Agreed. The problem was they had planned to redo the streetscape as part of the Better Market Street initiative, but the plans fell through because the Board of Supervisors spent so much time infighting that they lost the federal funds that would have funded it:
I will say that the current setup is very pointless.
Since the road isn’t actually closed it can’t be repurposed for pedestrian or business uses like they do when they close off Valencia.
It’s just a few cyclists and some confused theater patrons jaywalking from time to time.
Agreed. The problem was they had planned to redo the streetscape as part of the Better Market Street initiative, but the plans fell through because the Board of Supervisors spent so much time infighting that they lost the federal funds that would have funded it:
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2022/11/119462-san-francisco-returns-15-million-federal-grant-market-street-improvements
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