7th And 8th Factsheet

2016·1.4 MB·English

by  San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency

7th AND 8th STREETS SAFETY PROJECT
FACTSHEET
SFMTA.COM/7thand8th
SAFER STREETS FOR EVERYONE COMING SOON! PROJECT TIMELINE
• Conceptual Design and
Environmental Review:
7th Street Proposed
Jul. 2016 - Aug. 2016
• Community and
Stakeholder Outreach:
Sep. 2016 - Oct. 2016
• Public Hearing:
Oct. 2016 - Nov. 2016
• SFMTA Board Hearing
(Final Approvals):
8th Street Proposed
Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2016
• Construction: Spring 2017
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
The project will provide a variety of
7th and 8th are one-way streets in SoMa that are intersected by multiple high infrastructure improvements to
injury corridors, which are the 12 percent of city streets that account for 70 7th Street and 8th Street between
percent of San Francisco’s traffic crashes. While 7th and 8th are multimodal Market and Folsom, including:
corridors, with multiple freeway on-and off-ramps, the busy 19-Polk bus route,
active bicycle network, and high pedestrian voumes, their existing designs • Protected bikeways
present less than ideal conditions for all users. • Transit boarding islands
• Painted safety zones
On August 4th, 2016, Mayor Ed Lee issued an executive directive on bicycle
• Traffic signal upgrades
and pedestrian safety, explicitly calling for a focus on delivering near-term safety
• Traffic lane reduction
improvements on 7th and 8th Streets in the next nine months. This project will
• Better designed intersections
implement paint treatments to increase the visibility of people who bike and
walk, provide smoother bus boarding using transit boarding islands, increase
STAY IN THE LOOP
safety and comfort for people biking with a protected bikeway, and reconfigure
parking and loading zones along the corridor.
For general project information
and updates, we invite you to visit
www.sfmta.com/7thand8th or
e-mail the SFMTA project manager
Will Tabajonda at
[email protected]
SAFER MUNI, QUICKER RIDE
19 POLK ROUTE IMPROVEMENTS
The 7th and 8th Streets Safety Project will improve the 19 Polk route
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For more information about the
proposed transit changes contact
MUNIFORWARD.COM
[email protected].