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Applications are due by 5:00pm on August 1, 2013!
If you would like more information about how the application process works, read on:
What is the process for getting traffic calming on my street?
- Application: Residents who are concerned about speeding on their streets are encouraged to submit applications and neighborhood petitions to initiate the process for receiving traffic calming measures.
- Evaluation & Ranking: Once applications are received (August 1, 2013), SFMTA staff collect the additional data needed to determine whether an application qualifies and how severe the problem is. This includes conducting speed & volume studies for each location and reviewing existing data on collisions. Once this data is gathered for all applications, they are ranked based primarily on speeds, volumes, collisions and the presence of schools.
- Determine Project List: SFMTA staff then review each of the top locations to determine whether a speed hump would be an appropriate tool to reduce speeds at that location. In some cases, other measures will be recommended.
- Inform Applicants: Once a recommendation is made, applicants will be informed of whether or not their location will receive a traffic calming project the following year.
- Inform & Ballot Neighbors: Residents on accepted blocks will be contacted by the SFMTA with information about the project, and asked to vote on whether they would like traffic calming implemented on their street. Fifty percent of returned ballots must be in favor of the measure – signatures from the original application count as “yes” votes unless a “no” vote is received from the same address.
- Design & Approval: If the neighbors vote in favor of the measure, SFMTA engineers will finalize the designs and bring the proposals through the official SFMTA public hearing process.
- Construction: For applications submitted by August 1, 2013, speed humps and other traffic calming measures will likely be constructed in late 2014.
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Why are applications required?
Applications are required to identify locations where there are speeding concerns, and to establish community support for speed humps or other traffic calming measures. For example, if a block is selected for traffic calming, residents on that block will be given the opportunity to vote on whether or not they would like to have a speed hump. Signatures are required as part of the application to ensure that there will be community support for traffic calming, before the SFMTA begins the planning process.
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How are streets selected?
For a block to be considered for residential traffic calming, three main criteria must be met.
- Eligible Residential Street: The street must be a local-access residential street where speed humps and other speed reduction measures would be effective. Major arterial streets are not addressed through residential traffic calming, but rather through other SFMTA programs and projects.
- Measurable Speeding Problem: Streets will only be included where speeding has been demonstrated based on SFMTA data collection and criteria.
- Prioritized Ranking: Applications will be ranked to determine the list of locations most in need of traffic calming, and the highest ranked locations will receive traffic calming based on funding availability (likely 20-25 locations per year).
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How do I know if my street meets the criteria?
The SFMTA will measure speeds once applications are submitted. However, before you apply, you can also take a look at the resources below to see if your street may be unlikely to qualify.
Streets with the following characteristics are not likely to be eligible residential streets:
If your street is eligible and has speeding, the following features could increase the ranking of your street:
- If your street is in a school zone
- If there is a community center, senior center, park or playground on your street
- If your street is on the bicycle network
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What if I want something besides a speed hump?
Speed humps are highly effective at reducing speeds, and are less resource intensive than less effective tools like traffic islands, corner extensions, and chicanes. If you apply for the traffic calming program, your street will first be evaluated for speed humps and only considered for other measures if speed humps are infeasible.
If you are concerned about safety an intersection, rather than speeds mid-block, traffic calming may not be the appropriate solution. For instance if your primary concerns are about STOP signs, yielding, or visibility, please contact the Sustainable Streets Division online using the 311 Self Service portal or call the San Francisco 311 Customer Service Center.
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