Happy spring!
The SFMTA continues to refine and advance improvement proposals for Page Slow Street.
Since holding a virtual open house and public comment period in early 2025, the Page Slow Street team has continued to evaluate the corridor and engage with the public to discuss safety, maintenance, and placemaking priorities. We are now happy to share an outreach summary document that highlights public feedback themes to date, changes to the proposal based feedback, and a preview of next steps and timeline.
In coordination with other Slow Street corridors, the team is also announcing an upcoming public hearing to reduce speed limits to 15mph on Page, Sanchez, and 20th Street Slow Streets. The online public hearing where the new speed limits will be considered for approval is scheduled for Friday, April 17th at 10:00am. To share your thoughts, call in to the Teams meeting or submit a letter of opinion.
Below are a few takeaways from the new outreach summary document, which is available for viewing here or in the sidebar of this webpage.
- Page Slow Street upgrades will not significantly impact parking availability or introduce additional vehicle diversion along the corridor.
- Over 400 people responded to the project survey, with most respondents (75%) providing comments in support of upgrades.
- Staff modified the design in response to community feedback, notably by reducing the length of traffic islands to minimize parking impacts, adding traffic calming at school zones near Page/Baker and Page/Webster, and considering additional traffic calming at Page/Scott.
- Project implementation will be impacted by an upcoming SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) pipe replacement project on Page Street between Stanyan and Fillmore, which is anticipated to be under construction from 2027 through early 2029. Slow Street upgrades will be implemented in phases along the corridor in coordination with the SFPUC’s project.
In the coming months, the project team will finalize a proposal for Page Slow Street, notice and hold a public hearing to seek approval, and begin programming funds for final design and implementation.
Thanks to all who provided feedback or otherwise engaged with staff! Additional comments and questions can be emailed to slowstreets@sfmta.com
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. The project will soon advance to the approvals phase, 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
