Cayuga Avenue Slow Street

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Following the March 17 Engineering Public Hearing, the project design for the Cayuga Avenue Slow Street project was approved for implementation by the City Traffic Engineer. 

Read more about the timeline for implementation in the the March 2023 Project Update

Project Introduction

The Cayuga Avenue Slow Street extends 1.7 miles through the Cayuga Terrace, Excelsior, and Mission Terrace Neighborhoods, from Rousseau Street to Naglee Avenue. It’s home to many families and functions as an important community connection to Cayuga Playground and Balboa High School. Cayuga Avenue was identified as a bicycle route and candidate for traffic calming in the 2019 Excelsior Neighborhood Traffic Calming Project. Cayuga Avenue was approved for inclusion in the Slow Streets Program by the SFMTA Board on December 6, 2022.  

In developing the plan for Cayuga Slow Street, the project team’s goals are to calm traffic and ensure that vehicle volumes stay low and speeds stay slow to support active transportation and community building. Keep an eye on this page for further details about the design and next steps. 

Learn more about the Slow Streets Program

To receive updates on the Cayuga Avenue Slow Street, please sign up via the link on the righthand side of this page.  

Questions? Please reach out to the project team at SlowStreets@SFMTA.com, using the subject line "Cayuga Avenue". 

Project Timeline 
Initial Community Outreach + Engagement
Fall 2021
Completed
Project Design
Winter 2023
Completed
Design Outreach
February 2023
Pending
Project Approvals
March 2023
Completed
Project Implementation
Spring 2023
Pending
Current Phase or Stage
Design Outreach
Neighborhoods

Background 

Plans to make active transportation improvements to Cayuga Avenue date back to 2019. Through the 2019 Excelsior Neighborhood Traffic Calming Project, the community identified a need for traffic calming materials such as speed humps on Cayuga Avenue in front of Balboa High school. After the COVID-19 response Slow Streets Program was launched in 2020, Cayuga Avenue was identified as a potential Slow Street. The project team sent mailers to residents within 1,000 feet of the corridor and hosted an online open house to discuss Cayuga’s inclusion in the Slow Streets Program. Community outreach indicated strong support for Cayuga as a Slow Street, however material shortages and logistical challenges prevented implementation during the COVID-19 phase of the program. 

Cayuga Avenue Slow Street Evaluation 

The SFMTA will collect data on both traffic volumes and speeds once the Cayuga Avenue Slow Street has been implemented, and adjust corridor designs as necessary to meet the Slow Streets vehicle speed and volume criteria. Keep an eye on this page for further details about the Slow Street Evaluation. To receive project updates, please sign up via the link on the righthand side of this page. 

Cayuga Avenue Slow Street Design 

The draft design is intended to ensure that Cayuga Avenue meets the following data criteria for Slow Streets: 

  • Speeds at or below 15 mph 

  • Vehicle volumes less than 1,000 per day 

The draft design for the Cayuga Avenue Slow Street includes:

  • Slow Streets delineator signs at select intersections

  • Slow Streets pavement markings 

  • Slow Streets identification signs on Cayuga Avenue and select cross streets 

  • A median diverter at Cayuga Avenue and Geneva Avenue 

  • New marked crosswalks    

  • Traffic calming elements, such as speed cushions

View the Draft Design

Next Steps 

The draft design will be heard at the SFMTA Engineering Public Hearing taking place on Friday, March 17th at 10:00 AM. For more information about the Public Hearing and how to provide comments before or during the meeting, please visit: https://www.sfmta.com/committees/engineering-public-hearings

Questions? Please reach out to the project team at SlowStreets@SFMTA.com, using the subject line "Cayuga Avenue". 

Street Events and Activation 

The SFMTA is developing complementary programs for communities to more easily activate, beautify, and host events on their Slow Streets! We will be sharing more on these opportunities in the near future. To receive updates on this, please sign up for Slow Streets Program updates at SFMTA.com/SlowStreets.

Contact Information
Please include "Cayuga Avenue" in the email subject line