May 14, 2026
We’re grateful to the many community members who have shared their feedback about the K Ingleside Rapid Project in recent months. We particularly appreciate the partnership of District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar, District 11 Supervisor Chyanne Chen, the Ocean Avenue Association and San Francisco Transit Riders who have helped connect us to community members to better understand their concerns, ideas and suggestions.
In the coming months, we’ll be focused on:
- Developing a phased implementation and evaluation plan for a transit lane on limited sections of Ocean Avenue in early 2027
- Working with merchants to consider new loading and curb use improvements
- Adding more safety improvements on Ocean Avenue
Developing a performance-led phased implementation and monitoring plan for a transit lane on limited sections of Ocean Avenue in early 2027
We will focus on completing the loading and safety improvements described below before the anticipated implementation of transit lanes in 2027. During this time, we will develop a plan for a phased approach to transit lane implementation. This phased approach will begin with an implementation of a transit lane on limited sections of Ocean Avenue in early 2027 followed by a performance evaluation of this limited implementation before work continues on any additional sections. The evaluation plan will be based on safety, traffic and transit metrics with data collected before and after implementation.
Working with merchants to consider new loading and curb use improvements
Based on feedback from merchants, we added 17 new loading zones in 2025. We know there might be more opportunities to improve loading on Ocean Avenue, so we will be partnering with Ocean Avenue Association to conduct additional business loading surveys. We hope to reach merchants who are new to the corridor or didn’t participate in the survey for the first time and to check in with merchants who did. This builds on the project outreach done in 2023, when we canvassed, called and sent mail to Ocean Avenue merchants to understand how we could improve loading and reduce double parking.
Adding more safety improvements on Ocean Avenue
In the coming months, we will prioritize several safety improvements that have been requested by community members, including
- Adding flashing beacons on Ocean Avenue at Granada Avenue, Manor Drive, San Benito Way and Santa Ana Avenue.
- Flashing beacons can raise driver awareness of when people walking across the street. These flashing beacons, which are activated when someone crosses the street, add visibility to pedestrians and cyclists and have been shown, in data from the Federal Highway Administration, to increase the rate of drivers yielding at intersections from 18% to 81%.
- Installing painted safety zones on Ocean Avenue at San Benito Way, Westgate Drive, Cerritos Avenue and Manor Drive.
- Painted safety zones are painted road areas that wrap around sidewalk corners to make people crossing intersections more visible to people driving. By encouraging drivers to turn further away from the curb, painted safety zones create a buffer between people walking and cars. They also encourage yielding, and slow drivers down considerably as they’re making turns.
- Upgrading the boarding island at Ocean and Miramar Avenues in the direction toward West Portal and Embarcadero. This is the final boarding island we are expanding. This will allow us to run a two-car train service from Balboa Park to Embarcadero in the inbound direction.
- Installing additional boarding island railings, where feasible. We will evaluate existing train boarding islands and add additional railings where possible.
- Adding a new traffic calming speed table on Cerritos Avenue.
- Speed tables are raised asphalt road sections with a flat top. These proven safety tools reduce speeding and make streets more livable.
- Surveying and repainting crosswalks, as needed. We will survey crosswalks on Ocean Avenue in the project area and repaint any that are badly faded.
We’re also continuing to design other remaining elements of the project for construction, including accessibility and safety improvements like upgraded curb ramps and improved crossings for people walking.
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Questions or feedback? Reach out to project staff at RapidKProject@SFMTA.com or 415.646.2410.