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SFMTA presents year‑long evaluation of on‑street car‑share pilot as neighbors press for controls
Summary
The SFMTA told supervisors its on‑street car‑share pilot, studied April 2015–April 2016, placed about 200 curbside car‑share spaces and recorded an average of 19 unique users per month per space; supervisors and residents pressed the agency on notice, equity, RPP interactions and Getaround’s peer‑to‑peer model.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency told the Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit & Oversight Committee on Jan. 12 that its on‑street car‑share permit pilot placed roughly 200 curbside spaces across the city and used April 2015–April 2016 as the primary analysis year.
Andy Thornley, of the SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets division, said the agency initially tested 12 spaces in 2011, expanded with a board‑approved pilot in 2013 and reached about 200 spaces on the ground by April 2015. The pilot qualified three operators—City CarShare, Zipcar and Getaround—and required participating providers to share usage data with the SFMTA. Thornley said the average on‑street car‑share space had about 19 unique users per month; some high‑performing spaces recorded more than 50 unique users monthly.
The pilot used a zone structure to encourage placement…
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