Abstract:San Francisco’s Central Freeway, which carried 93,000 commuters a day over Market Street into the Hayes Valley/Western Addition neighborhood, was shut down on August 25, 1996, so the freeway’s upper deck could be demolished as a first step in improving the seismic safety of the structure. Anticipating disastrous traffic tie-ups, local newspapers characterized the construction period in advance as “six months of traffic hell.” In an effort to mitigate the effects of the closure, the California Department of Tra… Show more
“…Those in support of demolishing the freeway realized a respectable mobility option was needed given that the elevated structure carried 80 000 plus vehicles per weekday (Billheimer et al 1998). A multiway boulevard, designed by the Cityworks team of Allan Jacobs and Elizabeth Macdonald, was an acceptable solution: a 133-foot-wide Parisian-style passageway with four central through-lanes flanked by two peripheral lanes for local traffic as well as parking (Macdonald 2006).…”
Section: The Central Freeway Removal and Octavia Boulevard Replacementmentioning
“…Those in support of demolishing the freeway realized a respectable mobility option was needed given that the elevated structure carried 80 000 plus vehicles per weekday (Billheimer et al 1998). A multiway boulevard, designed by the Cityworks team of Allan Jacobs and Elizabeth Macdonald, was an acceptable solution: a 133-foot-wide Parisian-style passageway with four central through-lanes flanked by two peripheral lanes for local traffic as well as parking (Macdonald 2006).…”
Section: The Central Freeway Removal and Octavia Boulevard Replacementmentioning
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