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SFMTA director highlights new state laws, event-driven ridership gains and neighborhood outreach
Summary
At the SFMTA board meeting, Director Kirschbaum reviewed recent state laws supporting transit safety and access, reported a 50% weekend ridership bump around Golden Gate Park tied to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and described neighborhood outreach and safety work in West Portal, Chinatown and Bernal Heights.
Director Julie Kirschbaum told the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board that several state bills signed by the governor this year will help the agency on staff safety, access and project delivery.
Kirschbaum cited AB 394 as expanding consequences for battery against public-transit operators to all public transit employees and called AB 1532 a renewal of the Access for All program that funds wheelchair-accessible on-demand trips. She also praised SB 71 for streamlining approvals for certain transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects and lauded SB 63 for authorizing a Bay Area sales-tax measure the board hopes will appear…
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