Eyes on the Street: Market Gets New Paint for Calm The Safety Zone
Though we're taking the rest of the week off for the holiday, we thought you'd be excited to see these photos, which represent the first pavement treatments for the new Calm the Safety Zone projects on Market Street, meant to improve pedestrian safety by re-enforcing the separations between motorists and pedestrians. As we reported two weeks ago, this treatment is the next phase after the stop bars were moved back from the crosswalks and fits into the larger rubric of the Better Market Street Initiative. Thanks to Dennis Lee at the Great Streets Project, who snapped these photos at 4th Street and Market.
By
Matthew Roth
4:44 PM PST on November 24, 2009
Photos: Dennis LeeThough we’re taking the rest of the week off for the holiday, we thought you’d be excited to see these photos, which represent the first pavement treatments for the new Calm the Safety Zone projects on Market Street, meant to improve pedestrian safety by re-enforcing the separations between motorists and pedestrians. As we reported two weeks ago, this treatment is the next phase after the stop bars were moved back from the crosswalks and fits into the larger rubric of the Better Market Street Initiative. Thanks to Dennis Lee at the Great Streets Project, who snapped these photos at 4th Street and Market.


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