Near-term improvements coming to the Hairball
For several years San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority (SFMTA) has continued to make pedestrian and biking improvements to the Hairball, a cluster of streets that touch Bayshore Blvd, Cesar Chavez, and Potrero Avenue. The Hairball Intersection Improvements project brings low-cost safety improvements for people who walk and bike in this area and is a step in the right direction.
This phase of the project project includes the following improvements and is planned to be finished by the end of 2025:
- Intersection Improvements at Bayshore Blvd and Jerrold Ave
- A two way bikeway on Bayshore Blvd separated by barriers.
- Pedestrian refuge island upgrade and pedestrian signal lights on Bayshore Blvd and Jerrold Ave
- A road diet modifying Cesar Chavez under the highway 101
- Speed cushion on Bayshore Blvd north of Marin Street
Though SFMTA has made improvements to the Hairball before now, and we’ve seen positive results from those incremental updates, we still have a long way to go for this complex intersection to truly be safe. We support SFMTA’S effort in this current round of improvements while still urging them to go further. For far too long has the Hairball remained on our City’s High-Injury Network, 12% of streets that account for 68% severe and fatal collisions. One of our biggest concerns is the absence of protected bike infrastructure along Bayshore, between Oakdale and Jerrold. The inconsistent infrastructure along this segment of Bayshore creates confusion for people who bike, and pushes them into speeding traffic or on the sidewalk.
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