strategies for deliveries in the city’s downtown core.

This project will design and install rectangular rapid flashing beacons, pedestrian push buttons, and improved signage to improve pedestrian safety at the intersection of 38th Avenue and Geary Boulevard.

Our board held a hearing in February for transit agencies to present on the operating “fiscal cliff.” Muni, BART, and Caltrain anticipate significant operating budget deficits starting in the next two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s lasting impacts on transit ridership and revenues.

The Presidio Trust unveiled its first battery-electric bus, which will join the Presidio GO shuttle fleet, offering riders free connections to and from downtown BART, and on the Southern Hills Route around the park. The Transportation Authority helped provide funding for the shuttle through the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced $800 million for nationwide projects in the Safe Streets for All Program, which includes two grants awarded to San Francisco to help prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.

The SFMTA completed Vision Zero Quick-Build improvements along Franklin Street, between Broadway and Lombard streets. The project features daylighting, painted safety zones, right turn on red restrictions, and more.