San Francisco
History of Transportation
Pre-1906
~1852: Omnibus
Horse-drawn passenger cars
~1873: Cable Cars
First were in San Francisco
Moving cable under street
~Street Cars
Overhead electric wire vs.
ground cable
No need to have 'grip man'
~Ferries
Ran across Bay to Oakland,
Continental Rail
Post-1906
~Earthquake of 1906
Reconstruction becomes large
scale development
~Highway construction
Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge,
Bayshore Hwy
~Freeway revolt
From 1960 to 1989
Protest of 1948, 1955 Trafficways
plans
~"Transit First" Policy
Priority to public transit funding
~Automobile presence
Existing Transportation
Systems
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MUNI BART
MUNI
- Network:
Bus lines
Trolley buslines
Light rails
Cable cars
Heritage car line
-Operates 365
days
- Special service
- 7th largest TS
MUNI METRO
TROLLEY BUS
CABLE CAR SYSTEM
BART - Heavy rail Transit
- SUbway
-Operates 5 lines
(44 stations)
- Connecting
services
- Hosts car sharing
BART RAILWAY
HOW IS SAN FRANCISCO
CONNECTED TO OTHER
BAY AREA COMMUNITIES?
FERRY
RAILWAY
BRT
MRT
AIRWAYS
- Angel Island/
Tiburon Ferry
- Blue & Gold
- Golden Gate
- SF bay
- Horn Blower
Alcatraz
FERRY
Current Land use
Is it diverse? Definitely:
Every
residential
zone is
within one
mile of
commercial
zones
Fully 60
different
zone
designations
RC-4 Districs
"These districts encourage
a combination of high-
density dwellings, with
compatible commercial
uses on the ground floor to
protect and enhance
neighborhoods with mixed
use character." Chinatown
"...Stockton Street is
intended to remain
principally in its present
character... compatible
with [the] existing small-
scale mixed-use character
of the area."
Zoning
Districts
Preservation
Districts
Kearney-Market
-Mason-Sutter
South End
Northeast Waterfront
Telegraph Hill Historic Districts
Similar to the National
Register of Historic Places;
they are "areas of multiple
historic resources that are
contextually united"
Conservation Districts
conservation districts "seek
to designate and protect
buildings based on
architectural quality and
contribution to the
character of Downtown"
Special Use
Districts
San Francisco
Transportation goals
Central Subway
PROJECT GOALS • Extend the north-south corridor of MUNI's Metro
System
• Provide shorter travel times for passengers
• Relieve congestion on the Stockton Street corridor
• Provide connectivity to a future Geary line.
Electrification of the Caltrain
PROJECT GOALS • allowing for faster, more frequent
service
• quieter trains
• cleaner environment
• reduced operating costs
Postponed due to high-speed rail project.
High-Speed Rail
• Connecting the major population centers of
Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, the
Central Valley, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire
(Riverside County), Orange County, and San
Diego.
• Speeds of up to 220 mph
• The San Francisco to Los Angeles section is
proposed to be completed by 2030
Questions?