SAN FRANCISCO TRANSPORTATION FACT SHEET March 2006 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Area Land (Sq. Mi.) 47.355 (1) source Highest Elevation (Mt. Davidson) 970' (2) DEMOGRAPHY Resident Population (2000 Census) 776,733 (3) Estimated Population 2005 799,263 (42) Population 18 Years of Age or Over (2000) 663,931 (85%) (3) No. of Jobs (2000) 628,860 (4) Non-SF Residents Commuting to SF (2000) 261,181 (5) SF Residents Commuting Out of SF (2000) 96,544 (5) Estimated Daytime San Francisco Population 945,480 (3) Occupied Housing Units (2000) 329,700 (3) Owner Occupied Housing Units (2000) 115,391 (35%) (3) Renter Occupied Housing Units (2000) 214,309 (65%) (3) Average Number of Persons Per Occupied Housing Unit (2000) 2.3 (3) Hotel Rooms (2005) 32,719 (6) One South Van Ness Avenue 7th Fl. San Francisco, CA 941031 Tel: 415.701.4500 Fax: 415.701.4737 www.sfgov.org/dpt
VEHICLES AND DRIVERS Vehicle Registration (2004) (8) Autos 382,795 Trucks 65,141 Motorcycles 17,611 Trailers 11,485 TOTAL 476,388 Driver s Licenses Issued (2004) 518,405 (8) Disabled Placards (2004) 36,540 (8) Registered Vehicle Density (Veh/Sq. Mi) 10,060 (9) Vehicles Per Capita 0.60 (10) VEHICLES AVAILABLE BY HOUSEHOLD (2000) Number of Percent Households 1 Vehicle 138,526 42.0 2 Vehicles 73,017 22.1 3 Vehicles 17,582 5.3 4 Vehicles 4,282 1.3 5 or More Vehicles 2,115 0.6 329,700 100.0 No. Vehicles Available No Vehicle 94,178 28.6 (3) Total Vehicles Available in Households 365,009 (43) Average Vehicles Available per Household 1.11 (43) INCREASE IN VEHICLE POPULATION IN SF ON A TYPICAL WORK DAY (Vehicles Entering City) (Vehicles Leaving City) Between 4 a.m. and 12 p.m. on a Work Day Bay Bridge Golden Gate Bridge +20,000 (11) +13,100 (11) I-280 to/from San Mateo County +6,700 (11) US 101 to/from San Mateo County -4,400 (11) TOTAL DAYTIME INCREASE IN VEHICLES +35,400 (11) 2
HIGHWAYS AND STREETS Miles of Road Freeways (including ramps and freeway to freeway exchanges) 59 (5) Streets (includes unaccepted) 946 (5) Park Streets (in Golden Gate Park, Presidio, McLaren Park & Lincoln Park) 65 (5) Military (in Hunters Point Shipyard & Fort Mason) 12 (5) Private 6 (5) TOTAL 1,088 (5) Paved Street Area (Sq. Ft.) 195,000,000 (15) Widest Street (Between Property Lines) Junipero Serra Blvd. (254 ) (16) Oldest Street Grant Avenue (1835) (2) Steepest Street Filbert Street (31.5%) (Hyde to Leavenworth) (17) MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK (SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS) 1990 Percent 2000 Percent Change Drive Alone 38.5 40.5 +2.0 (3) Carpool 11.5 10.8-0.8 Public Transportation 33.5 31.1-2.4 Motorcycle 1.2 0.9-0.3 Bicycle 1.0 2.1 +1.1 Walk 9.8 9.4-0.4 Other 0.7 0.7 --- San Franciscans have the lowest drive-alone rate of all the Bay Area Counties, and transit use is most common among San Francisco residents, according to Commute Profile 2002, published by RIDES. (http://www.rides.org) Worked at Home 3.8 4.6 +0.8 TOTAL 100% 100% 3
INTERSECTIONS, SIGNS, AND SIGNALS Year first traffic signal installed 1921 (18) Estimated No. of Intersections 7,200 (19) No. of Signalized Intersections 1,148 (19) No. of Parking Restriction Signs 103,000 (20) No. of Regulatory Signs 36,000 (20) No. of Warning Signs 12,000 (20) No. of Guide Signs 12,000 (20) No. of Street Name Signs 54,000 (20) RED LIGHT CAMERAS (2005) No. of Intersections Enforced By Red Light Cameras 23 (21) No. of Red Light Camera Violations Issued (2004) 14,690 REPORTED COLLISIONS (2004) Non-Fatal Pedestrian Injury Collisions 665 (19) Fatal Pedestrian Collisions 18 (19) Non-Fatal Bicycle Injury Collisions 272 (19) Fatal Bicycle Collisions 1 (19) Total Non-Fatal Collisions (all modes) 3,038 (19) Total Fatal Collisions 33 (19) 2004 non-fatal injury collisions were the lowest in ten years and 41 percent lower than in 1995. 2004 injury and fatal pedestrian collisions were the lowest in ten years and 39 percent lower than in 1995. TRANSIT Avg. Weekday Boardings (2004-05) 685,000 (23) Avg. Saturday Boardings (2004-05) 461,491 (23) Avg. Sunday Boardings (2004-05) 375,291 (23) Annual Boardings (2004-05) 216,000,000 (23) No. of Transit Stops 4,125 (23) 4
