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Transportation

About Us

The Transportation Department (TD) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of nearly all infrastructure in the public right of way including streets, sidewalks, traffic signals, and street trees. In addition, the TD performs many other functions including traffic safety and service evaluations and engineering analysis of traffic data; managing the Utilities Undergrounding Program; planning and coordinating work in the right of way (ROW) including management of the Street Preservation Ordinance; and keeping communities clean and safe through weed abatement and graffiti cleanup. Through its work, the TD builds out the City’s multi-modal network, moves people and goods through the network, and maintains the network’s ROW, which all function to provide safe and efficient travel across the City for all modes of transit. The Transportation Department is “San Diego at Work” and strives to provide excellent customer service; the Department receives and manages over 10,000 radio transmissions and calls per year to our Public Works Dispatch Center, and our teams are responsible for the highest number of Get it Done cases across the City with over 33% of all requests managed by the Transportation Department annually.

The Department is comprised of three distinct divisions:

Managed Assets

Hover over the numbers on the graphic below to view the different assets managed by the Transportation Department.

Graphical illustration of city depicting the assets owned by the Transportation Department

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10,000 Calls to Dispatch

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60,000 Street and Park Lights

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250,000 Trees Along City Streets

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1,650 Traffic Signals

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3,000 Miles of Streets/Pavement

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50,000 Street Signs

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1,117 Miles of Bike Lanes

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50,000 Curb Ramps

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1,100 Miles of Overhead Lines Remaining to Underground

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4,550 Miles of Sidewalks

Graphical illustration of city depicting the assets owned by the Transportation Department

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10,000 Calls to Dispatch

Graphical illustration of a streetlight

60,000 Street and Park Lights

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250,000 Trees Along City Streets

Graphical illustration of a traffic signal

1,650 Traffic Signals

Graphical illustration of a paved street

3,000 Miles of Streets/Pavement

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50,000 Street Signs

Graphical illustration of a bike lane

1,117 Miles of Bike Lanes

Graphical illustration of a curb ramp

50,000 Curb Ramps

Graphical illustration of an overhead utility line

1,100 Miles of Overhead Lines Remaining to Underground

Graphical illustration of a sidewalk with a house in the background

4,550 Miles of Sidewalks