SFMTA Climate Roadmap for a Healthier San Francisco

Transit improvements make transit more frequent, convenient and reliable and support economic vitality, environmental stewardship and equity.

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Create a complete and connected active transportation network

A complete network of corridors that are attractive to all demographics for walking, biking and using scooters, wheelchairs and other small mobility devices connects neighborhoods and helps people take more zero-carbon trips better for the community and the environment.

Expand programs to communities that shift trips to transit, walking and bicycling

Transportation Demand Management can help to readjust the way people think about their mobility options, reducing congestion and improving transit reliability.

The SFMTA has identified six key strategies for a path toward realizing climate and mobility goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, shifting trips to low-carbon modes, accelerating adoption of electric vehicles and generating important community benefits.

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Manage parking resources more efficiently

Parking reform enables drivers to find a parking spot near their destination, encourages people to take transit, walk or bike by reflecting driving’s true cost, increases funding for transit operations and supports people with fewer public options.

Accelerate adoption of zero-emissions vehicles

Electrification of vehicle trips helps to directly reduce GHG emissions from San Francisco’s largest single source of them: cars and trucks.

Conduct impactful community engagement

Disclaimer

SFMTA’s Climate Roadmap for a Healthier San Francisco 2023 (Climate Roadmap) articulates six broad strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in alignment with the City’s Climate Action Plan (2021). The Climate Roadmap does not approve, fund, or authorize implementation of any specific projects, which are intended to generate important community benefits such as health, equity, accessibility, safety and many others. Each implementation project or action will be reviewed and approved over time and follow protocols and best practices for adoption, which may require additional public review, review by City decision-makers, and/or environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. As a result of those reviews, there may be alternatives and mitigation measures developed that may be implemented as well.