Overview
The Geary Boulevard underpass at Fillmore Street, seen looking east toward Downtown San Francisco.

Photo by SFMTA Photography Department

Introduction

The Western Addition - Geary Boulevard Community Study will develop transportation and land use concept designs that rethink the urban renewal-era Geary Expressway and advance a high-quality multimodal, mixed-use, transit-oriented area to connect the Japantown and Fillmore/Western Addition neighborhoods and promote community livability. The study will engage neighborhoods through a community-led outreach process to develop goals, evaluation criteria, and scenarios. We have formed a Community Council with representatives of the Black, Japanese, and Jewish communities to guide the project and support community engagement efforts.

Recommendations will include multimodal network connectivity and safety improvements, long-term transportation expansions and enhancements, development feasibility analyses for potential affordable housing sites and economic development strategies, anti-displacement strategies, and concept-level urban design guidance.

Contact

westernadditiongeary@sfcta.org

David Long, Senior Transportation Planner

Key features

The study will engage neighborhoods through a community-led outreach process to develop goals, evaluation criteria, and scenarios in collaboration with a Community Council of representatives from the Black, Japanese, and Jewish communities that were displaced when the underpass was constructed, as well as with newer community members.

Organizations on the Community Council

Public engagement

Community Outreach Event Calendar

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Related programs

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The study will focus on the first phase of planning and development.