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Fire commission, chief and public weigh safety trade-offs in Tenderloin slow-streets trial on Jones Street
Summary
The commission and SFFD leaders described a four-block Jones Street slow-streets trial that gives up a parking lane with K-rails, tracks response times and runs a monitoring period; public commenters urged creative designs citing JFK Drive and Barcelona Superblocks.
Commissioners and department leaders on July 22 focused on the tension between slow-streets pedestrian projects and emergency response access in the Tenderloin. Chief Janine Nicholson said the Tenderloin is one of the city's densest neighborhoods and "the busiest corridor for fire and EMS in the nation," and she urged careful review to avoid harming response times.
Deputy Chief of Operations Victor Wirch described a design compromise for Jones Street: the city removed a parking lane across four blocks,…
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