With the massive America’s Cup sailing event coming to San Francisco next year, planning officials are hoping to push through some long-sought-after transit, cycling, and general streetscape improvements to better accommodate the thousands of spectators. We learned this week of a few specific projects that are being targeted to come online before the Cup:
- Muni plans to start testing the E-Embarcadero historic streetcar line by this summer. It will use the same right-of-way as the F-Market & Wharves line from Fisherman’s Wharf to the Ferry Building, and will then continue along the Embarcadero and King Street to the Caltrain Depot (and later to Pier 70). [Golden Gate Xpress]
- The city plans to expedite revamping two blocks of Jefferson Street between Jones and Hyde as part of the Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan. Among the changes: street parking will be eliminated, the north sidewalk will be widened by 15 feet, and the street will allow two-way travel with narrower lanes. [Streetsblog SF]
- The pilot of the Bay Area’s regional bike-sharing program, which will make bikes available for rent in the Financial District and on the Peninsula at Caltrain stations, is expected to come online this summer. [SFMTA]
Bike share has been ‘coming this summer’ in SF every year since 2007. I’ll believe it when I see it.
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