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Public Life Program San Francisco Planning Department City Design - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Public Life Program San Francisco Planning Department City Design - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Public Life Program San Francisco Planning Department City Design Group Pedestrian Safety Discussion Health Commission Community and Public Health Committee March 2011 The City Design Groups Mission is to Design the Built Environment for
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The City Design Group Manages a Diversity of Plans and Programs Focused on Pedestrians and Public Life
- Better Streets Plan
- Mission Streetscape Plan
- Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan
- Pavement-to-Parks Program
- Public Life, Public Space Research Program
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Better Streets Plan
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Better Streets Plan
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Jefferson Street Design
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Pavement-to-Parks Program
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What’s Central to How We Think About and Design Streets?
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We See the Entire Public Realm as a Connected System for Pedestrians and Public Life
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We See Streets As the Place to Experience the City, Not Just to Move Through It
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We Know Walkable Communities are Healthier, Stronger, More Vibrant Places to Live
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Focus on “Human Needs” Results in a Safer, More Appealing City to Walk Through and Spend Time In
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Human Needs in the Built Environment
- Pedestrians move slowly and are therefore hyper-aware of their
surroundings - design details must be at a fine scale.
- Pedestrians typically don’t travel long distances - proximity of
destinations is key.
- Connections to transit must be convenient and reliable.
- Perception of safety, from others and from vehicles, is critical to
maintain walking’s appeal across all groups.
- People are social creatures - we enjoy being around others.
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What the Planning Department is Doing Already: Area Plans
- Better Streets Plan
- Mission Streetscape Plan
- Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm
Plan
- Eastern Neighborhoods
Community Plans
- Market-Octavia Neighborhood
Plan
- Rincon Hill Public Realm Plan
- Transit Center District Public
Realm Plan
- Candlestick/Hunters Point Better
Streets
- Treasure Island Better Streets
- Park Merced Better Streets
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What the Planning Department is Doing Already: Street Designs
- Cesar Chavez Street
- Masonic Avenue
- Jefferson Street
- Market Street
- Fourth Street Corridor
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What the Planning Department is Doing Already: Programs
- Pavement-to-Parks Program
- Public Life Research Program
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How Best To Implement the Directive
- Coordinated effort by all City agencies – we all have diverse
strengths to contribute.
- Task force should build upon a broad platform of safety, place
making and promotion of walking.
- City needs both short-term goals to maintain momentum and
long-term planning to provide vision.
- Resolve funding question early to provide certainty in staffing and
longevity of effort.
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Challenges To Implementing the Directive
- Propensity to lose broad integrated perspective of safety, place
making and promotion of walking.
- Lack of public awareness of trade-offs between automobiles and
improved conditions for pedestrians.
- Existing rules and regulations that severely limit tools to make
streets safer, more enjoyable places to walk and spend time will need to be challenged.
- Securing long-term funding to plan and implement measures.
- Continued political involvement to maintain energy and focus.
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