Should the morning tow-away lane on Oak Street be eliminated?
The Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association is pushing for the elimination of the morning tow-away lane on Oak Street (the northernmost lane heading from Scott Street to Octavia Boulevard). They have been working on this since last fall and I'm not sure what the timeline is on this for implementation (or a vote for that matter), but it brings up an interesting conversation piece...
"For many months, this same approach has worked very well for Fell Street (parking there is both sides of the street at all times, except street cleaning), and traffic volumes on Oak and Fell are similar (currently commuters are “given” 4 lanes on Oak to go to work in the morning, while those same commuters do fine with 3 lanes on Fell in the afternoon)"
IMHO, the biggest problem is a lack of double turn lane from Oak onto Octavia at all hours... Perhaps they could scrap the northern tow-away lane in favor of making the entire block from Laguna to Octavia a double turn lane (on the south side of the street). Traffic in the morning backs up nearly to Divisadero as people try to turn onto Octavia. Once you hit Octavia, it's smooth sailing, but the access to Octavia leaves a little to be desired...

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