Work with city and state agencies to develop, design and implement traffic, pedestrian and bicycle improvements along Ocean Beach, Great Highway, Sloat Boulevard, Lincoln Way, 19th Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. 

 

Ocean Beach

 

Recently, the SF Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) was awarded a state grant to implement a key recommendation of the Ocean Beach Master Plan. This funding will allow the City to begin the process of reducing the width of the Great Highway south of Sloat Boulevard. Our office will be assisting in this effort by advocating for matching funds to ensure the project moves forward in a timely manner. With the reduction of the width of the highway at this location, a host of other improvements are proposed to increase access to the waterfront and improve pedestrian safety.

 

Great Highway

 

• Micro-surfacing: Over the past several years, our office has heard from constituents that the lower Great Highway was in need of repaving. We worked with San Francisco Public Works to complete the micro-surfacing of the entire lower Great Highway in early 2015. Smooth pavement is safer for drivers,pedestrians, and bicyclists.

• Flashing beacons: In May, four flashing beacons were installed to alert drivers and divert traffic away from the lower Great Highway when the upper Great Highway is closed. These beacons are installed strategically at:

  • Lincoln Way at 33rd Avenue;

  • Sloat Boulevard at Middlefield Drive;

  • Skyline Boulevard just north of John Muir Drive; and

  • Fulton Street at 33rd Avenue

• Traffic calming assessment: Our office has called for the SFMTA to complete a traffic calming assessment of the entire lower Great Highway. So far, we have been able to successfully advocate for daylighting at Irving and lower Great Highway. However, our office will be advocating for the installation of STOP signs, painted crosswalks and further daylighting where appropriate.

• Kirkham and lower Great Highway: This intersection is one of the most complex and dangerous intersections along the entire stretch of the lower Great Highway. Our office designed a solution to this intersection that we shared with SFMTA. SFMTA has located the funding to implement our suggestion, and we will be working with them on this over the coming months. Please see below for a visualization of the current and proposed intersection configurations.

 

Sloat Boulevard

 

• Caltrans Sloat Boulevard & Collision Severity Reduction Project: This project will enhance pedestrian safety on several CA routes, including Sloat Boulevard (CA Route 35). Pedestrian hybrid beacons are proposed for the following intersections:

  • 36th Avenue

  • Constanso/Everglade

  • El Mirasol Place

  • 26th Avenue

  • 21st Avenue

Design will begin in fiscal year 2016-2017, and construction will begin by mid-2017.

• Sloat Boulevard Resurfacing: Caltrans currently has funding for the resurfacing and will be accelerating the re-paving of Sloat Boulevard from 19th Avenue to Skyline Boulevard. SF Public Works estimates the repaving of Sloat to begin in late 2016. Repaving will improve this area for motorists and make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists using the corridor.

 

Lincoln Way

 

• 34th & Lincoln: By early 2016, a signal will be in operation at this intersection. Since 2005, there have been 3 pedestrian injuries at this location. It is a popular entrance to the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park, as well as part of a designated north-south bicycle route. A new signal will be a huge improvement for safety at this location.

• Daylighting: SFMTA is working with the Planning Department to finish necessary environmental approvals in order to evaluate a comprehensive daylighting strategy for this corridor.

 

19th Avenue

 

• Signal timing upgrades: In February 2015, signal timing upgrades were completed to accommodate slower walking speeds of 3.5 feet per second along 19th Avenue from Sloat Boulevard to Crespi Drive.

• Pedestrian head starts: Also known as “Leading Pedestrian Intervals”, these safety measures were implemented at Irving and Vicente crossings in March to give pedestrians additional time to cross streets.

• Intersection daylighting: (When portions of the curb closest to the intersection are painted red to prevent parked vehicles from blocking sight lines at the intersection) This will soon be completed at Irving, Judah, Noriega, Ortega and Taraval Streets.

• Muni Forward: This longer-term initiative will bring additional daylighting and other pedestrian safety improvements along the 19th Avenue corridor at Lincoln, Lawton, Moraga, Sloat and other locations as part of the 28-19th Avenue Muni Forward project.

• 19th Avenue Combined City Project: This project is an effort initiated by the SFCTA in 2006 to develop solutions for the 19th Avenue/Park Presidio corridor. This project is a partnership between Caltrans, SFMTA, SFPUC and SF Public Works. The City is combining all planned repairs, reconstruction, upgrade and improvement work along the route between Lincoln Way and Holloway Avenue into one project. This consolidated effort is designed to minimize the disruption to the community and maximize the efficiency of construction. This project will start construction in January 2017 and finish by mid- 2018 so that Caltrans can begin its paving project. This project combines:

  • Muni Forward improvements;

  • Pedestrian safety enhancements;

  • Repair, replacement and upgrade of the SFPUC’s drinking water, waste water and emergency firefighting systems; and

  • Construction of 23 pedestrian and bus bulb-outs.

 

Learn more about the 19th Avenue Combined City Project here.

 

Sunset Boulevard

 

SFMTA will be installing new traffic signals along Sunset Boulevard at Moraga and Wawona Streets, as well as on Lincoln Way and 34th Avenue. These signals will be turned on in early 2016.

 

• New traffic signals have been installed over the past several years to improve the safety of Sunset Boulevard for crossing pedestrians at the following locations: Kirkham, Quintara, Santiago, Ulloa and Yorba Streets.

• Newly upgraded continental crosswalks were recently installed at Noriega, Santiago, Ulloa and Vicente Streets.

• Pedestrian safety upgrades, such as daylighting, at Quintara and Vicente Streets will soon be implemented.