Point Lobos Streetscape Improvement Project

The Point Lobos Streetscape Improvement project boundaries are on Point Lobos Avenue between 42nd Avenue and 48th Avenue, in the city’s Outer Richmond neighborhood. As currently funded, the project will involve construction of new landscaped medians on three blocks, "thumbnail" medians and lane striping for traffic control and safer pedestrian traffic on the remaining three blocks, and infill street tree planting within the entire project area. The goal of the project is to enhance the appearance and safety of this scenic roadway.

Polk Street Bikeway Improvement Project

This project will enhance bicycle safety and convenience through this important connector for bicyclists from Market Street to the Polk Street corridor, a busy bike thoroughfare. This two-block stretch along the southern end of Polk Street, from Grove Street to Market Street, has separated bike lanes in both directions.

A new northbound bike lane is separated from traffic by landscaped medians. The existing southbound separated bike lane was widened and a painted buffer with safe-hit posts was added between Hayes and Market Streets.

Lower Polk Streetscape Improvements

In early 2006, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, the Planning Department, Public Works and the Mayor’s Office of City Greening conducted community workshops to determine the needs of the Lower Polk Street neighborhood. Through the collaborative community planning process, businesses and residents along the corridor identified improvements that would make Polk Street a greener, cleaner and a more inviting environment. 

San Bruno Streetscape Improvement Project

The San Bruno Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project is the first completed project of the Great Streets program. The project planted 120 new street trees, enlarged tree wells with Fortnight Lilies and decomposed granite, and the installed banner poles and banners unique to the neighborhood. Tree species, selected for their beauty and suitability to the environment, include Scarlet Maple, Flowering Cherry, and Queen Palm. A Neighborhood Beautification Grant funded the vibrant new community-designed banners.

Third Street Light Rail

During the last half of the 19th century, streetcars traveled up and down “Tree Street”, shuttling riders between downtown and points along the Bayshore corridor, which helped spur development of the Bayshore Boulevard communities that exist today. Decades later, Muni, the City and County of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Transportation Authority launched the Third Street Light Rail Project to reestablish rail service along this corridor.

Transbay Folsom Streetscape Improvement Project

San Francisco Public Works was asked by the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) to provide professional services for the Transbay Folsom Street Improvement Project.

The project furthers a portion of the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area Streetscape & Open Space Concept Plan approved in 2006. It is comprised of temporary and permanent right-of-way improvements along Folsom Street, from Second to Spear, located in Supervisorial District 6.