Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Balboa Park Station Area Plan

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City College Property Could Make Room for Buffered Bike Lane on Ocean Ave

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 13, 2015 | 13 Comments

A proposed solution has surfaced for one of the most frightening gaps in the Ocean Avenue bike lane at Balboa Park Station, where the existing bike lane disappears and throws uphill bike commuters in front of a high-speed freeway off-ramp. City College of SF has proposed opening up the edge of its main campus property, […]

Advocates: Ocean Ave Plans Come Up Short for Safer Bicycling at Balboa Park

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 15, 2014 | 24 Comments

A city proposal for Ocean and Geneva Avenues would do little to make bicycling safer and more comfortable between the Balboa Park BART and Muni station and destinations west of City College’s main campus, say bike advocates. While plans to add bulb-outs and tame the hairy Ocean and Geneva intersection would make the streets somewhat safer, overall, […]

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Ocean Ave to Get Spruced Up, But Real Transformation Will Have to Wait

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 7, 2014 | 5 Comments

City planners are shaping up plans for Ocean Avenue, following public workshops that will help develop a vision for both near-term and long-term improvements. The near-term plans, for the commercial stretch of Ocean west of Phelan Avenue and the City College campus, are far along in their development. Meanwhile, a long-term plan for the remainder […]

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Avalos Ready to Champion Freeway Ramp Closures at Balboa Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2014 | 28 Comments

Balboa Park Station could become a safer transit hub by 2020 if the city moves forward with proposals to close one freeway ramp and re-align another, as recommended in a study recently completed by the SF County Transportation Authority. Although the proposal hasn’t received much public attention, it’s sure to face a tough political fight when it’s eventually implemented, […]

SFCTA Considers Removing Freeway Ramps at Balboa Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 3, 2013 | 9 Comments

Balboa Park may be a major transit hub for BART and Muni, but it’s hard to tell as you approach the station, which is surrounded by dangerous roads swarming with car traffic moving to and from six nearby freeway ramps. The design of the area around the station — not to mention the 24,000 people […]

BART Riders Now Have a Dignified Walkway at Balboa Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 18, 2011 | 9 Comments

BART riders will no longer be squeezed alongside Muni tracks to get into Balboa Park Station. A new walkway connecting travelers to Ocean Avenue on the north side was unveiled Friday as one project in a host of efforts aimed at improving access to the busiest BART and Muni transit hub outside of the city’s downtown area, […]

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