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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
@LukeBornheimer
San Francisco should convert one-way streets to two-ways. “Two-way conversion improves the livability of a neighborhood by significantly reducing crime and collisions and by increasing property values, business revenue, taxes, and bike/pedestrian traffic.”
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Two-Way Streets Can Fix Declining Downtown Neighborhoods
America’s multi-lane one-way streets are a disaster for neighborhoods. A recent study, released at the International Making Cities Livable Conference and led by John Gilderbloom, finds benefits to...
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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Multi-lane one-way streets are terrible for roadway safety, livability, and community connectedness. They also tend to be in lower-income (or “Equity Priority”) neighborhoods, likely because wealthier, whiter people wanted to drive through quickly. We should undo this past harm.
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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5+ streets in the Tenderloin convert from one-way to two-way when they cross into historically wealthier, whiter neighborhoods (e.g. Larkin, Hyde, Leavenworth, Jones, Taylor, Mason). Same goes for SoMa. This isn’t a coincidence, and the people of the TL and SoMa deserve better.
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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The Tenderloin and SoMa are full of one-way streets, many of which are on the City’s “High-Injury Network.” This was — and still is — a policy choice. The City (SFMTA, Mayor Breed, Board of Supervisors) can do something about this, if they want; our city would be better for it.
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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A sampling of the dangerously designed one-way streets of San Francisco ⬇️😔 Policymakers decided to make these streets like this decades ago, and policymakers today allow these to continue in their dangerous status quo — these are policy choices. We need leadership on streets.
Apple Look Around view of 10th Street in San Francisco, showing four driving/travel lanes and two parking lanes
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Apple Look Around view of Harrison Street in San Francisco, showing five driving/travel lanes and two parking lanes
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Apple Look Around view of Leavenworth Street in San Francisco, showing three driving/travel lanes and two parking lanes
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Apple Look Around view of Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, showing three driving/travel lanes and two parking lanes
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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We need surface-level freeways in a city…? We need surface-level freeways through lower-income, marginalized communities with lower rates of car ownership and disproportionate negative impacts…? Yikes. Did the folks in these communities ask for these surface-level freeways?
Chris Tolles @tolles No. We need those surface level freeways to actually navigate the city. What an awful policy proposal. All of us who live in SF bought into a road system and replacing it with something that doesn’t work is a terrible idea. The bike lanes used by no one shouldn’t be there either
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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💯 Single-lane two-ways are also great for slowing car traffic! The biggest obstructions to converting multi-lane one-ways to two-ways are the status quo, transportation agencies — who want to main “throughput” and traffic flow — and wealthier motorists who want quicker drives.
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🌹Jack McCourt🌽💥
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Single-lane one-way = good. Multi-lane one-way = bad.
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
@LukeBornheimer
Golden Gate Avenue is set to be repaved as part of a project that will cost $4,600,000. This stretch — between Divisadero Street and Van Ness Avenue — is a five-lane one-way street that could be improved by two-waying it and/or adding a protected bikeway. Instead? No changes 😔
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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It seems increasingly clear that our city needs a “street czar” who makes difficult but necessary decisions to make our streets and city livable, sustainable, and safer, especially for people outside of cars. Someone to establish policy, cut through bureaucracy, and move forward.
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
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This person — likely a position within SFMTA — would prioritize active and sustainable transportation over car travel and fast track projects that make it safer, faster, and more reliable to get around our city using public transportation, bikes, scooters, and other active modes.
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Miriam Pinski
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I've seen conflicting recommendations re safety on 1- vs 2-way streets; the width and # of lanes of course matter. 2-way can make drivers slow down and yield more. With 1-way pedestrians don't have to look twice as much, something I've noticed walking in NYC.
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Luke Bornheimer (LukeBornheimer@sfba.social)
@LukeBornheimer
Width and number of lanes absolutely matter — single-lane one-ways are the only one-ways I would support (though single-lane two-ways seem better for “traffic calming”). Converting multi-lane one-ways to two-ways seems like a no-brainer for safety and livability though, right…?
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