The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has filed a project profile application with plans to make the Slow Streets Program permanent. Nearly thirty slow-street corridors have been opened since the program started in April last year. A dozen and a half corridors are under consideration to be permanent, with three permanent slow streets in the design phase. The proposal is now under review by the San Francisco Planning Department.
San Francisco slow streets map of streets potentially to be made permanent, map via SFMTA
The exact text for the project application from the agency is published below.
The SFMTA is proposing a permanent Slow Streets Program, extending the use of some of the temporary slow streets beyond the COVID-19 emergency. As with the temporary program, the permanent Slow Streets Program would minimize through vehicle traffic and prioritize walking and biking on certain streets in San Francisco. Slow Streets are not street closures; instead, they are restrictions to through traffic that allow roadway space to be shared by people traveling by car, by foot, or by bike.
Sanchez Slow Street permanent design, image via SFMTA
The slow streets program was launched in San Francisco in April of 2020, with funding through Proposition K Sales Tax dollars. The SFMTA has begun the community outreach for Page, Sanchez, and Shotwell slow street to be established as permanent. More than a dozen other corridors are under consideration for permanence. For more information, visit the agency website here.
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Noticeably absent: anything in the Bayview / Hunter’s Point Neighborhood….
Exactly Ben! The closure of Lake and Great Highway are ridiculous. Put slow streets in neighborhoods that need them. 94118 and 94121 are not zip codes that need slow streets.
I would love to see slow streets throughout SF and especially in more neighborhoods such as Bayview and Hunter’s Point. I also hope that the Lake Street slow street will become permanent.
Making Cayuga a slow street is a TERRIBLE idea. As one who lives off Cayuga, I believe that this idea would make our local congestion even worse, There are multiple schools (including Balboa) and traffic is already difficult. Although I generally like the concept of slow street, making Cayuga one is not a wise choice and potentially more dangerous.Do not make Cayuga a slow street. Also I like the Great Highway compromise of open weekdays and closed weekends but two days ago it was closed again. What gives?