Car-Free Market Street Is Closer to Reality
My long held fantasy of a car-free Market Street became just a little closer to reality today. A transit improvement report was just approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority that encourages travel by bus, foot and bicycle along this busy thoroughfare. District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly, who requested the report, expressed his support for the positive changes being implemented that will limit car traffic on Market. “It will feel pretty good to see some progress, albeit incremental progress on Market Street,” he said.
A glorious car-free Market Street in June of 2008 after the queer pride parade.
What a great idea! Let’s move all that useless, unnecessary car traffic off Market Street so the nearby side streets and residential neighborhoods can become even more congested, clogged, and noisier. Then all those fixie-pixies can make super-cool super-8 vids of themselves weaving through pedestrians on Market. Hooray for your Long Held Fantasy!