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Transportation

We believe: Walking, biking, and taking transit should be the safest
and best ways to get around for people of all ages and abilities.

Our Goal


• Reduce emissions from transportation.

• Reduce driving.

• Build complete communities around transit.

• Make Bay Area transit work for the 21st century.

• Eliminate traffic deaths.

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SPUR Report

Making Roads Work for Transit

Transit delays and unreliability can make riding the bus a nonstarter for those who have other ways to get around. Giving transit vehicles priority on Bay Area roads can deliver the speed and reliability improvements needed to get more people on buses and out of cars.
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Policy Brief

Accelerating Sustainable Transportation in California

To fight climate pollution, California will need to build out the infrastructure to make walking, biking and riding transit the default ways to get around. SPUR makes the case to extend state legislation that is making it faster to build commonsense sustainable transportation projects.
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SPUR Report

The Bay Area Parking Census

For decades, parking in the Bay Area has been both ubiquitous and uncounted. SPUR and the Mineta Transportation Institute have produced the San Francisco Bay Area Parking Census, the most detailed assessment of parking infrastructure ever produced for the region.
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Updates and Events

Muni on the Rise

Urbanist Article
What will it take for San Francisco to get the transit system it deserves? SPUR takes a hard look at the SFMTA's Transit Effectiveness Project, the first major upgrade proposed for MUNI in nearly 30 years.

A New Transit-First Neighborhood

SPUR Report
Caltrain's surface rail yards represent enormous opportunities for San Francisco. In this report, SPUR proposes a plan to knit together Mission Bay with neighborhoods to the north and west.

New Connections

SPUR Report
San Francisco is about to build its first new subway in decades. It's a great project that could be even better with a few key improvements.

Keeping California on Track

Urbanist Article
Building high-speed rail in California could reinforce cities as the hubs of our economies and significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. So why is the proposal languishing?

Muni's Billion Dollar Problem

SPUR Report
SPUR addresses Muni’s deficit, by sharply reducing costs and linking financial goals to long-term transportation goals.

Pragmatism Before Megaprojects

Urbanist Article
Jeff Tumlin spells out 10 lessons San Francisco can learn from Portland -- from providing free transit in the downtown area, to supplying street furniture to improving walkability.
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