The Cesar Chavez Quick-Build Project aims to improve safety for people biking and driving on Cesar Chavez Street between Kansas Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Cesar Chavez Street is an east-west street that currently has four general travel lanes and buffered bike lanes in both directions.
The project will rearrange vehicle travel lanes and consolidate existing bikeways into a protected two-way bikeway on the south side of Cesar Chavez Street as well as improve pavement conditions, provide better midblock protection, and reduce vehicle conflicts points. The project supports implementing goals and priorities identified in the Cesar Chavez East Community Design Plan and SFMTA’s Vision Zero Program. The project will connect to both the SFMTA’s future Hairball Intersection Improvement Project to better accommodate active transportation users crossing US-101 as well as the recently completed Evans Avenue Quick-Build Project to the south. Improvements east of Pennsylvania Avenue may be included as part of a future project.
- Planning
- Preliminary Engineering
Project Justification
Cesar Chavez Street provides a critical east-west connection between Bayview area neighborhoods to the southeast and Mission area neighborhoods to the west. The project’s principal goal is to improve safety for active modes of transportation between these two equity priority communities.
Cesar Chavez Street is also on the City’s Vision Zero High-Injury Network. This project aims to improve bike network connectivity and upgrade existing bike facilities.
Vision Zero High Injury Network: 2022
What is a Quick-Build Project?
Quick-build projects are adjustable and reversible traffic safety improvements that can be installed relatively quickly with lower cost materials. Unlike major capital projects that may take years to plan, design, bid and construct, quick-build projects are buildable within months and are intended to be evaluated and reviewed shortly upon construction.
Typical quick-build improvements can include:
- Paint, traffic delineators, and street signs
- Parking and loading (curb management) adjustments
- Traffic signal timing changes and small modifications
Goals and Objectives
The SFMTA’s goals and objectives for this project include the following, but may be modified based on results of the planning and outreach phases:
- Improve safety for active modes of transportation by upgrading street infrastructure to best-practice designs
- Add a physically-protected, two-way bikeway
- Improve pavement conditions
- Signal modifications to reduce conflicts along the corridor
- Connect with Hairball Spot Improvement project
