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SFMTA presents Slow Streets study; Fire Department flags small but meaningful response-time increases
Summary
SFMTA officials briefed the Fire Commission on the 40-mile Slow Streets network, materials changes and ongoing data collection; fire leadership said measured response times rose by 5'to'30 seconds in eight tracked neighborhoods and commissioners pressed for continued coordination and design changes to preserve emergency access.
SFMTA officials defended the city's Slow Streets program at a Fire Commission meeting, while fire leaders and several commissioners pressed the agency to prove changes will not harm emergency response.
Jeffrey Tumlin, director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, described Slow Streets as an experimental, COVID-era effort to create secure space for walking and biking on low-volume residential corridors. "Our goal is to make sure that we have an overall citywide network of primary emergency response routes that are always protected from congestion," Tumlin said during the presentation.
Program manager Shannon Hake said the temporary treatments have evolved: SFMTA has been field-testing new flexible delineators and plans to phase out type-3 barricades after…
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