Bayview CBTP Quick-Build Projects

Project Introduction

The SFMTA’s goals for Bayview CBTP Quick-Build Projects include improving pedestrian visibility and comfort at crossings and reducing vehicle speeds. Quick-build projects will deliver improvements to community-identified and supported priority streets throughout 2020. Bayview streets which are on the Vision Zero High Injury Network (HIN), such as Williams Avenue, will also be prioritized for quick-build transportation improvements. San Francisco’s Vision Zero HIN highlights the 13% of streets that account for 75% of the City’s injuries and fatalities.

Quick-Build Projects

Pedestrian walking along Hunters Point Boulevard

Bayview Quick-Build Project (Evans/Hunters Point/Innes) Implementation

Williams Avenue Quick-Build Project

Project Status

Completed

Improvements

Installing crosswalks, painted pedestrian median islands, and painted safety zones to increase visibility, safety and comfort for pedestrians

Reducing travel lanes and installing edge lines to calm traffic, address excessive roadway capacity and to define roadway space for parking, walking, and biking

Potential for protected bikeways to protect people riding bikes and enhance safety and comfort

Neighborhoods

Bayview / Hunters Point

Streets

Evans St, Innes Ave, Hunters Point Blvd, Williams Ave

What is a ‘Quick-Build’ Project?

Bayview quick-build projects will deliver transportation improvements to community identified and supported priority streets. Quick-build projects focus on the implementation of safety improvements on streets which are on the Vision Zero High Injury Network (HIN), such as Williams Avenue and Quesada Avenue. San Francisco’s Vision Zero HIN highlights the 13% of streets that account for 75% of the City’s injuries and fatalities.

Quick-build projects are reversible, adjustable traffic safety improvements that can be installed relatively quickly. Unlike major capital projects that may take years to plan, design, bid and construct, quick-build projects are buildable within weeks and months and are intended to be evaluated and reviewed within the initial 24 months of construction. Typical quick-build type improvements include:

Paint, traffic delineators, and street signs
Parking and loading adjustments
Traffic signal timing
Transit boarding islands

The public and neighboring properties will be informed of these projects prior to construction and will have the opportunity to provide input at a public hearing. Additionally, the SFMTA, through its Vision Zero Safe Streets Evaluation Program, will analyze the project before and after implementation to understand outcomes and determine design effectiveness. Evaluations will inform near-term modifications and a long-term design for this street.

Examples of quick-build improvements can be viewed in the slideshow below:

Example of a painted safety zone. Painted safety zones increase pedestrian visibility and encourage drivers to turn slower at intersections.

Example of how roadway space can be reallocated through lane reduction. Fewer travel lanes increase pedestrian safety and comfort when crossing the street. Lane reductions can also help reduce vehicles speeds.

Example of a painted median. Painted medians visually narrow the roadway and encourage travel at safer speeds.

Example of speed hump, centerline, and edgelines. Speed humps slow down fast drivers. The centerline and edgelines delineate space for moving traffic. If space allows, on-street parking may be located between the curb and edgelines.

Example of a bike lane protected by a painted buffer and plastic delineators. The bike lane may also painted in green to add more visibility for people riding bikes.