19th Avenue (San Francisco)
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| 19th Avenue |
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| Maintained by S.F. D.P.W., Caltrans (for the portion of SR 1) | |||||||||||||
| South end: | near San Francisco/Daly City border | ||||||||||||
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 1 /.svg/24px-I-280_(CA).svg.png){kind=small} I-280 in San Francisco/Daly City border |
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| North end: | Richmond District | ||||||||||||
| Counties: | City and County of San Francisco | ||||||||||||
| Major cities: | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||
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19th Avenue in San Francisco, California is a five miles long, eight lanes[1] arterial thoroughfare that bisects the southwestern part of the city. It begins in Richmond District at Lake Avenue as a two-lane road and ends at Fulton, starting again at Golden Gate Park as the road heads southward through the Sunset District. After running through the neighborhood at the intersection of Sloat Boulevard, it continues south, passing Stonestown Galleria and San Francisco State University and reaches Junipero Serra Boulevard. It then passes Junipero Serra, and finally ends at the western border of Ingleside neighborhood.[2] The southern portion of the avenue is ran by the Muni Metro M Ocean View light rail, providing access to Downtown.[3]
Despite being a city street, it is designated as part of the State Route 1 on the southern part of 19th Street.[4] California Highway Patrol and San Francisco Police Department both share the responsibility to patrol and enforce traffic laws in this unique street.
Because 19th Avenue is a busy street with cars moving in relatively high speed, it has long been a problem spot with vehicular fatality. From 2000, 873 people have been injured in traffic accidents, with seven of them struck and killed. The intersection of Sloat Boulevard and 19th Avenue is ranked the fourth-deadliest in San Francisco. Caltrans has scheduled to install pedestrian-countdown signals at 10 intersections in December 2007 and install 16 more in June 2008.[5]
State Senator Leland Yee has been trying in the last two years to purpose bills to California State Senate to designate 19th Avenue as a double fine zone for speeding, illegally passing, driving under the influence, driving recklessly or other traffic violations. Two bills were vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 based on grounds that double-fine zones are statistically ineffective without necessary safety measures.[6] In 2007, the bill didn't come to the final vote before Senate session ended. On February 22, 2008, Yee reintroduced the bill to designate a double fine zone on 19th Avenue and hoped that the governor will finally sign the bill into law.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ 19th Avenue profile, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
- ^ The location of 19th Avenue in San Francisco, Google Maps.
- ^ The route map of M Ocean View, San Francisco Municipal Railway.
- ^ California Highways: State Route 1
- ^ Cabanatuan, Michael. & Lagos, Marisa. (October 4, 2007). "New push to make 19th Avenue safer after student is killed by SUV", San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on November 16, 2007.
- ^ Martin, Adam. (March 12, 2007). "Yee pushing for safety on busy Highway 1", San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved on November 16, 2007.
- ^ Gordon, Rachel. (February 23, 2008).Bill would double fines in parts of S.F., San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on April 2, 2008.
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