Anza Street Bike Lanes

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Thank you for joining the Anza Street Bike Lanes Virtual Open House. This event is an opportunity for the public to learn more about the project, see the proposed design, and provide public comment on the project.

No decision or approval will be made during this event period and all comments received will be reviewed by the project staff and responded to accordingly.

The Virtual Open House event will be live from December 7th, 9:30 am to December 18th, 5:30pm. While the virtual Open House website is live, project staff will be available via email at anzabikelanes@sfmta.com.

Comments and questions received during the two week period of this open house will be responded to and posted on this webpage by on December 23, 2020.

How to navigate the Virtual Open House:

The Virtual Open House is best viewed on a laptop or desktop web browser, but it is also accessible by tablet or mobile devices.

There is a navigation bar at the top of the web page that can help you move to specific sections that you're interested in such as safety information, the proposed design, project schedule, etc. Otherwise, for full project context, we recommend scrolling from the beginning to the end.

To leave feedback, please visit the section titled "Feedback", which can be found in the navigation bar above or at the bottom of this web page.

If you encounter any issues with the web page, please send an email to jeffrey.banks@sfmta.com.

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The Anza Street Bike Lanes project seeks to improve conditions for safety and connectivity for all people biking along Anza Street. Anza Street is a relatively flat and residential roadway that connects to several destinations such as Golden Gate Park, schools and universities, and significant commercial corridors making it an attractive route to take as a bicyclist. Through prior planning processes, the community has expressed interest in having an additional east-west bike connection that would complement existing bike routes in the neighborhood (please find the existing San Francisco Bike Map  here ). Funding for the design and construction of this project was secured through District 1 Supervisor Sandra Fewer.

The project intends to install a bike lane along 1.7 miles of Anza Street, in both directions, from 30th Avenue to Arguello Boulevard (shown red in map above). Also under evaluation is an extension of the proposed bike lanes along Anza Street east of Arguello Boulevard to Masonic Boulevard (shown blue in map above).

The SFMTA’s vision for Anza Street Bike Lanes project is to improve conditions for safety and connectivity for cyclists traveling east-west on Anza Street in the Central Richmond neighborhood. The project will also serve as an easy and safe connection to intersecting bikeways and neighborhood destinations. To accomplish this, the SFMTA proposes the following project goals:

• Establish bike lanes running east-west on Anza Street between 30th Avenue and Arguello Boulevard, with an option to extend the lanes east to Masonic Avenue.

• Review Anza Street for opportunities to improve pedestrian safety conditions for all roadway users such as enhanced crosswalks, advanced limit lines, or other roadway striping changes.

Roadway geometry over the core project extent from 30th Avenue to Arguello Boulevard is very consistent. This section of Anza Street (29 blocks) is a two-lane street with two-way traffic operations in the east and west direction. The street is 50 feet wide (curb to curb), with 15-foot wide sidewalks and parking in both directions. Anza Street has no existing bicycle facilities or MUNI bus routes along this project segment. Existing east-west bikeways in the neighborhood include Cabrillo Street and Lake Street. Intersecting north-south bike routes exist at Arguello Boulevard, 8th Avenue, 15th Avenue, 23rd Avenue and 34th Avenue (please find existing San Francisco Bike Map  here ).

Design proposals are described below. To see maps and cross sections, please scroll to the end of the "Proposed Designs" section.

The core proposed design includes standard Class II bike lanes (standard striped bike lanes adjacent to existing parking) running east and west on Anza Street between 30th Avenue and Arguello Boulevard. Because of the existing roadway width on Anza Street, design changes from striping the roadway with bike lanes are minimal and there is no parking loss. Bike lanes with similar design characteristics are installed on Cabrillo and Lake Streets.

Benefits:

• There is no loss of parking and minimal impacts to other road users from the addition of the bike lane.

• More biking and other multi-modal connections can be made throughout the Richmond District with the addition of the Anza Street bike lane, including a connection south to Golden Gate Park south of Anza, nearby commercial corridors north of Anza, and Washington High School at 30th Avenue and Anza Street. 

• Narrowing vehicle travel lanes to SFMTA standard widths of 10 feet will help to lower vehicle speeds and traffic calm the corridor.

Trade-Offs:

• There is no loss of parking or any other impacts to road users due to the addition of the proposed bike lane.

An eastern extension of the Core Project (bike lanes in both directions) is proposed on Anza Street from Arguello Boulevard to Masonic Avenue. This option will require a vehicle lane removal in both eastbound and westbound directions between Arguello Boulevard and Parker Avenue. This option will also require reconfiguring parking on the south side of Anza Street, between Parker and Masonic Avenues, from perpendicular parking to 60° back-in-angled parking.

Benefits:

• Bike connections offered by the core project will extend to Masonic Avenue, making key connections to major bike routes and transit corridors, Rossi Playground, and the USF Lone Mountain campus.

• Overly wide intersections such as Anza Street at Stanyan Street will be narrowed through the introduction of the bike lane, helping to slow through and turning vehicles.

Trade-Offs:

• The extension of bike lanes east to Masonic Avenue will require a lane removal in both directions between Parker Street and Arguello Blvd. However, vehicle Average Daily Traffic (ADT) counts and traffic modeling for Anza Street suggests the lane removal will not impact traffic flow since vehicle volumes are relatively low.

• Parking on the south side of the street from Parker to Masonic Avenue will be reconfigured from unmarked perpendicular parking to 60° back-in angled parking, resulting in an approximately 23% reduction of parking. For more information on back-in angled parking please see our  blog post  with examples from around the city.

Please scroll through the maps and cross sections below to see the details of these proposed designs. To leave feedback, please visit the section titled "Feedback", which can be found in the navigation bar above or at the bottom of this web page.

Following this open house, the project team will document feedback. After incorporating feedback, a final draft design will be published on the website prior to a public hearing in Winter 2021.

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Conceptual Design Fall 2020 

Stakeholder Interviews Fall 2020

Virtual Open House Dec 2020 

Public Hearing Winter 2021

Construction Spring 2021

Thanks for visiting the Anza Street Bike Lanes Project open house!

After reviewing the street design options above, please fill out the short survey at the link below. You can view a PDF version of proposed cross sections  here .

Other questions, comments, or concerns not answered here?

Email us at anzabikelanes@sfmta.com with your questions and feedback. Comments and questions received during the two week period of this open house will be responded to and posted on this webpage on December 31, 2020.

For project updates, please visit the project web page at  sfmta.com/AnzaBikeLanes  or sign up for updates using the button below.