No. of Bus Zones 1,568 (24) Priority Bus Lanes 14.8 Miles (24) No. of Diesel Buses 495 (23) No. of Cable Cars 40 (23) No. of Historic Streetcars 26 (23) No. of Light Rail Vehicles (Metro) 151 (23) No. of Trolley Buses 333 (23) Total Service Vehicles 1045 Single Track - Light Rail Vehicles (gauge 4' 8 1/2") 66.1 Miles (23) - Cable Car (gauge 3' 6") 8.8 Miles BICYCLES Bicycle Path (Class I) Miles 23 (25) Bicycle Lane (Class II) Miles 40 Wide Curb Lane (Class III) Miles 56 Signed Only (Class III) Miles 82 Total Route Miles 201 Bicycle Racks 1,550 Bicycle Lockers 62 The 2000 Census indicates that San Francisco has the highest percentage of residents who commute to work by bicycle among cities with a population of 500,000 or above in the US! SF has a higher percentage of residents commuting by bicycle than Portland, Seattle, San Jose or any other major city. (http://www.bikesatwork.com) 5
VANPOOLS Originating in SF registered with RIDES 68 (26) Destined to SF registered with RIDES 173 On-Street Vanpool Parking Permits 128 CARPOOLS Carpoolers originating in SF registered with RIDES (2004) 899 (26) Carpoolers destined to SF registered with RIDES 1, 635 On-Street Carpool Parking Areas (2005) 3 (27) On-Street Carpool Parking Permits 82 TAXIS (2005) Medallions 1,381 (28) Rates: Flag Drop $ 2.85 Each 1/5 mile or fraction thereof $ 0.45 Each additional minute waiting/traffic time delay $0.45 Airport Exit Surcharge $2.00 JITNEYS (2005) Operating Jitneys 1 (28) DOWNTOWN Cost of Privately-Managed Parking: (41) Daily $5-$30 Hourly $0.75-$10 Monthly $85 - $420 6
PARKING SUPPLY On-Street Parking Spaces (estimated) (includes metered spaces) 320,000 (29) Off-Street Downtown (2001) 66,800 (30) Remainder of City (estimated) 225,000 Total Parking Supply (estimated) 603,000 White zones 1,575 (31) Green zones 337 (31) Yellow zones 3,981 (31) Blue zones 541 (31) Taxi zones 56 (31) Number of Parking Meter Spaces 23,028 (32) Single space meters On-Street 20,863 (32) Off-Street (Parking lots) 636 (32) Reino Multi-space (228 meters) On-Street Spaces 1,529 Annual Meter Revenue (FY 2004-2005) $24,148,426 (33) Annual Revenue per Meter (2004-2005) $1,049 (34) METER RATES (2005) Hourly Rate Motorcycle Hourly Rate Downtown (Area 1) $ 3.00 $.25 (35) Downtown Periphery (Area 2) $ 2.50 $.15 Fisherman s Wharf (Area 4) $ 2.50 $.15 Remainder of City (Area 3) $ 1.50 $.10 7
CITY-OWNED OFF-STREET GARAGES AND LOTS Garages No. of Garages 20 (36) No. of Parking Spaces 14,696 Metered Lots No. of Metered Lots 21 No. of Parking Spaces 641 Total Off-Street Spaces 15,289 FY 2004-05 Revenue of Garages And Attended Lots $71,579,286 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM Residential Permit Parking Areas (2005) 27 (27) No. of Residential Parking Permits Issued (FY 2004-05) Annual 93,385 Temporary 4,411 Revenue Received (FY 2004-05) $2,805,409 PARKING ENFORCEMENT (FY 2004-05) No. of Parking Control Officers (PCO) 317 (33) No. of PCO Supervisors, Directors, and 34 (33) Assistant Directors No. of Dispatchers 21 (33) Annual Parking Citations Issued 2,050,334 (40) No. of Abandoned Vehicles Towed 2,798 (38) No. of Vehicles Towed For Non-Payment of Parking Citations 8,733 (38) No. of Vehicles Towed For All Other Reasons 61,536 (38) No. of Vehicles Booted (Immobilized for Non-Payment of Parking Citations) 6,940 (39) No. of Illegal Disabled Placards Confiscated 890 (39) PARKING TICKET REVENUE 2004-05 $84,884,659 (38) 8
