Demand Justice for Oak Street Residents

Contact our Supervisor Dean Preston, at Dean.Preston@sfgov.org about:

DANGEROUS STREETS

If you’ve tried to cross Oak Street from one side to the other, you’re already aware that the crosswalks are often blocked by cars in the intersection, which forces pedestrians to go around the cars and close to oncoming cross traffic. This is not only outrageous, it’s downright dangerous! At the same time, if you venture over to Page, there’s no traffic at all. You might think that you wandered into some bucolic suburb. SFMTA should not be in the business of creating gentrification in the middle of one of the world’s great cities.

Tell the Board of Supervisors to:

MAKE OAK STREET SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS

Contact the Clerk of the Board for distribution to all Supervisors at: Board.of.Supervisors@sfgov.org.

Page Street was designated a “Slow Street,” on a temporary basis. Now the San Francisco Metropolitan Transit Authority (SFMTA), is trying to make the closure of Page Street permanent. The quality of life for Oak Street residents has already been greatly reduced by forcing vehicles that would be on Page Street and Oak Street, to Oak only.

The temporary closure of Page Street was designed to give people in our neighborhood an opportunity to walk and bike safely in the middle of the street during shelter in place from Stanyan Street to Octavia Boulevard. This is almost two miles of roadway in a busy city that has been closed due to COVID-19. Now, there are a few people walking or biking on Page, but not enough to warrant a permanent closure. This issue is scheduled to be voted soon by the Board of Supervisors and the MTA commission.

Let your voice be heard. Tell SFMTA what life is like for Oak Street residents since the closure of Page has forced a flood of drives onto Oak. Say no to closing Page Street to cars forever!

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NOISE & AIR POLLUTION

Contact Mayor London Breed at MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org

Good luck trying to get a good night’s sleep with the cars and huge trucks speeding down Oak St at twice the speed limit in the early hours of the morning, using their loud compression brakes to slow down. This causes our houses to shake all night long and stresses the integrity of our homes with the vibrations of excessive traffic. Don’t just pull the pillow over your head. Call and write Supervisor Dean Preston and tell him how miserable life has become for us. Let him know that we are unable to use the front rooms in our homes due to the noise. Let him know that we are using earplugs in our homes due to the noise. Let him know that we are replacing windows and adding insulation to deaden the noise. Let him know that trying to cope with the current situation is costing us money.

The air quality on Oak Street has been a problem for a while, but now it’s absolutely terrible. The accumulation of soot and black ash on the facades of our homes is evidence that something must be done to share the burden of polluting vehicles with Page Street. This is a call for equity in our neighborhood.

BIASED SFMTA POLLING

Certain groups are trying to push this through while people are distracted with real life issues, employment, how to homeschool their children, how to put food on the table and stay out of the clutches of COVID-19. SFMTA says that the people who responded to their survey were overwhelming in support of making this permanent change. They only interviewed the people who live on Page Street in order to bolster their fraudulent claims.

Now is the time to make your voice heard. Let our elected officials know, that for residents of Oak, the closure has been an unmitigated disaster.

Comments from City Leaders

SFFD Fire Marshal Dan de Cossio

“Slow Streets were put forward as a temporary program…”

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SFFD Battalion Chief Edward L. Campbell (Ret.)

“My primary reason for opposing this designation is strictly from a public safety concern…”

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SFFD Chief Robert L. Demmons (Ret.)

“They slow or stop traffic on those streets. But, they can also slow responses to emergencies by police cruisers, ambulances, and fire apparatus…“

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YOUR OPINION MATTERS & YOUR EFFORTS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Let the Board of Supervisors, members of which are also members of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, know how miserable life has become for us. With one letter or note you can have your say by emailing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. She will distribute whatever you send to all of the supervisors. Your letter can be just a note, such as: “Open Page Street,” or details about your child’s sleep being interrupted, or the pollution caused by too many vehicles and vehicle exhaust accumulating on your home and in your lungs.

Contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at Board.of.Supervisors@sfgov.org.

Turning Page St into a permanent suburb will be coming up for a vote soon! Don’t wait. Speak up now! Use the above contact information for Mayor Breed, the Board of Supervisors and the SFMTA Commissioners.