Arguello Boulevard Improvements

Overview

Overview

An image taken at Fulton and Arguello, looking down Arguello, with a car and a person biking

Photo: SFMTA Photography Department

Introduction

The Arguello Boulevard Safety Project aimed to increase safety for people biking and walking along Arguello Boulevard.

To design safety treatments, the SFMTA incorporated community feedback on specific issues along Arguello Boulevard, input from the District Supervisor’s office, and collision records for vehicles, pedestrians, and people on bikes.

Near-term Improvements

Near-term improvements, implemented in 2016, included paint treatments to increase the visibility of pedestrians and people on bikes, buffered bike lanes to further separate bikes from motor vehicles, and safer intersection crossings for everyone on Arguello Boulevard.

Long-term Improvements

Long-term improvements were implemented in coordination with an SF Public Works paving project and a signal improvement project funded with revenue from the Prop K transportation sales tax and Prop AA vehicle registration fee. Specific improvements included a buffered bike lane between Fulton and Jackson streets, landscaped medians, upgraded traffic signals along the entire project corridor, and a rapid rectangular flashing beacon at Cabrillo Street. The project also constructed concrete pedestrian refuge islands at McAllister, Cabrillo, and Golden Gate streets, concrete bulbouts at Cabrillo Street, and implemented bike boxes and two-stage left turn boxes.

As part of the long-term improvements, additional Neighborhood Program funds were allocated in 2018 to install a painted pedestrian safety zone at the Arguello/Cabrillo intersection and insert long-lasting green paint treatments in the bike lanes and bike boxes along Arguello Boulevard between Fulton Street and West Pacific Avenue.

The project was completed in summer 2019.