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Kirkham Street

This project was made possible in part by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority through a grant of Proposition K Local Sales Tax Funds.

Project Update

Concerns on Kirkham Street between 9th and 19th Avenues include high traffic speeds and lack of safe crossings for pedestrians. Suggestions from the public for improving Kirkham include STOP signs, crosswalks and bike lanes. The planning process so far has included public meetings and development of a traffic calming plan. At the end of 2005, in a meeting with residents, we discussed a plan to narrow the wide-open roadway with median islands and bike lanes. The medians would both discourage speeding by narrowing the lane widths as well as help pedestrians cross the street. The medians could also be planted to improve the aesthetics. There was some interest in larger islands that would allow more area for planting and narrow lanes for longer sections of Kirkham. The trade-off would be that access would be limited to some driveways.

The next step was to apply for funding to construct islands and stripe bike lanes. We were able to secure $89,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and $25,000 from Prop K funds. We received the grant because of the bike aspect of the project. Unfortunately, soon after the grant was awarded, the City was sued because its Bike Plan did not receive adequate environmental review and all bike projects were halted. We have not been able to proceed with this project for this reason. However, we are able to stripe “edge-lines” to narrow the lanes for a traffic calming purpose.

Project Information

Livable Street Hotline: 415-554-2398
LIvable Streets E-Mail: sustainable.streets@sfmta.com

Adam Gubser , SFMTA Transportation Planner/Project Manager
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Department of Parking and Traffic)
1 South Van Ness Avenue - 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-701-4465

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