The Public Life and Public Space of the Mission's 16th Street BART Plaza

Public Space + Public Life in

16th Street BART Plaza Preliminary Findings Sensor data provided by

San Francisco 2019

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Introduction

About the project

Timeline

The 16th Street BART plazas have the potential to be a vibrant center of public life for residents of the Mission District. With a history of neighborhood advocacy, strong Latino culture and entrepreneurship, an iconic streetscape and architecture, this place has the potential to be one of San Francisco’s most vibrant and healthy public spaces. Yet, challenges with maintenance, perception of crime, and the impact of the national opioid and housing crisis has been a setback.

Oct– Dec 2018 Install Numina sensors, conduct public realm study

Over the last six months, Gehl and Numina have studied patterns of life in the plaza and used this data to learn about what is working, ground stories about who uses this plaza, and set a baseline for measuring the impact of future investments in public art, programming, and design.

Gehl conducted a public life and public realm snapshot.

Numina has installed a sensor near the plaza to collect realtime data about how people are using the space.

This report presents analysis of this data to present a picture of how the BART plaza functions socially now and how various changeable elements of the plaza can affect public life.

Based on feedback from these findings, the second part of this report will present opportunities to make the BART plaza one of SF’s most vibrant and healthy public spaces by harnessing people data.

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Oct – March 2019 Collect and analyze data February 2019 Share preliminary findings Draft recommendations Continue collecting data March Complete study

Introduction

Site Context 2/11/2019

Google Maps

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Historical Context

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Mission District Urban Design Study: 16th Street Station Area Perspective

The 16th Street BART Station in its inauguration

The 16th Street BART Station after the redesign

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Today

Guiding Questions:

What are the current patterns of life and activity over time at the 16th+Mission SW BART plaza?

How are patterns of life and activity impacted by spatial conditions? (Facade quality, seating type and quality, etc)

How are patterns of life and activity impacted by programming and stewardship (events, public art, cleaning)?

How many private vehicles don’t observe the right-turn-only stipulation heading north on Mission St.?

How many private cars are using the red bus-only lane?

Vehicle movement:

Private vehicle / transit turning conflicts

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Introduction

About Gehl We always begin with how a space is being used by people now - what is working, what could work better? This understanding informs design for space and then the broader built environment.

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Introduction

Public Life Study: Putting people at the center of urban change Public Life surveys have been performed around the globe by Gehl and partner cities. In some places, like Sydney and Copenhagen, Public Life data is an integrated part of the city planning process and is used to gauge success according to public life benchmarks. It is no coincidence that these cities are ranked as some of the world’s most liveable places. When cities use data to guide their design and policies, the outcome is better for people.

San Francisco uses public life surveys to inform the neighborhood planning process. Learn more here: sf-planning.org/public-spaceand-public-life-studies Download the Public Life Data Protocol: www.gehlinstitute.com Gehl — Making Cities for People

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Introduction

Survey Locations The Public Life survey count locations were selected to capture the ebb and flow of the public life of 16th Street BART Plaza.

The survey captured a snapshot of public life at four key hours on Tuesday, September 27, 2018 at 8am, 12pm, 5pm, and 8pm.

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Survey Methods

Age and Gender Measuring people moving + spending time

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Survey Methods

People Spending Time Body posture, activity, age, gender of people spending time Stationary Activity and Age and Gender Mapping

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Introduction

Survey Methods

Standing

Lying

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People Spending Time Measuring how the space invites different body postures

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Eating / Drinking

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Exercise / Play / Recreation

Cultural / Performance Including music, dance, weddings, celebration

Survey Methods

People Spending Time Measuring how the space invites different activities Waiting for Transit

Commerce

Civic Work Including police, maintenance, and stewards

Accompanied by Pets

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Smoking

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Measuring how the space invites activities like sleeping, drug use, and encampments

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Survey Methods

Public Space Analysis To understand the relationship between public life and public space we performed the following analysis: • Facade Quality Analysis • Amenity Mapping • Business Operating Hours • Tracing

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Introduction

About Numina and computer vision Numina’s mission is to make cities more responsive, so they are safer, healthier, and more equitable for the people who live in them.

Numina uses computer vision to generate realtime data about how people use public space to guide planning and investment decisions.

Sensor View

Green: Consistent coverage

Green: Pedestrians

Orange: Spotty coverage. Visual obstructions such as trees block the sensor view, limiting coverage consistency

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Preliminary Findings

How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

What is the How does mix of people the public space invite a in this space? positive public life?

