When I first read this article, I had a vision of a mixed use pedestrian and cyclist space in place of the street, like one long thin plaza.
If cars are allowed to cross the road perpendicularly, will there be any significant effects from this change?
An underpass works well, but is likely to be much more expensive.
I think it works well as long as the overpass isn't too wide. Also, using colours and stone instead of raw concrete on the outside helps.
I don't know SF, but my guess is that market street will have more crossing than our rivers.
But you have to cross market to allow the city to function, and there's a few major intersections, especially 7th,8th,9th, and 10th. This is pretty much the only way to get access to the south end of SoMA and I-80. You can't "escape" via the Mission, the last option is 13th which exits onto Market street at Duboce triangle.
You can't go under, Bart/muni is there. Only other option is to go over Central FWY style, and the city is more in favor of tearing out freeways.
And yes it will make a huge difference. I have through market for several years and most of the problems are caused by drivers on the road.
>Better Market Street will be implemented in three phases: Market from Fifth to Eighth streets is phase 1, Market from Fifth to Second streets is phase 2, and Market from Van Ness to Octavia Boulevard will comprise phase 3.
This leaves 9th-11th streets, and streets past Octavia open to traffic. Also, certain types of transport are still allowed. I believe taxis (excluding rideshare apps like Lyft/Uber) were mentioned in another comment, and the streetcars will be allowed as well. I’m sure there’ll be other exceptions.
[1] https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-transit-board-approves-ca...
Yes, every single block between those intersections will have little to no traffic.