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

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