SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin Speaks to BOMA San Francisco Government Affairs Committee Members

BOMA's Government Affairs Policy Advisory Committee (GAPAC) recently welcomed back Ed Reiskin, Director of Transportation for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).

The SFMTA is the City’s mobility manager and operates the entire surface transportation network that encompasses pedestrians, bicycling, transit, traffic and parking and regulates the taxi industry.  As such, Mr. Reiskin provided a great deal of information in a short time frame.  Here are the highlights from his presentation:

• Department Update
• Funding
• SFMTA, like many transportation agencies in the Bay Area and California incorporate state level funding into their budgets. There is a need for business organizations, like BOMA, to support state funding of transportation agencies and their projects.
• Muni 
• Approval rating is trending up (good!) to 70%
• Projects in San Francisco
• 220 transit projects - $3.5 billion - currently in San Francisco.
• Agency Objectives
• FY 2013-2018 Strategic Plan
• Under the FY 2013-2018 SFMTA Strategic Plan, the SFMTA committed to a mode share goal of 50 percent auto and 50 percent non-auto (transit, bicycling, walking and taxi) for all trips by 2018. Meeting this mode shift goal will put the SFMTA and the city as a whole on track to meet the transportation needs of future residents, employees and visitors.
• By 2035, San Francisco is projected to have an approximate 15 percent growth in population and a 25 percent growth in employment. This growth requires us to re-think our resources and tools to meet the city’s quality of life objectives. SFMTA can leverage its multi modality to facilitate big picture planning, design, construction, operations and overall funding management to implement complete streets projects that make non-auto modes more attractive to all residents, workers and visitors to San Francisco.
• Four Goals
• Create a safer transportation experience for everyone.
• Make transit, walking, bicycling, taxi, ridesharing and carsharing the preferred means of travel.
• Improve the environment and quality of life in San Francisco.
• Create a workplace that delivers outstanding service.