Comments on: Making a Better Market Street

By: willnyc

willnyc — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:20:27 +0000

new yorks time square project is launching this memorial day - so i know we'll win the race but i would love to see some improvement here. why not restrict auto use to delivery vehicles and buses only. europe has buses that can photograph cars that illegally drive in bus lanes. On a street with no room for personal auto use this technology could help improve the encouragement of mass transit over driving alone.

By: Umberto Brayj

Umberto Brayj — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:18:41 +0000

Man, those brick sidewalks look gigantic.

This was really interesting because there are obviously a lot of different groups and people invested in this sort of discussion and change in San Francisco already.

I would be interested in finding out what local businesses and business associations are doing (or not doing) to make the situation better for themselves.

By: Jdub

Jdub — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:11:51 +0000

Clarence,

This film nicely captures all the chaos and potential of street. I like how you interviewed people of many different viewpoints. One of the best Streetfilms yet.

By: Brian Smith

Brian Smith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:38:15 +0000

Great analysis of where we are today. Thanks Clarence. I hope this film will be viewed in the future as the zero point by which to measure the New San Francisco, less dependent on cars and more people friendly.

Not just for daily users and locals, what we do to tourists who stumble out of the Powell Street BART station makes me want to cry. It is not up to the standards one would expect of an international tourist destination. UN Plaza remains an insult to the institution founded here.

Will NYC beat us to the punch with their Times Square project?

The race is on.

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:07:59 +0000

Market Street is an excellent example of livable streets possibilities. One person in the video commented on what I think is an important part of the discussion: if there were more benches on Market Street, someone would probably be sleeping on them.

There's a large population of homeless people in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with a large population of wealthy people of all ages, and busloads of tourists. I would hope that any revitalization of Market Street would keep the homeless folks in mind as well as the people who are able to contribute more money to the San Francisco economy.