The SFMTA has released updated plans for the 8th Avenue Neighborway Project, which will affect the blocks of 8th Avenue between Lake Street and Fulton Street.
The goal of the project is “to create a safe, pleasant north-south route for people walking and
biking in the Inner Richmond. The SFMTA is proposing speed humps, painted markings, stop signs, and other measures on 8th Avenue and surrounding streets to improve safety and comfort for bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers.”
Earlier plans included some traffic diversions, but the latest iteration of the street changes only includes a new 4-way stop at 9th Avenue and Cabrillo intersection, and the prohibition of left turns onto 8th Avenue from Fulton (eastbound direction).
The current plans installs two speed humps or cushions along every block of 8th Avenue, so drivers can expect travel along the street to slow down significantly.
The goal and likely result will be to divert car traffic away from 8th Avenue onto 7th and 9th Avenues. Many oppose this goal because several schools, a library and a park line those parallel avenues where car traffic will increase.
This project will be presented at an SFMTA Engineering Public Hearing on May 4th, 2018 at 10am (Room 416, City Hall, 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place). If you are unable to attend the public
hearing, you can email your comments to Charlie Ream at charlie.ream@sfmta.com for submittal to the hearing officer.
Sarah B.
The proposed changes to 8th Avenue for the SFMTA’s Neighborway Project.
how many times do we have to be reminded that the engineers at the mta and dpw are simply creating make work projects for themselves?
as an example, the work to put traffic circles on euclid makes it now almost impossible for large emergency vehicles to use that street
Walt, I hadn’t thought about emergency vehicles. The Euclid roundabouts are a complete boondoggle, now more useless than I first imagined.
mr polite, the mta and dpw always forget about emergency vehicles. they did the exact same thing on anza. one year after putting in the same dividers, the fire dept forced them to remove them, as no one had consulted with them.
now maybe this time the fire dept was consulted, but i see no way for large er vehicles to traverse euclid safely now with any sort of speed. those people have to pray there is never a fire or earthquake.
there was just a major accident at that intersection at stonestown…one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. why? because the mta refuses to turn it into a controlled intersection.
this city is adverse to using the correct traffic lights at major intersections, or changing stop signs into traffic lights. (which they couldve done on euclid, instead of installing the roundabouts)
its all about creating make work projects and wasting money
and it has to end
A goal of diverting traffic to streets with schools, a library and a park while also ignoring the impact to emergency vehicles. The MTA must be filled with avid bikers or have been enjoying way too much medical marijuana. This is pure stupidity.
the bike lobby has much more power than they should, that is true. but most of the problem lies with the stated goal of the mta, to remove private vehicles from the city and their habit of creating make work projects that they know during a 10-15 year window have to be redone.
doesnt help that the majority of engineers in both departments arent natives
The good news is, I’ve heard multiple mayoral candidates speak, saying the budget needs an overhaul due to extreme mismanagement of funds. When specific examples are asked about, examples 1, 2 & 3 are always MTA management. Incompetent is an understatement.
What you need to realize is that all these new young engineers and tech folks don’t own cars. They don’t care about others that need cars. There is little to no traffic enforcement so there solution is speed humps. It’s time to listen to residents. Address our needs and improve traffic not shove these projects on us like the upcoming Geary Blvd plan that our hood doesn’t want.
what we are experiencing now is the end game of a problem that was created 60 years ago
i urge everyone to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I8GDklsN4
Speed bumps. The ultimate answer that ultimately does nothing but annoy the public. But, please, spend that money anyway to pass the problem onto another street.