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Board approves Bayview Community Pathway to add 26-block walking, biking and traffic-calming corridor
Summary
After additional outreach, the board voted to approve street changes for the Bayview Community Pathway: a separated bikeway on Mendel, 14 raised crosswalks, bulb-outs, medians, sidewalk widening and placemaking; staff said the design will remove a net ~5 parking spaces on the corridor but add about 53 offset spaces on nearby side streets and will move to detailed design with further outreach.
The board approved the Bayview Community Pathway project, a multimodal package of streetscape, traffic-calming and placemaking improvements intended to provide a safer north'south active-transportation route in Bayview Hunters Point.
Project leads said the pathway spans roughly 26 blocks and includes a separated bikeway on Mendel (between Cargo and Galvez), 14 raised crosswalks, nine bulb-outs, medians, seven speed cushions, sidewalk widening in select locations, decorative crosswalks and transit-boarding islands. "The project's proposed design includes traffic calming, separate bikeway, and placemaking elements throughout 26 blocks," the project engineer said. Staff emphasized that the project stems from the 2020 Bayview Community Based Transportation Plan and has undergone outreach since 2023, including six project-focused events and tabling at 15 community events.
Outreach produced broad support for pedestrian-safety elements and traffic calming, with recurring concerns about parking impacts near City College and businesses. Staff said they had explored options to reduce net parking loss: angled parking and side-street reconfigurations could add about 53 spaces to offset roughly 42 spaces removed for the bikeway; the presentation said the overall net change along the corridor would be about a five-space removal once designs are finalized in detailed-design phase.
Many public commenters and local groups urged approval, saying the pathway addresses long-standing safety concerns and will create new activation opportunities. Others, particularly some adjacent residents, urged caution about parking loss and potential curb-access impacts; staff committed to further detailed-design outreach and coordination with City College and other stakeholders before construction, currently anticipated to begin in late 2027.
The board voted to approve the street changes after discussion of construction timing and coordination with other projects (including Islais Creek Bridge work). The measure passed by roll call with board members recorded as voting "Aye."
