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SFCTA adopts eco‑friendly downtown deliveries study, recommends pilots and interagency team
Summary
The board adopted a study recommending pilots for off‑hours deliveries and logistics microhubs while discouraging immediate prioritization of e‑bike battery‑swap lockers due to compatibility concerns; the report calls for an urban freight team and targeted grant seeking.
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority on Nov. 4 adopted the eco‑friendly downtown deliveries study and recommended a series of pilot projects and institutional steps to support lower‑emission deliveries in downtown San Francisco.
David Long, senior transportation planner at SFCTA, said the study evaluated three main strategies: an off‑hours delivery program to shift deliveries to low‑congestion times, logistics microhubs to transload goods from larger vehicles to smaller final‑mile modes, and e‑bike battery‑swapping lockers. The work was funded by a grant from the…
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