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Mayor Lee tells supervisors city must coordinate street furniture to ease sidewalk congestion

3006014 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

At Board of Supervisors question time, Mayor Edwin Lee told the board that San Francisco's sidewalks are a limited public resource and urged stronger interdepartmental coordination — including legislation to create a street design review committee — to reduce sidewalk clutter from furniture, utility boxes, kiosks and other fixtures.

Mayor Edwin Lee told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on May 7 that the city must coordinate placement of street furniture and right-of-way fixtures to reduce pedestrian congestion and enhance safety.

Supervisor Scott Wiener (District 8) asked the mayor what the city would do to limit sidewalk bottlenecks caused by surface-mounted utility boxes, bike racks, bus shelters, advertising kiosks and public toilets, and how that work would fit with the…

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