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At a glance: SFMTA board approves consent calendar, minutes and Winston Drive quick‑build separated bikeway
Summary
The board approved the minutes, the consent calendar (items 10.1–10.6) and the Winston Drive quick‑build project (item 11). The consent calendar included routine parking modifications, grant programming and an amendment to the substance abuse policy required by FTA rules.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors took the following formal actions at the meeting:
- Approval of minutes for the August 5 meeting — motion passed by roll call. Recorded vote: Director Chen, aye; Director Felder, aye; Director Hemminger, aye; Director Henderson, aye; Director Hinsley, aye; Chair Tarloff, aye. (All present voted Aye.)
- Approval of Consent Calendar (Items 10.1–10.6) — motion passed by roll call. Key items on consent included: controller allotment and warrants for claims (10.1); routine parking and traffic modifications (10.2A/10.2B); SFMTA resolution of local support for approximately $2.3 million in MTC Climate Program Implementation (10.3); adoption of an updated substance abuse policy to align with 49 CFR Part 40 and FTA audit recommendations (10.4); final contract modification for the El Teraval Improvement Project (10.5); and acceptance of an $80,000 gift from the American Indian Cultural District for sidewalk construction (10.6). Recorded roll call mirrored the minutes vote (all present voted Aye).
- Approval of Item 11, Winston Drive quick‑build project — motion passed by roll call. The board approved conversion of existing Class 2 painted bike lanes to a Class 4 separated two‑way bikeway on Winston Drive between Lake Merced Boulevard and Buckingham Way, plus related transit and parking adjustments. The project removes 68 of 118 on‑street parking spaces in the project area, upgrades four Muni stops (two boarding islands), and shortens pedestrian crossings at two corners. Recorded vote: Director Chen, aye; Director Felder, aye; Director Hemminger, aye; Director Henderson, aye; Director Hinsley, aye; Chair Tarloff, aye.
Notes: No formal votes were taken on Market Street operational changes or on the director’s report items; the board requested additional briefings and data collection. The board voted to go into closed session later in the agenda and voted not to disclose the closed‑session discussion.
