S.F. Tries to Make a South of Market Intersection Safer

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A bicyclist crosses the intersection of Ninth and Division streets in San Francisco. Photo by Bryan Goebel/KQED

By Bryan Goebel, KQED News Fix
San Francisco has broken ground on what will become the city’s first protected intersection, a street safety design that aims to reduce conflicts between people driving, walking and biking.

Pedestrians and bicyclists face some of the greatest dangers from drivers at intersections, and it’s hard to argue that the free-for-all corner of Ninth and Division streets, adjacent to soaring freeway overpasses on the edge of the city’s design district, isn’t ripe for improvements.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix.
 

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