San Francisco’s transit administrators voted unanimously to approve a plan known as “Better Market Street,” which will start restricting private vehicles from driving on part of Market — but not from crossing it — as early as next year. Ultimately, the $600 million plan includes major infrastructure updates and renovations designed to allow bus, taxi, bicycle and pedestrian traffic to flow smoothly, and the private car ban, along a stretch of Market east of about 10th Street.
“Most importantly, it will bring safety improvements to the street. Half of the city’s top 10 intersections for injury collisions are on Market Street. Half.” — Viktoriya Wise, acting director of sustainable streets at SFMTA
