San Francisco County Transportation Authority -- Moving the City

San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Moving the City

The Market Street Study

We have updated project implementation status!

The Market Street Study, led by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, is an examination of pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle circulation issues on the two-mile length of Market Street between Justin Herman Plaza and Octavia Street. The purpose of the study is to address the following four goals while preserving Market Street's character and its preeminence as one of San Francisco's truly grand streets:

  • decrease transit travel time and improve transit reliability;
  • improve pedestrian circulation and safety;
  • create a safer, more inviting bicycle route; and
  • accommodate necessary motor vehicle trips.

The intent of the Market Street Study is to identify a series of cost-effective short-term improvement measures that meet the above goals.  The challenge is reaching consensus despite sometimes conflicting goals, and to produce a plan that can be implemented technically, politically, and financially.

This Action Plan describes the recommended improvements, and lists them in different phases, providing a clear road map for implementation even if funding is limited. Where appropriate, some improvements are suggested for later implementation and/or follow-up studies.

Implementation is underway!

The following projects are outlined in the Market Street Action Plan as early-action and short-term items:
 Project
Phases for which funding is secured
Status*
 1.1  Relocate traffic signals to reduce the incidence of auto encroachment into the crosswalk None TBD
 1.2 Restripe crosswalks
 Construction Complete
 1.3 Stripe advance limit lines at selected locations Construction Complete
 1.4 Install pedestrian countdown timers Construction Complete
 1.5 Install pedestrian-scale street signs Construction Complete
 3 Develop and implement a new transit lane symbol and related signage  Construction Complete
 4 Install bike lanes between Van Ness and Eighth Construction Complete
 4 Install bicycle lanes between Octavia and Van Ness Streets Construction

 Complete

 5 Implement proof-of-payment Pilot project
 Ongoing
 6 Change Market Street signal timing to improve transit performance Planning Ongoing
 7 Improve wayfinding, directional, and advisory signage for motorists Planning Ongoing
 8 Install new gore area signage [includes transit lane related signage, see Project 3] Design, Construction Design underway
 9 Calm the ‘safety zone'  Design, Construction Design underway
 10 Install improved bicycle facility between Eighth Street and Justin Herman Plaza
• Shared Lane Use Stencils
 ConstructionComplete
 10 Install improved bicycle facility between Eighth Street and Justin Herman Plaza
• Bicycle Boxes at Intersections, other improvements
 Design, Construction Design underway
 11 Improve transit lane enforcement  Legislation
 12 Require eastbound automobiles to turn right at Eighth Street during peak periods  None
 TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*TBD = several proposed projects in the Market Street Action Plan require further study to determine whether implementation is necessary because other short-term projects may be sufficient to address the same issues in the corridor; early projects will be evaluated as outlined in the Market Street Action Plan

 

 

Market Street Action Plan, Approved by the Authority Board on February 24, 2004 

The final product of the Market Street Study is the Action Plan, which describes a series of complementary, low cost improvements that can be implemented in the next one to five years to improve Market Street for transit users, cyclists and pedestrians while accommodating necessary motor vehicle traffic.   

 

Click here to view the Final Action Plan

 

The Final Action Plan is a large file.  If you have trouble opening the file, please click on the links below to go directly to specific sections, in smaller files. 

 

Click here for a Text-Only Version

 

Cover Page

Introduction

Recommendations

Project Monitoring, Funding Strategy,

Next Steps and Acknowledgements

In addition to the Final Action Plan, there were several other documents associated with the Market Street Study.

Technical Memoranda:

 

Automobile Circulation Report

Bicycle lanes east of 8th Street

Bicycle facility east of 8th Street

Bicycle lanes from 8th to Octavia

Bicycle Origins and Destinations Report

Existing Conditions Report

Loading Bays and Illegal Parking Report

Pedestrian Circulation Report

Transit Island Gore Point Signage Report

Transit Lane Violations Report

Transit Performance Report

Transit Travel Time and Delay Report

Vehicle Classification Report

Wayfinding and Transit Island Signing Report

Wayfinding Signage Digital Library Report

 

Other Documents:

 

Directional Signage interactive memo (large file)

Gore point signage interactive memo( large file)

Pedestrian Safety

Transit memo (12/8/03 version)

Auto circulation survey

 

THANK YOU! to the City and County of San Francisco and a Transportation for Livable Communities Planning grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission who funded this study.