SFMTA Hearing: Wiggle Safety Improvements

Agenda [PDF]

Of Note:

  • Establishing various bulb-outs along the Wiggle route, on Fell, Oak, Page, Pierce, Haight, Waller, and Steiner Streets
  • Establishing bulb-out at the southwest corner of Fell and Scott Streets, prohibiting left turns from Fell Street and southbound through-traffic, except bicycles

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