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SFMTA presents unified waterfront transportation assessment to coordinate Pier 70, Mission Rock and arena projects
Summary
SFMTA presented a two‑phase Waterfront Transportation Assessment to coordinate transit, ferry and street‑level mitigation across multiple waterfront projects. The agency emphasized a transit-first approach, lessons from the America’s Cup and planning to align transportation projects with environmental review timelines.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) presented a coordinated Waterfront Transportation Assessment that stitches together transit and traffic planning for several major waterfront projects, including Pier 70, the Mission Rock / Seawall Lot 337 site and the proposed Warriors arena.
Peter Albert of SFMTA said the agency adopted a "one-assessment" approach so that projects undergoing separate environmental reviews can be analyzed with a consistent set of transportation tools and mitigation options. He outlined a two-phase process: an initial inventory to align transportation providers, pilot ideas and funding conversations, followed by higher-level network modeling to test mitigation packages and phasing tied to market build-out and project milestones.
Albert cited lessons from the America's Cup as evidence that multi-agency coordination and piloting measures in advance can reduce congestion during peak events. He stressed transit-first principles while noting the need to plan for ferry and water-taxi augmentation, bus/tram reliability, BART/Caltrain capacity improvements and the central subway timeline. Commissioners and community members asked about water-taxi stops, funding for transit improvements, and how the assessment will be made publicly available; SFMTA said the assessment will be used to support the EIR process for each project and to identify timing and funding for scaled interventions.
The presentation was informational; SFMTA said it plans further workshops and modeling work through the spring and fall to inform environmental review and implementation.
