About Us
Mission
Our Story
Our Story
To make a Safer San Jose Avenue that is connected and where pedestrians are protected.
Our Story
Our Story
Our Story
San Jose Avenue’s four lanes of vehicle traffic with little-to-no signals or street design elements to control traffic speed means that it serves as a barrier to a safe and connected neighborhood.
Goals
Our Story
Goals
Protect pedestrians and Muni riders
Allow families, children, and the disabled to access Balboa Park and small businesses
Get the SFMTA to make improvements
CALL TO ACTION
What We Want
We want the SFMTA to implement a comprehensive set of streetscape improvements on San Jose Ave. from Geneva Ave. to Baden St. Half-measures and one-off projects that happen after terrible accidents in which our neighbors are injured and maimed are no longer acceptable. We want immediate action and the incorporation of projects into the SFMTA’s Capital Improvement Plans (CIP).
Balboa Park, located on San Jose Ave., is one of the most popular playgrounds and parks for children and families in District 11, the District with the highest number of San Francisco Unified School District students. Additionally, Balboa Park will have even more families and children using the facility when hundreds of nearby affordable housing units come online in the near future.
The SFMTA must act now to ensure a Safer San Jose in which families and children can safely access Balboa Park, and residents can support our small businesses without fear of not making it home to loved ones.
Immediate Improvements
Immediately, we want the following critical safety upgrades:
- Painted Safety Zones or small rubber speed bumps for safer pedestrian crossings at selected corners of the following intersections with San Jose Ave.: Baden St., Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Ysabel Ave., Paulding St., San Juan Ave., Havelock St.
- Daylighting for great visibility at the following pedestrian crossings with San Jose Ave.: east corner of Santa Rosa Ave., Paulding St., Havelock St., Baden St.
- Hit posts leading up to Muni boarding islands at Santa Inez and Santa Rosa in order to protect waiting riders and island railings that are consistently damaged by car collisions
- Flashing beacons or manually activated stop signals at all non-signaled walkways to improve drivers’ yielding for all pedestrians
- High visibility striping at all crossings including those parallel to San Jose
- Posted speed signs every 500ft between Santa Rosa Ave. and Geneva St.
- Permanent Radar Speed Signs ("This is how fast you are going")
Further Improvements
We want the following Streetscape improvements to be added to the SFMTA’s Five-Year CIP and completed within the next five years:
- Pedestrian signaling at the Santa Rosa Ave. intersection
- Bulb outs at all walkways on San Jose from Baden to Santa Inez to shorten crossings and protect pedestrians
- Raised crosswalks that directly intersect with Balboa Park to slow traffic and protect pedestrians
- A raised and signaled crosswalk at Santa Ysabel Ave., in order to directly connect Mission Terrace and District 11 to our commercial strip and small businesses
- A stoplight at the intersection of Paulding St. to manage an obstructed, clogged and dangerous intersection that causes driver conflicts and regular traffic violence
- If a traffic study is required this should be initiated within the next year
- Left turn traffic calming at the intersections of Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Ysabel Ave., and Santa Ynez Ave.
Muni Metro J-Church Infrastructure Improvements
Make boarding platforms accessible in accordance with Americans with Disability Act requirements so that the disabled and families with children in strollers can use the Muni Metro J-Church line.
These Local Businesses Support A Safer San Jose
Roxie Food Center
Balboa Ice Cream
Red Sea Market
Virginia's Professional Pet Grooming
G.J. Cleaners