Pelosi Announces $23 Million Headed to San Francisco for Safer, Greener Howard Street

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has allocated $23 million for safety upgrades along San Francisco's Howard Street through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) initiative. This announcement follows Speaker Pelosi's letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg last March in support of funding for the Howard Streetscape Project.

"Today's announcement is a vital step toward ensuring all San Franciscans can safely share our streets – including on foot or on a bicycle," Speaker Pelosi said. "This $23 million federal investment will help build the safer, greener Howard Street that our City deserves: saving lives, easing commutes and bringing communities closer together. As San Francisco's proud representative in the Congress, it was my privilege to help secure this transformative funding, and I will continue fighting alongside Mayor London Breed to achieve our Vision Zero – ending traffic fatalities in San Francisco by 2024."

Today's announced funding will support the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority's (SFMTA) planned safety upgrades along Howard Street in the South of Market neighborhood. The Howard Streetscape Project will transform a dangerous, congested artery into a walkable and bike-friendly street – addressing urgent safety issues that resulted in three fatalities between 2014 and 2019. Upgrades will include permanent protected bike lanes, improved traffic signals, raised crosswalks and green infrastructure.

The RAISE initiative provides federal funding to help communities carry out road, rail, transit and port projects with significant local or regional impacts. Last year, President Biden and the Democratic Congress secured $1.5 billion in RAISE funding for 2022 through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as well as $775 million in annual appropriations funding – nearly doubling the funding for this program over the previous year.