Keep Lake Slow
Supervisors Chan and Stefani
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Slow Lake is in danger
Lake Street in San Francisco should never be an Uber raceway again. Lake between 2nd Ave and 28th Ave became a Slow Street in 2020, and is used as a safe route for active transportation through the Richmond District by children traveling to school, people commuting to work, and residents of all kinds walking, rolling, wheeling, and gathering. Almost 2,000 people per day use the corridor for essential travel, exercise, and recreation, and collisions have plummeted.
In August 2021, the SFMTA Board of Directors voted to maintain Lake as a post-pandemic Slow Street because of its broad popularity with the neighborhood and strong daily usage. Now that Lake is permanent, MTA is asking for good faith feedback on making the long term design successful at calming traffic.
But organized opposition is trying to use this opportunity to reverse the progress we’ve made, and Slow Lake is under threat. The opposition is trying to once again make Lake a speedway for Ubers detouring on hyper-optimized city routes, and they're trying to make backroom deals with city officials to try to make it happen. Don't let them get away with it!
Sign the petition today to Keep Lake Slow!
About Slow Streets
Slow Streets are streets that are open for walking, running, wheeling, biking and playing. Cars are 2nd class citizens on these streets. It is illegal for though-car traffic to use this street, while residents can still enter and exit their garages (and parking is still there). Cars are allowed to travel on the street for under one block and to reach a destination on that block.
Keep Lake Slow by joining the movement to make Lake the best slow street for the neighborhood.
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Please keep Lake Street slow and safe.
Lake used to be a speedway for Ubers cutting through our neighborhood to get around traffic on other streets. Now, it's an essential safe route for active transportation through the Richmond District. It's used by children traveling to school, people commuting to work, and residents of all kinds walking and gathering.
Traffic issues on other streets should be solved with more measures to make every street safer, not by reversing our progress in reducing collisions and improving safety on one of the city's most popular Slow Streets.
I urge you to support the broadly popular Lake Slow Street, follow SFMTA's transparent public process for improving it, and prioritize safety for our most vulnerable road users on Lake Street.