Project Abstract
You need to consider the balance of traffic, transit and
pedestrians. The lesson is if you exclude one of those elements
from a community, or you put it in the wrong place,
or you give too much turf to one mode or another, you'll
have a problem. But if you get the right balance, you'll be
successful.
-Focus group participant
The Upper Market Street project was not a single project
driven by a single planning process or goal. Rather, the street
was redesigned incrementally over time, building on earlier
decisions and through continued negotiations over the con-
figuration, function, and balance of uses appropriate for such
an important transportation artery.
You need to consider the balance of traffic, transit and
pedestrians. The lesson is if you exclude one of those elements
from a community, or you put it in the wrong place,
or you give too much turf to one mode or another, you'll
have a problem. But if you get the right balance, you'll be
successful.
-Focus group participant
The Upper Market Street project was not a single project
driven by a single planning process or goal. Rather, the street
was redesigned incrementally over time, building on earlier
decisions and through continued negotiations over the con-
figuration, function, and balance of uses appropriate for such
an important transportation artery.
Further Reading:
Upper Market Street, San Francisco
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