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Supervisors continue citywide Transportation Demand Management ordinance to Dec. 5 after broad presentations and stakeholder requests for revisions
Summary
The Board committee advanced discussion of a proposed citywide Transportation Demand Management ordinance designed to reduce vehicle miles traveled from new development, but voted to continue the item to Dec. 5 so staff and supervisors can refine exemptions, fees and phasing language and consider additional amendments.
San Francisco — The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Nov. 28 advanced but did not finalize a citywide Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance that would require many new development projects to adopt measures reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT). The committee voted unanimously to continue deliberations to Dec. 5 so planning staff and supervisors can work with stakeholders on technical amendments, exemptions and a phased implementation schedule.
Supervisor John Avalos, the ordinance’s author, described the measure as the “shift” component of the city’s Transportation Sustainability Program. Avalos said the proposal would move the city away from measuring auto delays and toward reducing VMT by “having developers do their fair share” through on-site measures and incentives that encourage transit, walking and bicycling. He told the committee he planned to offer a package of amendments addressing health-and-human-services nonprofits, grandfathering for in‑pipeline projects, and other clarifications.
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