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How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

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How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

37.9% 391,709 Car

There are more people walking at 16th Street and Mission than any other mode What if the street were designed for pedestrians first?

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1.7% 17,303 Bus 0.9% 9,330 Truck

616,217 59.6% Pedestrian

Note: People cycling not included because of technical challenges counting this mode 16th St SW Bart Station Plaza Total counts, November 13-26 2018 Data: Numina

How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

As many as 5,000 people are crossing Mission Street at peak hours

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How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

Activity is significantly lower on weekends especially for pedestrians

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How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

Pedestrians get to where they need to go 4% of people are walking outside the cross walk, and at peak it is 100 per hour

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Transportation Mode

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How are people moving at 16th and Mission?

Many people bike to work in this area, but no cycling infrastructure means a less safe commute.

What if there were cycling infrastructure at this intersection?

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What if there were better enforcement?

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Vehicles are in the Other Interesting Activity: plaza every night, sending 1. Vehicles in Plaza Every Night a signal that the space is not a place for people.

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2. Cars in Bus Lane: Visual Validation

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

An average of 43 people per hour are spending time.

Most people are standing.

Legend Standing Sitting public Sitting commercial Sitting informal Lying down

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*Note: Benches removed on day of survey

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Sample Size: 172 People 16th St SW Bart Station Plaza September 27, 2018 Data: Gehl

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

There is an unmet demand for seating 25% of people are sitting on something not intended to be a seat

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What if there were more sitting options?

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

Strong profile of a transit plaza and social space but not the full spectrum of what makes a vibrant place.

What if there were more invitations to spend time in the plaza?

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Engaged in Cultural Activity Passive Recreation

17.5%

11.9%

Using Electronics

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27.7% Engaged in conversation

27.7% Waiting for transit

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

28%

What if this were the most comfortable bus stop in the city?

of people are waiting for the bus Biggest share of people spending time here are waiting for the bus.

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Waiting for Transit

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Activities

How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

Engaged in Conversation for Transit Waiting Passive Recreation Engaged in Conversation Engaged in Cultural Activity Passive Recreation Using Electronics Activity in Cultural Engaged with Commerce Engaged Using Other Electronics

Comparing with other contexts: similar places invite a broader variety of activities

with Commerce Engaged Work Civic Other Eating / Drinking Civic Work Encamped Eating / Drinking Encamped Active Recreation Active Recreation

16th St BART

Montgomery

UN plaza

Ferry Building

Denver

Vancouver

Passive Recreation

Active Recreation

Engaged with Commerce

Engaged with Commerce

16th Bart Plaza San Francisco

Montgomery St San Francisco

UN Plaza San Francisco

Engaged in

Eating and Drinking

Conversation

Ferry Building San Francisco

16th St Denver

Burrard St Vancouver

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

Selling Flowers

Encamped

Active Recreation

12pm

5pm

8pm

Mission St.

Waiting for Transit Engaged in Conversation Passive Recreation Engaged in Cultural Activity Using Electronics Engaged with Commerce Other Civic Work Eating / Drinking Encamped

Engaged in Cultural Activity Engaged with Commerce Other Civic Work

Hoff St.

Eating / Drinking Encamped

Active Recreation

Waiting for Transit Engaged in Conversation Passive Recreation Engaged in Cultural Activity Using Electronics Engaged with Commerce Other Civic Work Eating / Drinking Encamped

Engaged in Christian preaching

Waiting for Transit

Giving away free Cellphones

Engaged in Conversation Passive Recreation Engaged in Cultural Activity Using Electronics Engaged with Commerce Other Civic Work Eating / Drinking Encamped

Passive Recreation Engaged in Cultural Activity Engaged with Commerce

Engaged in Conversation

Other

Passive Recreation

Civic Work

Engaged in Cultural Activity

Eating / Drinking

Using Electronics

Encamped

Engaged with Commerce

Missio

Waiting for Transit

Mission St.

Pills / drugs exchange

Using Electronics

Other

Waiting for Transit

Engaged in Conversation

Hoff St.

(One dot = One person)

Valencia St.

Activities

Hoff St.

Valencia St.

Albion S

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Eating / Drinking

Valencia St.

Albion St.

Ho

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Engaged in Cultural Activity

Other Civic Work

Using Electronics

Albion St.

What if active facades took advantage of the Mission’s great microclimate?

Passive Recreation

Engaged with Commerce

Mission St.

