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Supervisors press MTA on Vision Zero delivery; agency outlines coordination and staffing steps
Summary
At a hearing on Vision Zero project delivery, MTA officials described new coordination procedures, staff training and a forthcoming project delivery director to speed street‑safety projects; the committee continued the hearing to the call of the chair with a positive recommendation.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee held a hearing on Vision Zero project delivery, pressing the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency on how it will accelerate safety projects and reduce delays.
Supervisor Scott Wiener said the hearing was intended to strengthen oversight of Vision Zero, the city policy to end traffic fatalities. "Vision 0 is about guaranteeing that right to safe streets by ending traffic deaths on the streets of San Francisco by 2024," he said.
Tom McGuire of the MTA outlined an emphasis on interagency coordination to ensure projects' scopes are complete before delivery, citing Polk Street as an example where roadwork and utilities were packaged to avoid multiple excavations. McGuire said the MTA now requires project managers to coordinate scopes across programs and meet biweekly with Public Works staff; the agency also holds quarterly management meetings with Public Works and Caltrans to monitor critical paths.
McGuire described investments in people and systems: a two‑day project management training course that 60 MTA staff have taken, rollout of a capital program project control system (CPCS), and plans to hire a senior project delivery director reporting to MTA management to streamline delivery. He said some short‑term safety improvements (bike lanes, bulb‑outs, high‑visibility crosswalks) are already being installed ahead of larger capital work.
Supervisors asked how MTA tracks soft costs, who will physically deliver projects (MTA in‑house versus Public Works), and why some smaller safety projects appear to move faster only after a fatality. McGuire said the agency is working on baseline data for soft‑costs and will use new systems and the delivery director to reduce timelines.
Supervisor Wiener moved, and Supervisor Kim seconded, to continue the item to the call of the chair for further oversight; the committee passed the motion with positive recommendation to the full Board.
