Keep Twin Peaks Park Car-Free!
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, SFMTA Board, SF Recreation and Parks Commission
Make your voice heard and let city officials know you want to keep Twin Peaks for people, not cars!
A few neighbors have pressured the City into partially re-opening Twin Peaks Boulevard to traffic to reduce car break-ins and trash. But so far, nobody is happy with the re-opening: break-ins continue and trash has spread to new areas of the park. At the same time, we need to address the real problem of providing access for people with disabilities who do not drive. Adding dangerous car traffic that threatens children and pets is not the solution.
We need to let the City know that this beautiful public resource is not a highway or a private back-yard for local homeowners — it belongs to the whole city.
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We call on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the SFMTA Board and the Recreation and Parks Commission to protect pedestrians, cyclists, children and pets from dangerous car traffic at Twin Peaks.
Since April 2020, Twin Peaks Boulevard to the summit at Twin Peaks has been free from the noise, pollution, and threat of private cars. It has been a relief for city-dwelling families of all kinds as schools and workplaces have closed during shelter-in-place.
Heather Knight at the San Francisco Chronicle writes that “Twin Peaks has turned from a car break-in hot spot filled with shattered glass that few locals visited to a beloved paradise in the clouds. Let’s not go back.”
SFMTA should ensure ADA access to Twin Peaks by paratransit and public vehicles, and should consider altering the 37 Corbett bus route to provide additional access. ADA access does not require opening the floodgates to private cars.
Roads on Twin Peaks provide no traffic relief or access to residential or commercial establishments. Allowing private cars in the park merely endangers people enjoying open space.
Please, keep kids and families the priority in our parks — don’t drive us out of Twin Peaks.