A Pilot Project to improve safety and beautify an area at Market and Eighth streets is complete. The Department of Public Works, the Municipal Transportation Agency, and the SF Public Utilities Commission made the improvements by replacing a large barrier in front of the Muni platform with a landscaped roadway median.

Work began January 14th and concluded January 26th. The project included the demolition and removal of the attenuator (crash barrier), and the installation of a prefabricated planter that is now planted with drought and wind tolerant plants, being watered by a gravity-fed water tank.

Improvements continue to be made to the Bart/Muni entrance at Market and 7th Street, where DPW replaced a heavy concrete wall with railed fencing, adding site lines and improving safety.