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BICYCLE ROUTE 11: SECOND STREET
Bicycle routes in the area as addressed in the Central Corridor Project Plan.Second Street is SFMTA's Bicycle Route 11. Currently the bicycle infrastructure consists of "share the lane" signs and some...
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Historic Second Street: the Cut
The Cut destroyed Rincon Hill as a fashionable residential district.Second Street used to go over the crest of Rincon Hill. In 1869 the street was given a more gentle grade by digging through the top...
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BETTER STREETS PLAN: PEDESTRIANS and SUSTAINABILITY FIRST
San Francisco approved the Better Streets Plan in 2010. Previously streets were the domain of Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT), which focussed primarily on private motor-vehicle use. The design...
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[1] 15 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS
More than half of the length of Second Street currently has generous wide sidewalks.Second Street is seven blocks long, and 4 of those blocks have 15 foot wide sidewalks, the width recommended by San...
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The Second Street Improvement Project to plan streetscape, pedestrian, bicycle and transit improvements for Second Street between Market and King Streets is scheduled to have it's first official SFMTA...
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[2] CYCLE TRACKS ON SECOND STREET
Sketch illustrating how Cycle Tracks might be configured on Second Street to increase safety and planting.In Northern Europe cycling has been prioritized as a sustainable and efficient mode of...
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BAY BRIDGE QUEUING
90% of the time little, but high speed, traffic.10% of the time gridlock.The SFCTA (SF County Transportation Agency) is doing a Bay Bridge congestion study which will make recommendations on how to...
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[3] BARNES DANCE
Named after the Denver traffic engineer who invented it in the 1950s, the BarnesDance, PedestrianScramble, or DiagonalCrossing, is a great way to make an intersection pedestrian friendly. The SFMTA has...
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[D] POPOS: MARATHON PLAZA
The largest open space immediately adjacent to the Second Street sidewalk is on the block between Folsom and Harrison. It's recently been given a total rehabilitation from it's original 1980s design....
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[B] POPOS: 235 SECOND PLAZA @ CLEMENTINA
This corner plaza is located on the CBS Interactive (formerly Cnet) property on the corner at 235 Second Street and Clementina Alley. It's an intimate urban open space and though it feels a bit...
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[A] POPOS: 101 SECOND WINTER GARDEN
101 Second Street, at the corner of Second Street and Mission, is an SOM designed high rise with a large glass enclosed plaza, a POPOS: Privately Owned Public Open Spaces. This space was dedicated to...
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[C] POPOS: 601 FOLSOM PLAZA
This barren plaza at Second and Folsom Street was built in 1965 entirely of the same brick. It was designed by MBT as part of the AT&T switch-gear windowless high-rise that looms over and often...
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PAVEMENT TO PARKS
In the past few years San Francisco has helped pioneer the concept of Pavement to Parks, where excess vehicle space is transformed into people space. In LA they are calling it Streets For People. It...
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[2.1] MORE CYCLE TRACKS
Protected bicycle lanes are great to ride on, and give pedestrians, cyclists, and cars their own space. They also provide space for larger trees than are possible with narrow sidewalks alone.They are...
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{2} PAVEMENT TO BARKS
There are two motorized traffic lanes cutting through the sidewalk at Second and Harrison. That's right, through the sidewalk, without a stoplight or even a stop sign to protect pedestrians. This...
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Come to the second Community Meeting Thursday, September 20
The San Francisco Department of Public Works, Municipal Transportation Agency and City Planning invite you to the second community meeting for the 2nd Street Improvement Project. The project extends...
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Article 8
A message from SF DPW:I would like to thank you on behalf of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works, the Municipal Transportation Agency and Department of City Planning for attending the Second...
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Third Community Meeting- November 28th
Next Wednesday, November 28th, the San Francisco Department of Public Works, Municipal Transportation Agency, and City Planning will host a third and final community meeting for the Second Street...
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COMMUNITY MEETING #4
SECOND STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT The City's most recent and almost final design keeps getting better. Many of the elements we have advocated are now in the proposal:sidewalks are widened everywhere to...
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2nd Street Supporters Meet Up!
Hello again! It has been about 6 months since we last met at the 4th 2nd Street community meeting in May. Thank you to everyone who came out and voiced the importance for a safer 2nd Street, supported...
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More Bikes on Second Street!
SFMTA 2013 Bicycle CountDoes it seem like you see more urban cyclists on Second Street? The 2013 SFMTA Bike Count confirms this: from 2011 to 2013 there has been a 35% increase in cycling on Second,...
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Super Sharrows Coming to Second Street
In the early years of this millennium the San Francisco MTA invented a new type of bike symbol: The sharrow. It sounds simple, but it was a major task to do the research and experiments to see if...
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Second Street Makeover
AFTER: Second Street at South Park.The SF Department of Public works produced these before and after digital visualizations of Second Street's preferred design which is currently making it's way...
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Carmageddon Comes to Second Street!
It's getting crazier out there as drivers try to make their way onto the Bay Bridge during weekday rush hours from 3 to 6pm. There is no doubt that this is a very challenging traffic situation, often...
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VICTORY! The EIR was certified at the SF Planning Commission, and theSFMTA...
Great Second Street Goes to the SF Planning Commission Thursday afternoon August 13th 2015 for certification of the Enviromental Impact Report, and then the week after, August 18th, to the SFMTA Board...
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