Happening Now: Virtual Open House for Page Slow Street 2.0
Help shape the future of Page Slow Street!
After a year of evaluating the corridor and engaging with the public to discuss safety, maintenance and placemaking priorities, the SFMTA is hosting a virtual open house to share draft proposals and seek broader public input and awareness. Using the feedback we receive over the next month, SFMTA staff will finalize a proposal for an upgraded -- or '2.0' version of -- the Page Slow Street, hold final public hearing(s) if necessary, and begin programming funds for design and implementation.
As currently proposed, the SFMTA would focus primarily on upgrading existing traffic features (e.g. signs, low-cost traffic diverters) with more durable materials, including concrete islands. These more permanent measures will help reduce overall maintenance needs and improve compliance with speed limits and turn regulations. The proposal also considers potential new traffic calming and greening ideas for school zones and at the busy intersections with Octavia Boulevard and Market Street. Construction of approved measures would occur in phases over the next several years with funding available from the Proposition L local sales tax dedicated to safer and complete streets.
A virtual open house showcasing the new designs is available for public input now through March 7th, 2025.
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Page Slow Street extends from Stanyan Street to the west (at the edge of Golden Gate Park) eastward to the Gough and Market street intersections. Page Street is an important corridor for the Haight-Ashbury, Lower Haight, Hayes Valley, and surrounding neighborhoods and is one of the City's most popular slow streets for walking and biking. Page Street is also designated as a Green Connection in San Francisco's General Plan due to its charming character and connectivity to numerous schools, parks, and neighborhood spaces.
Preliminary Slow Street Evaluation
After installing new traffic diverters and slow street signage last year, the SFMTA collected traffic data along Page Street to assess how the corridor is performing, and to inform future potential changes. Preliminary takeaways include:
- While most of the corridor meets the Slow Streets Program's speed and volume targets, safety and compliance issues remain on the eastern end near Octavia Boulevard, including drivers travelling the wrong way down the one-way block to access the freeway.
- Maintaining the current stock of Slow Streets paddles and flex posts at intersections along Page Street has also been difficult.
What's Next?
The SFMTA's Page Slow Street Project has prepared concept designs for potential new traffic and streetscape upgrades along the corridor. The next round of improvements investigates upgrading initial low-cost features with more permanent features, including concrete islands, elevating the corridor to Page Slow Street 2.0. After the community has had an opportunity to review proposed designs at a virtual open house, the project will advance to approvals, and staff will hold final public hearings and begin programming funds for design and implementation. Construction of approved measures will occur in phases over the next several years with funding available from the Proposition L local sales tax dedicated to safer and complete streets.
Background
Page Street was included in the COVID-19 Emergency Slow Streets Program and officially added to the Slow Streets Program on January 27th, 2023. Since 2020, the SFMTA has implemented several improvements along the corridor including limitations on through-traffic, slow street signage, and new pedestrian safety measures. The latest round of improvements completed in 2023 included sidewalk extensions, rain gardens, decorative paving, and new traffic diverters at the Stanyan, Masonic, and Divisadero intersections (adding to existing turn requirements at Webster, Laguna and Octavia streets).
- Planning
- Preliminary Engineering
