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Attempting to cross 6 lanes of high-speed traffic without any idea how much longer you'll have the right of way seems a little nuts to me.
Unfortunately, that's what we pedestrians are expected to do when crossing busy Van Ness Street on Hayes. The tiny, two-lane Hayes Street crossing gets a pedestrian walk light, but all we get on 6-lane Van Ness is a crosswalk and a blind hope that we'll at least make it to the median in time.
4 Comments
Dan (Guest)
According the the SFMTA website, it seems like you could request something like this through the automated 311:
"To request new signals, signs or pavement markings, or to request a change or modification to an existing signal, sign or pavement marking, contact Traffic online using the 311 Self Service portal" which can be found here:
crmproxy.sfgov.org/Ef3/SSP_Req...
I went through the process of requesting a traffic light at the intersection of 24th & Church to see what it was like. It was long and abstract, and I'm not sure that anyone was really listening, since the request was filed under the title "request for service". Currently not a very satisfying process.
Curious why there's no category for this?
Acknowledged MJM Dispatch (Verified Official)
Union Square BID Dispatcher
Closed Elester-CCCBD Supervisor (Registered User)
Bob (Registered User)