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Committee continues citywide Transportation Demand Management ordinance to Jan. 23 for more stakeholder work
Summary
The committee continued a citywide Transportation Demand Management ordinance—framed as the third leg of the city's transportation strategy—to Jan. 23 after widespread stakeholder input on family parking, nonprofit exemptions, neighborhood targets, and program standards.
The committee reviewed a citywide Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance intended to require development projects to adopt measures that reduce vehicle miles traveled, create new monitoring and compliance requirements, and establish program standards administered by the Planning Department.
Jeremy Pollock (legislative aide to Supervisor Avalos) and John Rheon (Planning Department) said the ordinance is the final piece of a coordinated strategy that includes the transportation sustainability fee and revised transportation impact analysis in environmental review. Planning staff described a points-based menu of measures, program standards adopted by the planning commission, and a technical justification document that underpins measure point values. Planning staff and department presenters emphasized that standards are a “living document” and that program standards will return to the planning commission in January for refinement.
Public commenters voiced broad themes: support for the concept from bicycle and environmental advocates, concerns about family housing and per-unit parking standards (which do not differentiate by bedroom count), calls to exempt city-funded health and human service nonprofits from TDM requirements, warnings about loopholes (particularly non-accessory parking), and requests for neighborhood-specific targets. Tom Radulovich (Livable City) urged closing loopholes and tightening neighborhood targets; Matt Field (TMG Partners) warned that per-unit parking standards could under-serve families with multiple bedrooms and suggested amendments to preserve family housing viability; Debbie Lerman (San Francisco Human Services Network) and Fernando Marti (Council of Community Housing Organizations) asked for explicit nonprofit exemptions.
Committee members concluded a one-week continuance would not be sufficient to resolve the range of concerns and, after discussion, agreed to continue the ordinance to January 23 to allow additional negotiation among departments, commissioners, and stakeholders. Staff indicated the planning commission would act on program standards in January and that continued outreach and technical adjustments would follow.
