To save lives, SF will close Market St. from 3rd-8th street to private vehicles

Re:To save lives, SF will close Market St. from 3rd-8th stre... by Animats on Sunday July 05, 2015 @07:14PM (#9835527)

No, SF is not closing Market St. They're restricting turns onto it. You'll still be able to drive from Van Ness to the Ferry Building if you want to. Or take the trolley line.

Of course those are some of the most dangerous intersections in the city. The druggies cross Market there, between the 6th St corridor and the Tenderloin. There are too many people crossing the street in that area who have impaired basic pedestrian skills.

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Re:To save lives, SF will close Market St. from 3rd-8th stre... by gkop on Sunday July 05, 2015 @07:20PM (#9835556)

Are you sure re: Van Ness to the Ferry Building legally, for private vehicles? There had been for example a mandatory right turn off Market at 10th St., is that not still there?

Edit: please double check the article. The diagram shows a required right turn for eastbound Market St. traffic at 6th. So you are right that Market St. is not totally closed, but wrong suggesting that regular folks can legally drive Market to the Ferry Building - in fact the most direct legal route from Van Ness is Mission St.

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Re:To save lives, SF will close Market St. from 3rd-8th stre... by spikels on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:12AM (#9836728)

Even today you cannot drive from Van Ness to the Ferry Building on Market. Besides the fact that Market long ago was cut off at Stuart (a block or so before the Embarcadero) all non-bus/streetcar/taxi traffic going NE or Market is forced to turn right at 10th St for the last few years.

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Re:To save lives, SF will close Market St. from 3rd-8th stre... by Animats on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:47AM (#9836848)

Not quite; you can escape the northbound Market-10th St right turn by changing lanes at the Polk-Fell crosswalk across Market just before 10th. After that crosswalk, the streetcar track lane is no longer bus-taxi only, and you can cross 10th in it. Then you're forced out of the track lane again into the right hand lane as you pass the Twitter building.

However, at 6th St, you're now forced to make a right turn.

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Re:To save lives, SF will close Market St. from 3rd-8th stre... by pm24601 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @03:24AM (#9850261)

Nope between 3rd and 8th - no private vehicles.

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