"Let down your guard for even a second, and your life is at risk."
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/8/2021
Special Report “Bicycling in San Francisco”
Describing the Bryant and 2nd Street intersection
THE SITUATION
ON 2ND STREETUNSAFE
UNHEALTHY
UNSUSTAINABLE
- No effective enforcement of existing traffic laws
- Drivers seeking to access Sterling/Bryant on-ramp break traffic laws and endanger pedestrians, cyclists, area residents, and other drivers
- Altercations, horn honking, and other health risks caused by gridlock, illegal turns and road rage
- "Fender benders” and more serious vehicle crashes
- Muni buses and emergency vehicles blocked Residents of the Clocktower and 355 Bryant denied safe access and egress from their established parking structures
- 2nd Street improvements worsened existing safety problems and created new ones
“The traffic situation around 2nd Street in SOMA is currently not safe for pedestrians, cyclists, residents and businesses. We need to change the situation before there are more deaths and injuries in the neighborhood.”
District 6 Supervisor
Matt Haney
THE DAILY CHAOS
12,000+ cars use Bryant/Sterling on-ramp per day
2nd/Bryant completely overwhelmed due to freeway on-ramp
Lawbreakers rule the roads:
50% scofflaws using HOV lane
Manic rivers executing illegal turns; lane changes; speeding into oncoming lanes; running red lights; driving in cycle and parking lanes
Blocking the street grids and pedestrian crossings
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