The move comes as the agency faces an anticipated $322 million budget deficit<\/a> next year when federal and state one-time relief funds run out.<\/p>\n Since the launch of the traffic calming program in 2013, residents have been able to ask the city to install new speed-reducing devices, such as concrete islands, speed bumps (and humps), road markings and rubber road cushions, in their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n \u201cA surge in applications during the pandemic \u2014 when the SFMTA made the process more accessible \u2014 has left a significant backlog of projects, many of which are now ready for construction,\u201d the agency said in a statement, noting it would stop taking applications on July 1.<\/p>\n SFMTA has installed over 1,200 traffic-calming devices throughout the city since 2018, including more than 500 directly requested by residents, according to the agency.<\/p>\n \u201cThis work has helped advance San Francisco\u2019s Vision Zero goals <\/a>\u2014 and that effort continues, even as new residential applications are temporarily paused,\u201d it added, referring to an initiative<\/a> the city launched in 2014 to end traffic fatalities within a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/MUNI-with-GBUS.png\")
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