The Traffic and Safety Committee for the West Portal Neighborhood Association has been working to get some pedestrian safety improvements in three locations in the neighborhood: 1) along Ulloa St., 2) at the 5-way intersection of Vicente, Wawona and Madrone, and 3) at the corner of West Portal Ave. and 14th Ave. near the Bank of America.
We have applied to the SF Municipal Transportation Agencies Neighborhood Traffic Calming program. Each year, the MTA selects 25 locations from all the applications in San Francisco for study and possible improvements.
Here’s a quick update on our progress:
- Ulloa St. Application (between 15th Ave and West Portal Ave.) – We didn’t get the required 23 signatures from addresses on Ulloa St. itself, but they gave us an extension until next Wednesday to try for more signatures.
- They accepted our application for Vicente St. between West Portal Ave and Madrone Ave.
- They rejected our application for West Portal Ave. at 14th Ave. because it’s not a residential intersection.
So, we’re going to try again this week to collect signatures from the 45 homes that have street addresses on Ulloa St. between 15th Ave and West Portal Ave. We need at least 23 signatures to reach the threshold to qualify to be considered, and even then they may not accept application into this years program. If not, we’ll have to try again next August.
If you personally know anyone who lives on Ulloa St. please call or email them and ask them to sign the application for neighborhood traffic calming. Few of our neighbors on Ulloa St. are members of NextDoor.Com, so your help is appreciated. Tell them to contact me directly (Matt Chamberlain), either by email or by phone and we’ll schedule to have someone pick up their signature this weekend.
Matt Chamberlain,
GWPNA, Chair of the Traffic and Safety Committee