Golden Gate Avenue Design

June 23, 2022 Update: Thank you for sharing your feedback on the Golden Gate Avenue design. The Golden Gate Avenue Virtual Engineering Public Hearing has concluded and the public commenting period is now over. This site will remain live so that members of the public may continue to explore the project details.

Thank you for joining the Golden Gate Avenue Virtual Engineering Public Hearing. 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 the Engineering Public Hearing event period and all comments received will be reviewed by the project staff and responded to accordingly. After the Engineering Public Hearing event concludes, staff will present the comments received to the City Traffic Engineer, who will then make a decision on project approval.

Comments and questions received during the Engineering Public Hearing period will be responded to and posted on this webpage by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, July 6. Check back here to see public comments received and staff responses to questions.

The Virtual Engineering Public Hearing event will be live from June 10th, 9:30 am to June 22 ^nd , 11:30 pm.

The Virtual Engineering Public Hearing 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. For full project context, we recommend scrolling from the beginning to the end. 

To leave a public comment during the Virtual Engineering Public Hearing, please visit the section titled "Leave a Public Comment", which can be found in the navigation bar above or at the bottom of this Virtual Public Hearing webpage. 

If you encounter any issues with this webpage, please send an email to GoldenGateAvenue@SFMTA.com. 

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Through this design process, we aim to ensure that Golden Gate Avenue remains a safe, comfortable corridor for people of all ages and abilities to pursue active transportation in all forms—biking, walking, scooting, rolling in a wheelchair, and more. This design prioritizes keeping traffic volumes and vehicle speeds low along Golden Gate Avenue to ensure it remains a safe and useful street for all.

Golden Gate Avenue was authorized as a post-pandemic Slow Street by the MTA Board in August 2021. The design for Golden Gate is now being taken through the Engineering Public Hearing process through this virtual event. Once approved by the City Traffic Engineer, implementation of the design will begin (anticipated to occur later in the summer).

Prior to this Engineering Public Hearing, the Golden Gate Avenue project team conducted an extensive and thorough community outreach process that has informed the design that will be presented during the Engineering Public Hearing. This process included:

Surveys:

• Spring 2021: A survey of residents to gauge overall support for and usage of Slow Golden Gate Avenue. Of 693 responses, 72% of residents indicated they supported the street remaining a Slow Street.
• Fall 2021: A survey of residents to further assess Golden Gate Avenue and gather recommendations for the future of Golden Gate Avenue Slow Street. Of 429 respondents, most supported the extension of the slow street designation. Additional design treatments such as continental crosswalks and median diverters, were also favored.
• Winter 2022: A survey of residents to gauge proposed design preferences for the future of Golden Gate Avenue. Over 290 responses were received. 83.5% of Golden Gate Avenue residents expressed their support for at least one of the three options that maintained the Slow Street. Of residents who live adjacent to Golden Gate Avenue, 53.9% supported one of the slow street proposals over the “No Build” proposal.

Meetings:

• Virtual Open House: Over the course of Winter 2021/2022, the SFMTA Golden Gate Avenue Slow Street project team hosted two virtual open houses. The open houses served the purpose of introducing the proposed project design, gathering feedback, and answering questions from the community.
• Community meetings: The SFMTA project team responded to requests from community/nonprofit groups to discuss the project, including “North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association (NOPNA), “2100 Block of Golden Gate Avenue,” “San Francisco Day School,” and “University Terrace Association”.
• Community Walk Audit: In November 2021, a community walk audit provided residents with the opportunity to walk along Golden Gate Avenue Slow Street with the project team. About 30 neighbors joined the walk audit. Participants travelled down the entire project area, stopping at intersections to discuss the existing conditions of the street. Information gathered was used to refine the development of initial design proposals.

During the conceptual design phase of the Golden Gate Avenue project (November 2021 – January 2022), various designs were presented to community members for feedback. These conceptual design options served as examples of the types of layouts and design elements that could be possible on Golden Gate Avenue. The feedback we received from the community on these conceptual design options informed the final design, which extends the Slow Streets designation and focuses on traffic diversion and traffic calming to maintain the lower vehicle volumes and speeds that contribute to the success of Golden Gate Slow Street.

The design shown below includes the following elements that seek to maintain Golden Gate Avenue as a safe and comfortable neighborhood active transportation corridor:

• A partial traffic diverter at Masonic Avenue that would prohibit vehicles from entering Golden Gate Avenue in the eastbound direction
• A speed cushion between Masonic Avenue and Central Avenue to lower vehicle speeds
• Raised crosswalks at Baker Street and Broderick Street to increase pedestrian visibility and lower vehicle speeds
• Slow Street delineators at most intersections along the corridor
• Pavement stencils and wayfinding signs on cross streets to designate the Slow Street

The design elements shown in the slides shown below all help manage vehicle speeds and volumes on the street, while accommodating local and emergency access needs.

Scroll through the images below to see the elements incorporated into the proposed design for Golden Gate Avenue using the arrow to the right of the right of the image.

Scroll down with your mouse through the illustrations below to see the proposed design for Golden Gate Avenue. Alternatively, you can view a PDF version of the images  here .

• Initial community outreach: October – November 2021
• Conceptual Design: November 2021
• Conceptual Design Outreach: November 2021 – January 2022
• Final Design and Approvals: June 2022
  • We are here! Project Engineering Public Hearing
• Implementation: Summer- Fall 2022
  • Implementation will be phased: the new traffic diverter can be installed using quick-build materials (delineators) as soon as July once the design has been approved, and will be replaced with traffic diverters consisting of concrete and planted areas in late fall

June 23, 2022 Update: Thank you for sharing your feedback on the Golden Gate Avenue design. The Golden Gate Avenue Virtual Engineering Public Hearing has concluded and the public comment period is now over. This site will remain live so that members of the public may continue to explore the project details. If you would like to comment on the proposed changes, please use one of the methods below:

• Online Public Comment Form. Click the button below to comment through the Online Public Comment Form:

• Email. Email GoldenGateAvenue@SFMTA.com with the subject line "Public Hearing: Golden Gate Avenue". Please include the following in the body of your email:  
  • Comments/ Questions about the project: 
  • If you would like to sign up for project updates or receive results of this public hearing, please provide your contact information: 
  • Name:
  • Email:
  • Cell Phone Number:

• Phone. Call the number below, and leave a voicemail. You will have two minutes to provide comments.  
  • ‪(415) 488-5350‬

• Mail. Mail-in comments or questions may require additional time before a response can be posted by project staff. Please use the Mail-in Comment Form linked below and address it to: 

Click the button below to view comments received for this Virtual Engineering Public Hearing.

Comments and questions received during the Engineering Public Hearing period will be responded to and posted on this webpage by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, July 6. 

• No decision will be made about the final project design while the Virtual Engineering Public Hearing event is live. 
• All written correspondence will be evaluated by the City Traffic Engineer to determine next steps.
• The Engineering Public Hearing items may be approved by the City Traffic Engineer after the hearing.
• The result of this Engineering Public Hearing is anticipated to be posted on the Golden Gate Avenue project web page by 5:00 p.m. two weeks after the Engineering Public Hearing concludes. 

For project updates, please visit the project web page:  SFMTA.com/GoldenGateSlowStreet   and sign up for project updates.