Passive Recreation

Engaged in Conversation

Using Electronics

Mission St.

Engaged in Conversation

8am

Waiting for Transit

Hoff St.

Waiting for Transit

Waiting at crosswalk

Julian Ave.

Valencia St.

Albion St.

Stationary Activities.

A variety of activities in the plaza

Julian Ave.

All Survey Hours

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How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

Lying

12pm

5pm

Mission St.

8pm

Mission St.

Sitting - Public Seating Sitting - Private Cafe

Sitting - Public Seating Sitting - Private Cafe

Sitting - Informal

Mission St.

Standing

Standing

Hoff St.

Julian Ave.

Valencia St.

Stationary Posture

8am

Julian Ave.

All Survey Hours

Standing Sitting - Public Seating Sitting - Private Cafe Lying Sitting - Informal

Lying Sitting - Informal

Hoff St.

Valencia St.

Albion St.

Hoff St.

Valencia St.

Albion St.

Sitting - Private Cafe Lying Sitting - Informal

Albion S

Ho

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Sitting - Public Seating Sitting - Private Cafe Lying Sitting - Informal

Standing Sitting - Public Seating Sitting - Private Cafe Lying Sitting - Informal

Mission St.

Sitting - Public Seating

Standing

Missio

(One dot = One person)

Standing

Hoff St.

Albion St.

Posture

Valencia St.

Informal seating is well-used - but many people standing speaks to lack of seating options

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43% of people in thebus area wereand observed People congregate mostly around the center nding of and the plaza.

43% of people in the areastops were observed within Muni shelters along 16th Street and Mission Street. of the plaza.

43% of along people16th in the areaand wereMission observed ormal seating within Muni shelters Street Street.

Of the people waitingalong for the16th bus,Street 73%and are standing and within Muni shelters Mission ple were Of the people waiting for the bus, 73% are standingStreet. and 9% arepeople leaning or sitting informally.

While all formal and seating Of the waiting for the bus, 73% are standing mal seating 9% are leaning or sitting informally. While all formal seating was occupied the day (34% of all people were 9% leaningthroughout or sitting informally.

While formal seating re observed was are occupied throughout the day (34% of people were observed sitting formally).

Most cases of informal seating was occupied day (34% of peopleseating were of adjacent observed sittingthroughout formally). the Most cases ofof informal Similar patterns life in 2014 with one exception: (sitting on the ground, laying, and leaning) were observed observed formally).

Mostand cases of informal seating , both of onsitting (sitting the ground, laying, leaning) were observed on the perimeters of thelaying, plazas, against walls of (sitting on the ground, and leaning) were observed When seating isadjacent provided, it is used. . on the perimeters of theformal plazas, against walls of adjacent buildings and the rail surrounding the stairwell, both of on the perimeters of the plazas, against walls of both adjacent buildings and the rail surrounding the stairwell, of which areand prime locations for people-watching. buildings the rail surrounding the stairwell, both of which are prime locations for people-watching.

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STANDINg STANDINg SITTINg FORMAL SITTINg FORMAL SITTINg SITTINg FORMAL INFORMAL SITTINg INFORMAL SITTINg INFORMAL

WEEKDAY (8AM–4PM)

112 People Watching Weekday (8am-4pm). May, 2014

BUS SHELTER

Weekday (8 AM–4 PM) 61 People Sitting Informal Weekday (8 AM–4 PM) Weekday (8am-4pm). May, 2014 Weekday (8 AM–4 PM)

WEEKDAY (8AM–4PM)W

UN Plaza SF

2

Ferry Building SF

16TH Bart Plaza

Denver. 16

How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

One out of every 24 people chooses to stay.

Pedestrian peak does not mean peak in staying activities.

1/24

1,638

People Staying (Average)

People Moving

876

People Moving

8am

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726

People Moving

612

People Moving

68

53

28

People Staying

People Staying

People Staying

12pm

5pm

23

People Staying

8pm

16th St at 16th St SW Bart Station Plaza Tuesday, September 27 / Stickiness Data: Gehl

Pittsburgh Market Square

How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

2

Stickiness.

Comparing with other contexts.

1/6 Market Square

1/7

UN Plaza SF

Ferry Building SF

1/37 16TH Bart Plaza

Denver. 16th St

Pittsburgh

Montgomery St SF

Vancouver. Burrard St

1/19

1/19

1/24

1/37

1/63

1/169

UN Plaza San Francisco

Ferry Building San Francisco

16th Bart Plaza San Francisco

16th St Denver

Montgomery St San Francisco

Burrard St Vancouver

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Weekday / Stickiness Data: Gehl

2

How are people spending time at 16th and Mission?

