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San Francisco agencies launch Connect SF long-range transportation vision; commissioners press for data, outreach and contingency plans
Summary
Planning and transit staff presented 'Connect SF,' a proposed 50-year joint land-use and transportation vision. Staff outlined outreach beginning this fall and scenario planning in January; commissioners asked for 1/5/10-year maps, data on TDM effectiveness, parking and contingency triggers. Public commenters raised safety, equity and business impact concerns.
San Francisco staff on Wednesday presented Connect SF, a proposed citywide, multi-agency 50-year transportation and land-use vision, and outlined a public outreach schedule that staff said would begin in the fall and move into scenario-planning workshops in January.
"Connect SF, as I mentioned, is about shaping our city's transportation future," said Marissa Espinosa of the San Francisco Planning Department, who described the initiative as a way to link the city's transportation element, the San Francisco Transportation Plan and a series of modal studies into a single long-range framework.
The plan, staff said, will look beyond short-term funding constraints to test multiple futures using scenario planning and will be informed by stakeholder and public input. Graham Satterwhite of the SFMTA said regional ridership has risen markedly in recent years…
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