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Planning staff present study linking ride‑hail activity to land‑use and curb management; commission to fold findings into transportation element
Summary
Planning Department staff told the San Francisco Planning Commission that transportation‑network‑company activity concentrates in dense, visitor‑oriented areas and raises land‑use and curb‑management issues; staff recommended code updates and coordination with SFMTA and SFCTA as part of the transportation element update.
San Francisco — Planning Department staff on June 30 presented a study to the Planning Commission concluding that transportation network company (TNC) activity — commonly called ride‑hail services — is concentrated in denser, visitor‑ and retail‑oriented parts of the city and that those patterns have implications for land‑use regulation, curb management and environmental review.
"You can expect more TNC activity in places that have visitor, retail, residential and cultural uses," said Tam Tran, senior transportation planner, during a department briefing. She told commissioners the department found higher pickup and drop‑off activity in the northeastern quarter of the city and that built‑environment factors (lower car…
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