Some people spend all day.

People camping out make up 1-3% of all people spending time, or 4 people. Is this a lot or a little?

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Note on an average day 1.2 % of people are encamped with their belongings.

At 8am this percentage is 3.1%

3

How does the public space invite a positive public life?

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3

How does the public space invite a positive public life?

Only 8 formal seats

Limited variety of seating, inactive edges characterize plaza

Located at Bus Stops

Informal Edge Seating

What if the plaza had a wider variety of invitations?

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*Note: Benches removed on day of survey

3

Awkward transition to street - no infrastructure

How does the public space invite a positive public life?

Only curb is for pedestrians - encourages conflict

!

!

1200 people per hour

Design encourages awkward interactions between people

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Bikes backing up into pedestrian flow

What if it were easier to bike to BART?

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Sp

ot

Hiding Spot

Ti

What if there were more room for people going to and from BART?

Long distance to curb encourages riding in Plaza

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Facade Quality Julian Ave.

3

How does the public space invite a positive public life?

Capp St.

Few amenities or active edges around the plaza and at key intersection

16th St NE BART Plaza

16th St. 16th St SW BART Plaza

Capp St.

Mission St.

Hoff St.

Valencia St.

N 0

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125 ft

250 ft

Vibrant

Active

Dull

Inactive

• • • • •

• • • •

• Large units with few doors • Low transparency • Some Passive Units • Few or no details

• Large units with few doors • Very little or no transparency • Uniform facades with no details or nothing to look at • Parking or vacant lot

Small units with many doors High transparency No vacant or passive units Lots of character Good articulation, materials and details

Relatively small units Some transparency Few passive units Some articulation and detail

3

How does the public space invite a positive public life?

Few amenities or active edges around the plaza and at key intersection

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Vibrant

Active

Dull

Inactive

• Small units with many doors • High transparency • No vacant or passive units • Lots of character • Good articulation, materials and details

• Large units with few doors • Low transparency • Some Passive Units • Few or no details

• Relatively small units • Some transparency • Few passive units • Some articulation and detail

• Large units with few doors • Very little or no transparency • Uniform facades with no details or nothing to look at • Parking or vacant lot

3

How does the public space invite a positive public life?

Food Store with Produce

San Francisco Navigation Center

Convenience or Liquor Store

t

tes

Social Services Center

16th St NE BART Plaza

16th St.

Government Office that serves Public On-Site

Kitava Kitchen

s ACE Cash Expres

Capp St.

Hoff St.

Valencia St.

Western Donut

Mi Tierra Market

Mission St.

r

Vallartas Taco Ba

Hair Care

Victoria Theater

Neighborhood Serving Retail

Western Union Smoker Friendly n Great Image Salo

Massage Lab SF

Wells Fargo Bank

Restaurant or Café

Bank

US Bank

16th St SW BART Plaza

Food & Beverage

Health Club

Capp St.

H&R Block

staurant

Walgreens

Hwa Lei Market

Civic & Community Facilities

Casa Thai Marke

Cultural Arts Facility

Dollar On Up

Taqueria Los Coyo

Arts and Culture Facilities

United Food & cial Workers er m m Co

Mission Hunan Re

Julian Ave.

The raw material is here: finegrained storefronts and businesses

Grocery

Sandwich Place Carlos M. Laurel s Accounting & Taxe Mona’s Apparel Ernesto’s Salon

Clothing Store

Albion St.

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Pharmacy Other Retail 16th Street BART Plaza PSPL 2018

0

125 ft

250 ft

Limited business hours directly adjacent to the plaza 21

12:00 pm

7

22

2

16th St.

Albion St.

Albion St.

Hours of Operation Open

16th Street BART Plaza PSPL 2018

Private office or by invitation Vacant

Capp St.

250 ft

Mission St.

125 ft

Ave. South Van Ness

0

Hoff St.

N

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16th St.

Capp St.

Valencia St.

250 ft

Mission St.

125 ft

0

Ave. South Van Ness

Hoff St.

Capp St. N

23

Capp St.

Capp St.

Capp St.

250 ft

Valencia St.

Mission St.

Hoff St. 125 ft

0

10:00 pm

7

Julian Ave.

Julian Ave.

an Ave. 16th St.

N

3

Shotwell St.

4

Shotwell St.

