BOMA San Francisco's members along Market Street and adjacent streets have been well-represented by Jose Guevara, long-time volunteer of the association. Jose is BOMA's representative monitoring the Better Market Street Project.
Here is the current status of of the BMSP:
- Master design 100% complete
- Overall concept for street design
- Replacement of sidewalk brick with concrete pavers
- Sidewalk width to be reduced and standardized
- Replacement of historical street lamps/poles with new replicas
- All trees to be replaced (with less locations)
- Muni stops
- Delivery zones
- Landscape locations
- Standard kiosk design for all locations
- Start at Octavia Street to the Embarcadero
- Detailed design 15% complete
- Pavers (style/material/size/color) not yet selected
- Landscape areas design/plants/maintenance not yet determined
- Bike lanes and associated barrier not yet determined
- Utility lines replacement coordination not yet done
- Coordination with Muni, BART, newspaper rack vendor, kiosk vendors, City services etc not yet initiated
- Design of kiosks not yet addressed
- Design of Muni stops and delivery locations still in discussion
- Project to be done in sections:
- No determined sequence yet:
- Octavia to Van Ness
- Civic Center (Van Ness to 6th)
- Mid-Market (6th to 3rd)
- 3rd to Fremont
- Fremont to the Embarcadero
- Expected activity
- Excavation (trenches the size of a small truck) to start in August on Market street at various locations to identify utility (type/lines/boxes) location to determine how to reroute.
- Design to be tested initially on Market from 8th Street to 6th Street. Test phase projected to start within the next 6 months.
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