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MTA presents transportation climate strategy aiming for 50% cuts by 2035; says more measures will be needed
Summary
The SFMTA described a transportation climate action strategy that pairs demand‑management pricing, transit improvements, Complete Streets investments and electric vehicle measures; MTA modeling showed those policies could achieve roughly half of the city's 2035 reduction target, and staff asked the Board to prioritize near‑term policy changes.
Timothy Papandreou, Deputy Director of Planning at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, presented the agency's transportation climate action strategy prepared under Proposition A. The strategy groups measures into travel demand management (pricing and parking reform, transit‑oriented development), transit improvements, Complete Streets and bicycle network expansion, and electric vehicle/taxi initiatives.
Papandreou said automobile travel accounts for the large majority of transportation emissions and that MTA modeling shows an ambitious combination of policies and infrastructure could achieve roughly 50% of the reduction target (relative to 1990 levels) by 2035; additional reductions would require further measures beyond the package.
MTA emphasized short‑term policy actions it will seek from the Board to begin implementation and said the strategy will inform MTA capital planning and the city's broader Climate Action Plan. The Transportation Authority and Department of the Environment described coordination with the MTA and next steps to analyze how different strategies might produce synergies.
Supervisors thanked MTA staff and President David Chu said he wanted faster timeframes; MTA noted short‑term policy moves will be proposed to the Board over the coming year.
