Public
- Public
- Network
- Groups
- Featured
- Popular
- People

SFMTA Memorandum To: Michael Macario, Paint Shop Manager From: Ricardo Olea, City Traffic Engineer Date: February 27, 2025 Subject: Delegated Daylighting Red Zone Painting This memorandum summarizes delegated daylighting red zone lengths for painting by Streets Division Paint Shop without the use of engineering work orders. Assembly Bill 413 (2023) has established since the start of 2024 a prohibition on parking within 20 feet of the approach to any marked or unmarked crosswalk (CVC 22500n). This daylighting distance can be shortened or lengthened by cities, provided such different length is marked with signs or paint... Basic Daylighting Authority Streets Paint Shop authorized to paint without engineering work order: * 10-foot daylighting red at STOP sign controlled approaches measured from edge of crosswalk or stop bar. The two 10-foot length exceptions are school (yellow) crosswalks and Muni flag stops, both of which are painted at 20 feet. * At all other locations as feasible paint 20 feet daylighting from approach outside edge of marked or unmarked crosswalk.

Download link

SFMTA Memorandum To: Michael Macario, Paint Shop Manager From: Ricardo Olea, City Traffic Engineer Date: February 27, 2025 Subject: Delegated Daylighting Red Zone Painting This memorandum summarizes delegated daylighting red zone lengths for painting by Streets Division Paint Shop without the use of engineering work orders. Assembly Bill 413 (2023) has established since the start of 2024 a prohibition on parking within 20 feet of the approach to any marked or unmarked crosswalk (CVC 22500n). This daylighting distance can be shortened or lengthened by cities, provided such different length is marked with signs or paint... Basic Daylighting Authority Streets Paint Shop authorized to paint without engineering work order: * 10-foot daylighting red at STOP sign controlled approaches measured from edge of crosswalk or stop bar. The two 10-foot length exceptions are school (yellow) crosswalks and Muni flag stops, both of which are painted at 20 feet. * At all other locations as feasible paint 20 feet daylighting from approach outside edge of marked or unmarked crosswalk.
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/carfreecitymain/media_attachments/files/114/463/795/815/804/452/original/31f8c3f3e7445f10.png

Notices where this attachment appears

Embed this notice
scott f (scott@carfree.city)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 10:08:24 JST scott f
in reply to

When SFMTA said they wouldn't enforce AB413, they announced they would, however, rapidly paint red curbs at every intersection. They allowed us to assume they meant 20 foot red curbs in accordance with the law.
https://www.sfmta.com/blog/making-enforcement-fair-our-new-plan-state-daylighting-law
They were lying by omission. Traffic Engineer Ricardo Olea actually ordered 10 foot curbs, which overrides AB413. They're using red paint to actively make us less safe.

In conversation about 18 days ago from carfree.city permalink