In December 2010, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors adopted a new, comprehensive street design guidebook including developer requirements entitled the Better Streets Plan. Numerous city codes were changed to facilitate implementation of the adopted guidelines on city streets—any changes to the right-of-way must follow the new standards. These include necessary sidewalk width, street trees, and intersection design templates. The design guidance all corresponds to a series of street typologies that factor together street type and land use context.
SAN FRANCISCO STREETS TYPOLOGY
- Parkways
- Park Edge
- Boulevards
- Ceremonial (Civic Streets)
- Commercial Throughways
- Downtown Commercial
- Downtown Residential
- Neighborhood Commercial
- Residential Throughway
- Mixed Use
- Industrial
- Shared Public Ways
- Paseo
- Alleys