Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Golden Gate Park

J.F.K. Drive for people. Photo: CarFreeJFK

Process Begins to Make Car-Free J.F.K. Permanent

By Roger Rudick | Sep 22, 2021 | No Comments

Will the eastern half of J.F.K. Drive remain car free? That's the question behind a new outreach effort, launched Tuesday by SFMTA and Rec and Park, to determine what people want the future of Golden Gate Park to look like

The (Not-So) Odd Reasons Why SFPD Parks Cars All Around Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 30, 2014 | 10 Comments

A few years ago, SFPD’s Park Station in Golden Gate Park started storing police trucks and vans on a short section of pathway adjacent to the station’s fence. I first noticed this while biking on Kezar Drive several years ago, and since then I’ve never seen the path without a police vehicle and/or barricade in the […]

SFMTA to Ban Cars on Kezar, Stanyan, Haight Street for 4/20 This Sunday

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 18, 2014 | 25 Comments

The SFMTA announced that cars will be banned on several major streets for the 4/20 gathering on the east end of Golden Gate Park this Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., cars will be banned on Kezar Drive, Stanyan Street between Frederick and Oak Streets, and Haight Street between Masonic Avenue and Stanyan. Drivers swarming the […]

29-Sunset to Get Muni-Only Left-Turn Lane at Lincoln and 19th Ave

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 6, 2014 | 13 Comments

Muni’s 29-Sunset line will get an exclusive left-turn lane this summer at Lincoln Way and 19th Ave., allowing buses to skip an egregiously slow detour around the block, which it currently makes before heading north into Golden Gate Park. Left turns at the intersection are currently prohibited, and will remain so for other traffic. Ride […]

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Great Highway Re-Paving to Come With Minor Bike-Ped Upgrades

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 17, 2013 | 17 Comments

The Great Highway, the motorway that divides Ocean Beach from the Outer Sunset and Richmond, is set to get some bike lane and pedestrian improvements north of Lincoln Way as part of a nine-month re-paving project started this week by the Department of Public Works. The 6-foot painted bike lanes planned between Lincoln and Cabrillo Street would […]

SFMTA Report: JFK Protected Bike Lanes Have Calmed Park Traffic

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 27, 2012 | 50 Comments

John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park is a bit calmer since it was reconfigured for San Francisco’s first parking-protected bike lane — and a majority of people like the change, according to a preliminary report [PDF] recently released by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. Since JFK was redesigned, average speeds are down by two […]

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