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Commission backs San Francisco Transportation Demand Management plan
Summary
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment voted to support the city's Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan after presentations from the SFMTA and Department of the Environment and public comment on ride-hail impacts; the voice motion carried.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment on Nov. 28 voted to adopt a resolution supporting the city's Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan, a cross-agency effort that lays out goals and tactics to reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips and promote walking, biking and transit.
City planners and department staff described the plan as a citywide, interagency framework. "TDM really is the place where those policies start to come out," said John Knox White, planning programs manager at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, describing the plan's role in managing right-of-way trade-offs and identifying services and programs to provide travel options. He said the plan contains four goals, 11 objectives and 87 tactics and includes both funded and aspirational items to guide future priorities and grant-seeking.
Donnie Oliveira and Lior Milgram Gartner of the Department of the Environment outlined existing programs that the plan would build on, including San Francisco's Commuter Benefits Ordinance and employer outreach, CityCycle bike access for city employees, and targeted community outreach to expand modal options.
Public commenters urged the commission to press harder on ride-hail vehicles. Eric Brooks of the San Francisco Green Party said the city should anticipate regulating or disincentivizing out-of-town ride-hail drivers to reduce congestion and emissions, calling for "anticipatory" policy work even where the California Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority.
Commissioner Wald moved to adopt the resolution supporting the TDM plan; Commissioner Ahn seconded. The commission recorded a voice vote and the motion carried.
What happens next: staff said the plan will be used to prioritize tactics and target fundraising and that the document is intended to provide a unified city message when pursuing grants and implementation partners. Further studies and regulatory documents related to TNCs (transportation network companies) were cited as forthcoming from partner agencies and the County Transportation Authority.
