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Board approves Larkin Street quick‑build to cut collisions in Tenderloin
Summary
The SFMTA board approved a quick‑build redesign of Larkin Street (Market to Sutter) that reduces through lanes in one segment, adds protected left turns at key intersections, lengthens bus stops and reconfigures curb uses to improve pedestrian safety in the Tenderloin.
The SFMTA board voted unanimously to approve the Larkin Street quick‑build project, a package of traffic and parking changes intended to reduce collisions on a high‑injury corridor in the Tenderloin.
Project staff told the board that Larkin between Market and Sutter recorded 150 reported collisions in the prior five years, 41% involving pedestrians, including two fatalities. The quick build spans 11 blocks and proposes a lane reduction from three…
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