Polk Street Improvement Project 09 | 26 | 2012 SAN FRANCISCO, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Polk Street Improvement Project 09 | 26 | 2012 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Agenda • Project Background (20 minutes) • Clarifying Questions (5 minutes) • Breakout Group Exercise: Identify goals and challenges (20-30 minutes) • Report Back (15-20 minutes) • Closing (5 minutes) 2

Walking and Biking Goals o Reduce pedestrian collisions by 50% by 2021 o 20% of trips by bicycle by 2020 3

Timeline Time Action Met with neighborhood groups and public advisory Aug to Sept 2012 committees Sept 2012 First public meeting Oct 2012 Walking tours and design workshop Dec 2012 Public meeting to discuss potential design concepts Final public meeting to discuss preferred design Early 2013 concept 2013-2014 Environmental review, other approvals 2014 Detailed design, advertise contract Early 2015 Construction 4

5 Project Area

Walking 6

Transit 7

Bicycling 8

Driving 9

Collision History Union to Clay (7 blocks) 6 pedestrians 14 bicycles Geary to McAllister (6 blocks) 20 pedestrians Clay to Geary 37 bicycles (7 blocks) 27 pedestrians 18 bicycles 10

0.06 Pedestrian Collision Rate 0.05 0.04 0.03 Collision History 0.02 0.01 0.00 Market St from Drumm Columbus Ave from Polk St from Geary to to Kearny Sts Jackson to Greenwich Clay Sts Sts 0.20 Bicycle Collision Rate 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 Market St Valencia St Columbus Polk St Polk St Polk St from from 14th Ave from from Clay from Geary from Drumm to to 21st Sts Jackson to to Union to Clay Sts McAllister Kearny Sts Greenwich Sts to Geary Sts Sts

12 Examples of Potential Measures

Other Related Efforts 13

Other Nearby Projects • Lower Polk Community Challenge Grant (2011) • Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative (2012) • Polk Street Contraflow Bicycle Connection (from Market to McAllister) (2013) • Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) (2015) 14

Near-term Pilot Demonstration 15

Project Goals Break into smaller groups 16

Project Goals • What is great about Polk Street? • How can we make it better? • What types of changes are most important? 17

Next Steps Time Action Monday, October 22 Walking tour #1 Wednesday, October 24 Walking tour #2 Thursday, October 25 Walking tour #3 Saturday, October 27 Design workshop and walking tour #4 Analyze comments, create preliminary design November concepts Open house to review and discuss conceptual Saturday, December 1 designs 18

Contact Information • Darcie Lim Darcie.Lim@sfmta.com 415-701-4545 • Antonio Piccagli Antonio.Piccagli@sfmta.com 415-701-4481 19

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Collision History Polk St (7 blocks – Geary to Clay) 27 pedestrians 18 bicycles Columbus St 59 other (7 blocks) 18 pedestrians 9 bicycles Valencia St 48 other (7 blocks) 14 pedestrians 49 bicycles 54 other 22

Collision History Polk St (20 blocks) 53 pedestrians 69 bicycles 154 other Market St (20 blocks) 525+ peds/hr 144 pedestrians 144 bikes/hr 116 bicycles 207 other 3000+ peds/hr 618 bikes/hr 23

Bikes and Polk Street • Polk is the only good option • West: Franklin, Gough and Van Ness are multi- lane arterials • East: Larkin is one-way northbound and has steeper grades • Hyde is one-way southbound and has cable car tracks for many blocks • Both are fast streets • Polk has gentlest grades 24

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Businesses Add photos of various businesses including café spaces 26

Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) • Currently Undergoing Environmental Review • Detailed Design and Contract Advertisement 2013-2015 Construction breaking • ground in mid to late 2015 • Service open in 2017 or 2018 27

28 Existing Conditions

Collision History WalkFirst map of high severity pedestrian collisions 29

Project Components Demonstration block Wichita, KS Wichita, KS, temporary changes Full build 30 Valencia St before Valencia St after

Project Goals Primary Goal: Improve pedestrian and bicycle safety Secondary Goals: Improve streetscape Improve access and amenities 31

Other Nearby Projects • Paving on Franklin and Gough – 2013-2014 • California Pacific Medical Center – 2013-2018 • Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit/State Route Reconstruction – 2015-2017 32

Other Nearby Projects • Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative – ???? • Pedestrian Countdown (Polk/O’Farrell) – 2013 • Bike Sharing (Polk/Golden Gate) – 2013 • Safe Routes To School (Tenderloin) – 2014-2016 33