Enhanced crosswalk installed at Hearst and Gennessee

As part of the pedestrian safety improvements resulting from the Participatory Budgeting grant that Sunnyside won in 2017, several changes have been made around the neighborhood, and are still in progress. This crosswalk was identified as a hazardous crossing, for both pedestrians and cars–there are stop signs only for traffic on Hearst Ave.

SFMTA rejected the request by SNA and Sunnyside neighbors to install a four-way stop here. Instead they have just completed a striped crosswalk for increased visibility.

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New crosswalk, Hearst and Gennessee. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

Although there are special signs to warn cars on Gennessee to yield to pedestrians, the sign for north-bound cars is completely obscured, rendering it useless.

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Looking north, Hearst and Gennessee. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

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May 17: Balboa Reservoir Community Walk

As part of the development of the Balboa Reservoir for housing, the noisy hazard-ridden pedestrian route from there to the Balboa Park Station is being addressed. Join the development team for a walk on Ocean Avenue on Thursday May 17, 6-7:30pm. From SF Planning Dept:

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Dear Balboa Community Members,

The Balboa Reservoir development team will be hosting a community walk along Ocean Avenue from the Balboa Reservoir to BART/MUNI on Thursday, May 17th. This will be an opportunity to discuss the existing challenges and opportunities to improve the transportation conditions along this stretch of right-of-way.

The walk will be from 6:00pm to 7:30pm on Thursday, May 17th and will begin at Unity Plaza (outside of 1100 Ocean Avenue).

Thank you for your ongoing interest and participation in the Balboa Reservoir project.

SF Examiner on RV parking: ‘No space for safe parking program’

Extended parking by RV owners on Sunnyside streets has been an issue discussed at membership meetings this year.  Article from SF Examiner today on the issue reprinted below. Source: http://www.sfexaminer.com/no-space-safe-parking-program/.

No space for safe parking program

A man stands by the door of a mobile home seen on Division Street on Nov. 2. (Aleah Fajardo/Special to S.F. Examiner)
A man stands by the door of a mobile home seen on Division Street on Nov. 2. (Aleah Fajardo/Special to S.F. Examiner)

By Patrick Fitzgerald on November 27, 2016 1:00 am

Kurt Heilman has lived in San Francisco for more than 20 years.

He doesn’t reside in an iconic Victorian style house, one of the fresh new condominiums in Mission Bay or even in one of the single-room occupancy units that pepper the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.

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SFMTA: Don’t Park on the Sidewalk

Blog post below from SFMTA; source: https://www.sfmta.com/about-sfmta/blog/san-francisco-parking-tips-don%E2%80%99t-park-sidewalk.

Sunnyside certainly has its share of sidewalk parking.  

SFMTA San Francisco Parking Tips: Don’t Park on the Sidewalk

Monday, November 21, 2016  

Car Blocking Sidewalk
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From GPA: SFMTA Shuttle Hub Study Discussed

[Reblogged from https://glenparkassociation.org/2016/11/09/sfmta-hub-study-discussed/]

BY HEATHER WORLD | NOVEMBER 9, 2016 · 5:58 PM

SFMTA Hub Study Discussed

The SFMTA Board of Directors will consider a hub model for commuter shuttle buses at its regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 15., 1 p.m., City Hall, Room 100 The public is invited to comment.

Click here and scroll down to Item 11 to see

  • the final report of the hub model
  • mid-term report on the existing commuter shuttle system
  • slide presentations of both
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From SFMTA Commuter Shuttle Hub Report

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