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At the June 9 Transportation Authority Board meeting, the Board approved $449,000 in half-cent sales tax funds through our Prop L Neighborhood Program to plan, design, and construct pedestrian safety improvements on Fulton Street in District 1. The project is led by SFMTA and proposes improvements developed in partnership with Transportation Authority staff and the office of District 1 Board Member Connie Chan.
The project will improve pedestrian safety along Fulton Street at the 40th Avenue, 20th Avenue, and 12th Avenue/Funston Avenue intersections by constructing:
- New concrete “side islands” to prevent vehicles from parking in daylit areas of the curb
- Crosswalk upgrades
- Rapid flashing beacons to improve pedestrian visibility
During the planning phase, SFMTA will conduct site evaluations at Fulton and 40th, Fulton and 20th, and Fulton and 12th/Funston while gathering community input to determine the best improvements at each intersection.
These improvements will deliver recommendations from the District 1 Multimodal Transportation Study, which was completed by the Transportation Authority in coordination with the SFMTA and San Francisco Department of Public Works in 2024. During outreach for the study, residents identified Fulton Street as a location where high vehicle and bicycle speeds caused pedestrians to feel unsafe, sentiments that are reinforced by the City’s High Injury Network, which identifies two of the three candidate intersections as priority locations. The study’s final report called for targeted upgrades to slow traffic and improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
SFMTA expects the project to be complete by March 2028.
Resources
View the Prop L Allocations Presentation (PDF)
View the Prop L Allocation Request Memo (PDF)
View the Prop L Allocation Request Forms (PDF)
Read the District 1 Multimodal Transportation Study Final Report (PDF)