SF transportation staff propose reinstating petitions, raising speed threshold for traffic-calming program

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SFMTA staff told the Transportation Authority they will move to reinstate a neighborhood petition requirement and raise the minimum speed eligibility from 27 to 30 mph while continuing work to clear a backlog of approved applications; commissioners raised equity and communication concerns and an advocacy group urged full reform.

SFMTA staff told the San Francisco County Transportation Authority on Dec. 16 that they plan to reinstate a petition requirement for the city's application-based residential traffic calming program and raise the minimum speed threshold for eligibility from 27 to 30 miles per hour.

The proposals were presented as part of a broader progress update in which SFMTA said it is already implementing hundreds of measures to address a backlog of accepted applications. Damon Curtis, traffic calming program manager, said work tied to FY22 includes 265 devices at about 155 locations split into five contract packages, with recent notice-to-proceed dates and installation progress: “we've already installed over 50 devices, in less than a month,” he said, and reported that two early contracts have installed 37 of 57 devices and 27 of 62 devices respectively.

The measures are intended to replace or add physical…

SF transportation staff propose reinstating petitions, raising speed threshold for traffic-calming program

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