Transportation Planning
Emphasizing sustainable modes of travel
An important aspect of the Treasure Island Development is the new transportation infrastructure being developed for residents, employees, and visitors - to get to and from the island, and to travel around the island. These redesigns prioritize pedestrians and cyclists, and encourages sustainable transit-oriented choices as part of everyday life.
Public transportation options, including ferry, will continue to expand, and innovative policies implemented to maximize transit use including household transit passes, ramp metering and tolling. Toll affordability programs are in development, and will be available to residents and island employees who qualify.
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), acting as the Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency (TIMMA) is developing the Treasure Island Transportation Program, ensuring at least 50 percent of trips are made by walking, biking, and taking transit.
Enclosed Ferry walkway and shelter
Transportation network that emphasizes sustainable forms of transportation
Transportation Plan
The Treasure Island transportation program includes a series of measures and strategies that will deliver a unique transportation experience. Island residents, visitors, and employees will enjoy access to high-quality travel opportunities that prioritize pedestrians, bicycling, and public transit.
The Treasure Island Transportation Implementation Plan document (TITIP) provides the delivery framework for the measures and strategies that comprise the overall Program. The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), acting as the Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency (TIMMA) is developing the Treasure Island Transportation Program, ensuring at least 50 percent of trips are made by walking, biking, and taking transit.
Achieving Program goals will require Transportation Demand Management measures. The Program's measures and strategies are supported by financial commitments that support pedestrian, bicycling, and transit infrastructure and service; by pricing mechanisms and pricing structures; and by incentives to encourage transit use. The Islands' transportation network design prioritizes pedestrians and cyclists and encourages sustainable transit-oriented choices as part of everyday life.
Supplemental Transportation Plan
To ensure the voices of Treasure Island residents were included in the transportation planning process, One Treasure Island in partnership with the San Francisco Transportation Authority launched a study to understand resident and worker transportation needs, outline recommended short-term public transit improvements, and plan for supplemental transportation options.
The study was launched in Spring of 2022, during which time One Treasure Island hosted workshops, launched surveys, and held focus groups to get feedback from Island employees and residents, to determine current and preferred modes of travel. Learn more about the study findings and recommendations here.
Affordability Program for Residents
One Treasure Island’s work on behalf of the community has helped create an Affordability Program as part of the Transportation Plan. The current toll proposal exempts current residents from vehicle tolls, and will provide access to a new, robust transportation system with deeply discounted rates. New public transportation planned for the Island includes a ferry line to San Francisco, expanded Muni service between Treasure Island and San Francisco, new AC transit to the East Bay, an on-Island shuttle, and access to bike- and car-share services – all anticipated to come online in 2024 or 2025. More details about the proposed Affordability Program, and transportation changes, are available here.
Creating a sustainable community is a central component of the development project. This is one of the many reasons that the plan has, from its inception, included ways to reduce vehicular traffic to and from the Island. Implementing a vehicle toll while expanding access to public transportation is ultimately the approach that the Transportation Plan pursued. A vehicle toll and congestion pricing were first included and approved in the 1996 Reuse Plan, and was included in the final development plan that was approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors in 2011.
One Treasure Island is focused on how to make the transportation plan work in order to support the plan’s vision of creating a successful, inclusive mixed income community that includes over 2,000 units of affordable housing.