Written by Ida Mojadad Published Sep. 18, 2023 • 6:15am - San Francisco Standard
The project, Better Market Street, is set to give a makeover to 2.2 miles of road, from Octavia Boulevard all the way to Steuart Street near the Embarcadero. It’s intended to boost safety, speed up Muni service and bring Market into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act—in essence, make the city’s main thoroughfare grander, prettier and more convenient.
To get it all done, workers are installing new traffic signals, repaving curbs and intersections for smoother travel, adding curb ramps and bulb-outs for pedestrian safety and accessibility, and installing catch basins to reduce flooding. The eastern stretch of Market Street went car-free in January 2020.
The project adds 20 new street trees, replacing another 15 that are dead or dying, while adding bicycle racks at 25 new locations and replacing another 45.
The city will also be testing a new strategy through the Better Market Street project: installing soil cells, essentially engineered hunks of plastic placed beneath trees to guide root growth in a way that doesn’t crack sidewalks or interfere with underground utilities.
This first phase of construction is expected to be completed in mid-2024, according to the Department of Public Works.
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Greg
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