PARKING CITATIONS (FY 2004-05) Number Percent of Total Street Cleaning 690,334 33.7 (40) T37C Parking Meter Violation Outside Downtown 447,869 21.8 T202 Residential Permit Parking 224,920 11.0 T315A Parking Meter Violation Downtown 115,880 5.7 T202.1 Parking on Sidewalk 43,787 2.1 V22500F Overtime Parking 53,921 2.6 T32C.2 No Stopping Outside Downtown 42,120 2.1 T32A.2 Driveway 31,411 1.5 V22500E No Registration Tabs 36,433 1.8 V5204A Truck Loading Zones 34,391 1.7 T33.3 No Parking 20,968 1.0 T32B Red Zone 19,416 0.9 T38A Yellow Zone 26,702 1.3 T38B.1 Double Parking 24,162 1.2 V22500H Parking On Grades 40,964 2.0 T58A No Stopping- Downtown 24,053 1.2 T32A.1 Yellow Zone-Downtown 16,928 0.8 T38B Fire Hydrant 12,612 0.6 V22514 Crosswalks 11,360 0.6 V22500B White Zone 11,599 0.6 T38C Off-Street Meter 11,266 0.5 T32.10 Bus Zone 6,605 0.3 V22500I 3 Feet from Disabled Access Ramp 1,847 0.1 V22522 All Other Violations 100,786 4.9 TOTAL 2,050,334 100% 9
LIST OF SOURCES 1. SF Chronicle, 9/11/99, Just how big is S.F?, page A1. 2. San Francisco Almanac, Gladys C. Hansen, San Francisco Chronicle Books. 3. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. 4. Department of City Planning Database. 5. San Francisco Transportation Authority, Joe Castiglione, (415) 557-6850. 6. San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, www.sfcvb.org. Retrieved on 2-27-06. 7. 8. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Forecasting/MIS, (916) 657-8008. 9. Divided total number of registered vehicles by the area of land surface. 10. Vehicles divided by estimated population. 11. Caltrans, traffic counts, computed average of (total vehicles into SF between 4 AM and 12 PM) - (total vehicles out of SF between 4 AM and 12 PM) for typical weekdays in 2002. 12. Caltrans traffic counts, 2002. 13. Caltrans traffic counts, 2002. 14. Caltrans traffic counts, 2002. 15. Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, Joe Ovadia (415) 558-4004. 16. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Jerry Robbins, (415) 701-4490. 17. Department of Public Works, Street Use and Mapping, (415) 554-5810. 18. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Bond Yee, (415) 701-4677. 19. San Francisco 2004 Collision Report, Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, December 2005. 20. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Sign Shop, (415) 554-9797. 21. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Tabin Chung, (415) 701-4547, http://www.livablestreets.org. 22. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division. 23. San Francisco Municipal Railway, Robert Callwell, (415) 701-4383. 24. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Javad Mirabdal, (415) 701-4421. 25. Department of Parking & Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Bicycle Program, (415) 585-BIKE, http://bicycle.sfgov.org. 26. Department of Parking and Traffic, Residential Permit Parking, (415) 503-2020. 27. Department of Parking and Traffic, Residential Permit Parking, (415) 503-2020. 28. San Francisco Police Department Permit Bureau 553-1116 29. 946 miles of road * 2 sides per road * 5280 feet per mile / 25 feet per space * 0.8 (to factor for driveways and intersections). 30. Planning Department, Downtown Plan Monitoring Report 2004, page 35. 31. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Adrienne Hill, (415) 701-4639. 32. Department of Parking and Traffic, Parking Meter Shop, George Reynolds, (415) 550-2739. 33. Department of Parking and Traffic, Li Zhang, 701-4771. 34. Revenue divided by number of meters. 35. Department of Parking and Traffic, Administration Division. 36. Department of Parking and Traffic, Parking Authority, Steven Lee, (415) 701-4592. 37. Department of Parking and Traffic. 10
38. Department of Parking and Traffic, Administration Division, Steve Bell, (415) 701-4665. 39. Department of Parking and Traffic, Enforcement Division, Debbi Borthne, (415) 553-1620 40. Department of Parking and Traffic, Parking Citation Issuance Report. 41. Department of Parking and Traffic, Traffic Engineering Division, Spot check of parking facilities. Highest rates found in Financial District (i.e. Sansome and Halleck), lowest rates found in SOMA (i.e. Harrison and Fourth). 42. State of California Department of Finance County Population Estimates: www.dof.ca.gov. Retrieved on 2-27-06. 43. Computed from above data 11