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SFMTA lays out plan to shift San Francisco away from cars, seeks transit funding
Summary
SFMTA officials outlined a Sustainable Mobility Strategy that aims to cut car mode share by half and boost transit, walking and biking by 2030. The agency urged closer integration of land use, data, and funding to expand capacity for growth and launched a Transit Effectiveness Project to capture near-term service improvements.
Tim Papandreou, deputy director for planning and policy at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, told the Planning Commission that the agency’s Sustainable Mobility Strategy centers on cutting solo car trips and boosting transit, walking and bicycling as San Francisco grows. Papandreou said the city expects between 50,000 and 100,000 new residents in coming decades and “we just cannot accommodate 50,000 or 100,000 more people with cars.”
The strategy’s headline 2030 mode-share goals are to reduce car use toward 30 percent of trips, raise transit to 30 percent, and increase walking and bicycling together to about 40 percent. The presentation emphasized…
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