San Francisco is experimenting with a new set of policies and programmes to help it become a better city. The city’s planning department, the Municipal Transport Agency and the County Transportation Authority have developed an initiative called Transport Demand Management, which is aimed at reducing traffic congestion. This initiative will require housing developers to commit to certain pre-approved measures aimed at keeping residents from hopping in their cars such as providing onsite bicycles and subsidised public-transport passes. One measure could also see mixed-use properties include a quality grocer in the tenant mix so that residents have ready access to food. While other US cities have experimented with similar programmes, they’ve so far been limited to commercial properties; San Francisco will be the first city to make these demands for all new buildings.