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Port Commission backs two short‑term pilots to ease waterfront congestion
Summary
SFMTA and port staff won Commission backing to run two short pilots — a Beale Street restriping and targeted intersection enforcement — to test near‑term circulation fixes along the eastern waterfront. The pilots will include baseline monitoring and 4–6 week trials before staff recommend next steps.
San Francisco — The Port Commission on Thursday endorsed near‑term transportation pilots aimed at reducing chronic congestion on the eastern waterfront and improving pedestrian and transit reliability.
SFMTA project manager Erin Miller told commissioners the agency will test two measures: a temporary restriping on Beale Street to add an extra southbound movement during peak periods to ease queueing, and a targeted intersection enforcement pilot, carried out alongside the SFPD, to reduce vehicles blocking intersections and gridlock. "We want…
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