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Caltrain anniversary, BART fare gates and street safety projects highlight local funding and construction
Summary
At the Sept. 30 meeting the chair highlighted one year of Caltrain electrified service, completion of BART fare-gate installations and several local street-safety projects funded in part by the authority, including Sixth Street pedestrian improvements and repaving projects funded with Proposition AA fees.
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority’s Sept. 30 meeting featured updates on several local transit and street‑safety projects and the authority’s recent funding commitments.
Chair Mirna Melgar noted the one‑year anniversary of Caltrain’s electrified service and said Caltrain and BART have made progress on fare payments and system upgrades. The chair said BART completed installation of more than 700 new fare gates systemwide and delivered that project four months early; she said the authority provided $12.5 million from its sales tax program to support the work.
Locally, the chair and staff celebrated the completion of the Sixth Street Pedestrian Safety Project, which widened sidewalks, added signals, a bulb‑out and decorative crosswalks on a high‑injury corridor. The board allocated $6 million in sales tax funds for that project, the chair said.
Staff also said Public Works completed a repaving and sidewalk project in Hunters Point and Potrero Hill in August; the authority provided $2.8 million in Proposition AA vehicle registration fees for the work, covering repaving of about 25 blocks across districts 6, 9 and 10, new and retrofitted curb ramps and new sidewalks.
The chair thanked commissioners, city agencies and community partners for advancing those projects and also noted the board’s recent passage of the Safe Streets Act, which she said is intended to bolster multimodal traffic safety work across city departments.
Why it matters: these projects affect street safety, pedestrian access and fare collection across the transit system. The authority’s funding commitments are intended to advance construction and pay for capital components of transit and street safety upgrades.
Next steps: staff said they will monitor construction closeout and report back with implementation results and any follow‑on funding needs.