8:00 am

What if the plaza invited civic nighlife?

4

What is the mix of people in this space?

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4

What is the mix of people in this space?

What if the plaza were more inviting to women?

There is an equal percentage of men and women moving, but 70% of people staying are men, and they are all adults or seniors

31% 47%

53%

69%

People Moving

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People Staying

16th St SW Bart Station Plaza Thursday, September 27 / Observed, Presented Gender Data: Gehl

What is the mix of people in this space?

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There are more senior women at night

Women Men

Gender

More adults and seniors use the space compared to the demographics of the neighborhood, but does the space cater to them?

Age

4

8am

12pm 5pm

8pm

26.2%

65+

73.8%

25-64

0.0%

15-24

0.0%

05-14

0.0%

00-04

16th St SW Bart Station Plaza Thursday, September 27 / Age Data: Gehl

Public Space + Public Life in

16th Street BART Plaza Recommendations Sensor data provided by

San Francisco 2019

Recommendations

for increasing the Public Life Profile in 16th Street BART Plaza

Make room for people and connect the public spaces.

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Increase opportunities to sit and stay.

Activate the facades.

Offer a dynamic and interacive public art.

Bring the sabor Latino.

0

Make room for people and connect the public spaces

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High quality Pedestrian Connection

Relocate the Art Installation

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Relocate the Shared Bike Dock

Mission Bike Hub

Increase the Public Life Profile in 16th St. BART Plaza Activity

Active Facades

Real Time

Arrival Beacon Better

Bus Stop Flower Stand

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Weekday - Pedestrian Mission St at 16th St SW Bart Station Plaza

20

21

22

23

Active Facades

4

Popular

Food Cart

Existing Public Life Profile Conceptual Future Public Life Profile Popular Food Cart Cafe Tables (Facade activation) Flower Stand (Facade activation) Dynamic and Interactive Public Art Seating for Socializing

Seating for Socializing

Dynamic and Interactive

Cafe Tables

Public Art

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Increase opportunities to sit and stay

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Activity 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Better Bus Stop Katz Plaza, Pittsburgh → Bus Stop, Paris ↓ Jurong Bus Station, Singapoure ↓

17th St.

0

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250

Activity 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Seating for socialization High Line, New York → Mint Plaza, San Francisco ↓ Plaza at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts ↓

17th St.

0

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250

2

Activate the facades

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Activity 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Flower Stand Misssion de Flores, San Francisco → Flower stand on Swanston Street, Melbourne ↓

17th St.

0

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250

Activity 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Outdoor Cafe Seating

Souvla Restaurant, Valencia St, San Francisco → 944 Guerrero Street, San Francisco ↓

17th St.

0

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250

Mission Bike Hub

Uptown BART Bike Station, Oakland → Berkeley BART Bike Station, Berkeley ↓

17th St.

0

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250

3

Offer dynamic and interacive public art

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Quality Pedestrian Connection Valencia St.

Paseo Bandera, Chile → 14th Street and Colorado Avenue NW, San Francisco ↓

↓ © Allan Ferguson Castro Street

17th St.

0

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250

500 ft

Activity 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Valencia St.

Dynamic and Interactive Public Art

Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco → Millenium Park, Chicago ↓ “Before I die...” Multiple locations ↓

17th St.

0

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4

Bring the sabor Latino

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Activity 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Popular Food Cart Mission St and 16th St, San Francisco. Photo from Mission St Public Life Plan → Mercado Central en Lima. Photo: David Hermoza ↓ Tamale Lady, San Francisco ↓

17th St.

0

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250

+

Enable waiting aboveground

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Real Time Arrival Beacon The Market Street bicycle counter. Photo: Aaron Bialick ↓

Collect public life data and showcase it to people, similar to what the bike counter does for people biking

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17th St.

0

250

Next Steps How should we invite vibrant Public Life at the 16th Street Bart Plazas?

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Next Steps • Implement recommendations from the study in collaboration with negihborhood stakeholders • Collect data on interventions in the Plaza and compare the relative impact on public life • Connect findings and recommendations to neighborhood efforts such as the Downtown Streets Plan • Collect data on NE Bart Plaza • Repeat study at 24th Street Bart Plaza • Validate findings with users and stewards of the space. Pair data analysis with ethnographic interviews, user journeys, and user profiles of the space • Compare findings with other successful neighborhood intermodal transit hubs from around the world

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Thank you For more information contact Anna Muessig at anna@gehlpeople.com

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