Excelsior District
The Excelsior District is located in the southeast part of San Francisco. As San Francisco’s Supervisorial District 11, the neighborhood borders Portola, Mclaren Park, and Visitacion Valley to the east; City College and Ingleside to the West; Bernal Heights to the North; and Daly City to the south. Interstate 280 borders both the northern and western sides of the district.
Excelsior has a population of around 28,443, consisting of 42.6% Asian, 30.4% Latino or Hispanic, 16.7% White, 2.7% 2 or more races, 2.6% American Indian, 2.1% Black, Native Hawaiin/Pacific Islander 1.9%, and some other race at 0.9%. It has a median household income of $107,000 a year compared to San Francisco’s city-wide median income of $150,000 a year.
It is a predominantly residential area with commercial corridors on Mission St, Alemany Boulevard, and Geneva Avenue. Many residents continue to use cars, as the district has one of the highest rates of car ownership in San Francisco despite parking being a perennial challenge the community faces.
The district is served by the 14-Mission, 49-Van Ness, 29-sunset, 8-Bayshore, 43-Masonic, 54-Felton, 44-O’Shaughnessy, 52-Excelsior, and the J-Church Metro Line. It also houses the Balboa Park BART Station.
Often referred to as one of the “forgotten districts,” Excelsior’s distance from Downtown has made it difficult for residents to be involved in meetings at impactful locations like City Hall. Community organizations such as the Filipino Community Center, Coleman Advocates, PODER SF, Excelsior Action Group, and Excelsior District Improvement Association are among the community-based organizations that advocate for the residents of the district.
In collaboration with the Bay Area Air District, our goal is to identify transit needs directly from the community and community groups, and then amplify their voices to improve public transportation to help shift transportation priorities.
SFTR in the Excelsior District
Excelsior District Needs Assessment Survey
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Ride Audit
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Our Goals so Far

Educate riders about transit funding
Muni is facing a crisis. Federal pandemic aid is running out and inflation is continuing to raise operating costs, so the SFMTA expects to run up to a $322 million deficit by fiscal year 2026–2027. Failure to address this deficit would lead to service cuts and fare increases leaving hundreds of thousands of daily transit riders from across the Bay Area stranded at the curb.

Identify community needs
Southeast San Francisco neighborhoods, like the Excelsior District, have often been excluded from transit planning and investment. SFTR seeks to understand the transportation needs of these neighborhoods, and formulate joint priorities and strategies to increase public transportation effectiveness.
Other projects affecting the district:
In December 2022 the SFMTA, CalTrans, and the SFCTA published the draft plan including 45 projects – $25 million worth of transportation improvements – across Visitacion Valley, Portola, Little Hollywood, and Sunnydale that community members have asked for, plus policy recommendations for to improve mobility, access and quality of life for residents. We then asked the community to tell us which projects to build first.
The Vis Valley & Portola Community-based Transportation Plan is mainly focused in neighborhoods adjacent to the Excelsior District. However, specific projects that may result from the Vis Valley & Portola Community-based Transportation Plan will affect the Excelsior District due to shared transit lines, such as the 29-Sunset and the 44-O’Shaughnessy.

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