In a compromise that aims to please everyone and, in doing so, risks satisfying no one, SFMTA announced a planned redesign of Slow Lake Street that would make Lake Street not so slow.
It’s a compromise that aims to please everyone and, in doing so, the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency risks satisfying no one.
Advocates on both sides of the issue expressed displeasure with the design to The Examiner this week. The Lake Street proposal quickly drew the ire of bicycling and pedestrian advocates, who felt the proposed changes would amount to a reversal of the SFMTA Board of Director’s decision last August to enshrine Lake Street as one of four permanent post-pandemic slow streets.
To compensate for those changes, SFMTA would install raised sidewalks and concrete traffic diverters — which limit traffic to one direction — at several points on the street.All-way stop signs would be located at 3rd, 8th, 11th, 17th, 21st and 24th Avenues, positioned as such to ensure cars never travel more than two blocks before meeting a stop sign. Along the way, there would be eight raised crosswalks or speed cushions installed, posing an additional impediment to cars.
The thrust of the argument to reopen Lake Street is that it's not easy to live in the Richmond or Sea Cliff without being somewhat car dependent — just try getting a five-year-old on a Muni bus to a school two miles away. To those who advocate for Lake Street to remain in its current state, it's almost the Platonic ideal of a slow street — the wide sidewalks, bike lanes, and abundant trees give it the natural feeling of a shared roadway.
If the city wants to reach its goal of having 80% of trips be on sustainable modes of transportation by 2030, Pam argued, it needs to expand its network of slow and safe streets, not cut back.
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