San Francisco Late Night Transportation Working Group
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Last Updated: April 24, 2018
In June 2014, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the San Francisco Entertainment Commission formed a Late Night Transportation Working Group comprised of local transportation providers, representatives from nighttime and early-morning businesses, nightlife advocates, labor unions with employees who work late nights or early mornings, and other stakeholders interested in late night transportation issues.
Over the next nine months, the Working Group studied the existing conditions of all-night transportation in San Francisco, surveyed the needs of impacted stakeholders, evaluated a lengthy list of potential solutions, and developed fifteen recommendations to improve late-night and early-morning transportation for San Francisco workers, residents, and visitors.
This work culminated in the release of The Other 9-to-5: Improving Late-Night and Early-Morning Transportation for San Francisco Workers, Residents, and Visitors in February 2015. This groundbreaking report surveys the existing state of late-night and early-morning transportation to, from, and within San Francisco and articulates fifteen recommendations to address the major need areas in overnight transportation.
In the second phase of its work, the Working Group has worked to implement the report’s recommendations through five next steps. Those next steps have included:
- Beginning a process to refresh and consider expansion of all-night bus service;
- Using challenge grants to make location-specific improvements;
- Developing and launching a coordinated information campaign on existing services;
- Monitoring all-night transportation metrics in order to make additional data-driven recommendations; and
- Continuing convening the Late Night Transportation Working Group.
This second phase of work resulted in the April 2018 release of the Working Group’s 2018 Update Report. This document is a final report on this “Phase II” work, and identifies some further recommendations to continue to improve late-night and early-morning transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area moving forward.
Below, you can find the working group’s schedule of meetings, relevant documents and the group’s full roster. Please send any inquiries about the working group — including requests to be notified about future meeting agendas — to [email protected].
Schedule of Working Group Meetings
Please note that this page has been reorganized to present the most recent meetings first.
Meeting #12
February 6, 2018
3:30pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 370
Documents:
- Agenda for February 6 meeting
- Draft report on Phase II implementation work (Updated 2/13/18)
Meeting #11
December 7, 2016
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 370
Documents:
- Agenda for December 7 meeting
- December 7 update on implementation of working group report’s next steps
- Transit Service Planning:
- Slide deck on service planning recommended improvement concepts
- Memorandum of service improvement recommendations (Updated 12/12/16)
- Late night transit service evaluation memorandum
- Late night transit demand analysis memorandum (previously presented at May 18, 2016 meeting)
- White Papers:
- BAE Urban Economics report on needs assessments for pilot neighborhoods
Meeting #10
August 24, 2016
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for August 24 meeting
- August 24 update on implementation of working group report’s next steps
- Slide deck presenting transit service planning highlights
- Slide deck presenting data monitoring highlights
- Press release announcing launch of AllNighter information campaign
- AllNighter campaign “Late Shift” postcard
- AllNighter campaign “Early Shift” postcard
- AllNighter campaign “Surging Price” postcard
Meeting #9 (Please note the date has changed)
May 18, 2016
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for May 18 meeting
- May 10 update on implementation of working group report’s next steps
- Memorandum of key findings on demand for transit for overnight workers
- Slide deck highlighting key findings on demand for transit for overnight workers
- Implementation plan for late-night transportation marketing campaign
- Visual concepts for late-night transportation marketing campaign
- Location-specific pilot project business survey
- Location-specific pilot project employee survey
Meeting #8
March 9, 2016
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for March 9 meeting
- March 9 update on implementation of working group report’s next steps
- Memorandum on service planning initiative
- Memorandum on information campaign
- Late night transportation marketing plan
- Late night transportation information campaign concepts
Meeting #7 (Please note the date and room have changed)
January 20, 2016
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for January 20 meeting
- January 20 update on implementation of working group report’s next steps
- Proposed table of contents for rail service white papers
Meeting #6
September 30, 2015
3:00pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 421
Documents:
- Agenda for September 30 meeting
- September 22 update on implementation of working group report’s next steps
Meeting #5 (Please note the time has slightly changed)
February 4, 2015
3:30pm-5:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
Meeting #4 (Please note the date, time and room have changed)
December 10, 2014
3pm-5pm
City Hall, Room 421
Documents:
- Agenda for December 10 meeting
- PowerPoint presentation by working group staff: Screen-Friendly PDF / Print-Friendly PDF
- Draft chart of working group findings and recommendations
- Information about newly-launched BART/AC Transit late night bus pilot
Meeting #3 (Please note the date has changed)
October 29, 2014
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for October 29 meeting
- Summary of results from online survey about late night and early morning transportation
- Full data set of 2,805 responses to online survey about late night and early morning transportation
- PowerPoint presentation by working group staff and BART staff: Screen-Friendly PDF / Print-Friendly PDF
Meeting #2 (Please note the date has changed)
September 24, 2014
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for September 24 meeting
- Online survey about late night and early morning transportation
- PowerPoint presentation by working group staff: Screen-Friendly PDF / Print-Friendly PDF
Meeting #1
June 18, 2014
3pm-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 278
Documents:
- Agenda for June 18 meeting
- PowerPoint presentation by working group staff
- Board of Supervisors resolution supporting the creation of the working group
- SFMTA Summary of Findings from Polk Street Late Night Transportation Survey
Late Night Transportation Working Group Members
Ratna Amin, SPUR
Jon Ballesteros, San Francisco Travel Association
Amber Baur, San Francisco Labor Council
Guy Carson, California Music and Culture Association
Tilly Chang, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Robert Del Rosario, AC Transit
Ron Downing, Golden Gate Transit
Karen Heisler, Mission Pie
Michael Janis, San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market
Nick Josefowitz, BART Director, District 8
Henry Karnilowicz, San Francisco Council of District Merchants
Rodd Lee, BART
Duncan Ley, San Francisco Bar Owners Alliance
Jessica Lum, Hotel Council of San Francisco
Olga Miranda, SEIU Local 87
Donnalyn Murphy, Golden Gate Restaurant Association
Caitlin O’Neill, Uber
David Pilpel, Sunshine Task Force
Charles Rathbone, Luxor Cab
Michael Redmond, San Francisco Police Department
Theresa Romell, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Diego Sanchez, San Francisco Planning Department
Grahm Satterwhite, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Thea Selby, San Francisco Transit Riders Union
Bryant Tan, San Francisco Entertainment Commission
Tom Temprano, Virgil’s Sea Room
Brent Tietjen, SamTrans
Jeremy Wallenberg, sf.citi
Janelle White, San Francisco Women Against Rape
Michael Winger, Recording Academy, San Francisco Chapter
Working Group Staff
Colin Dentel-Post, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Jocelyn Kane, San Francisco Entertainment Commission
Adam Taylor, Office of Supervisor Scott Wiener
Ben Van Houten, San Francisco Office of Economic & Workforce Development