Closure of the Great Highway has INCREASED carbon emissions and hurt working people — but a compromise is possible.
Commentary: Westside Residents Push Back Against Tone-Deaf Politicians
Letter to the Editor: Compromise is the Best Option for Upper Great Highway
Being a lifetime San Francisco resident for 75 years and enjoying Ocean Beach and the Great Highway areas for a fairly long time, I feel there is a simple solution that will satisfy the warring factions that seem bent on making this whole affair an either/or situation.
Press Release: City Reveals Next Phase for Great Highway to Start Aug. 16
Stretch from Lincoln Way to Sloat Blvd will continue to be closed to car traffic on weekends and holidays, but will open up to car traffic during the week
Upper Great Highway’s Future Debated
“It’s certainly a complex process and issue,” said Edward Wright, legislative aide to District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar. The Upper Great Highway is in Mar’s district.
Letter to the Editor: Find Middle Ground on Fate of Upper Great Highway
I think it’s time for people who are for and against the Great Highway closure to try to find some middle ground. As someone pointed out on Nextdoor, the June 22 meeting was a waste of time …
Press Release: D-1 Supervisor Connie Chan Supports Changes to UGH
Commissioner Chan expressed support in the long term for Concept Two, which features a promenade and two-way roadway, and in the short term, a timed promenade which would open the Great Highway to cars on weekdays and closed to cars as a promenade on weekends.
Letter to the Editor: Lifelong Richmond District Resident Implores SFCTA to Open UGH
I strongly believe that the Upper Great Highway should immediately be opened fully and that there should be no two-year pilot study.
Letter to the Editor: Stop the “Pilot Program” and Open the Upper Great Highway
… anyone who has lived in this City for any length of time knows that “pilot programs” almost always become permanent.
Press Release: Sand Relocation Project Planned for Upper Great Highway
Starting Wednesday, June 16, San Francisco Public Works will begin the annual sand maintenance activities along the Great Highway.
Letter to the Editor: Is Closing the UGH Permanently a Foregone Conclusion?
Why does MTA even bother to pretend our opinions have any influence on your decisions?
Future of Upper Great Highway Undecided
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission (Rec. and Park) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board (SFMTA) recently announced a special public hearing to discuss a “proposed pilot” on the Great Highway.
Press Release: Hundreds March in Sunset for AAPI Solidarity
On Sunday, April 17, a coalition of labor, faith, and community organizations and Supervisor Gordon Mar brought together hundreds of people in the Sunset District for a peaceful rally and march along the car-free Upper Great Highway in a powerful demonstration against hate and violence targeting the AAPI communities.
Letter to the Editor: Upper Great Highway Has Been Failing for Decades
The Great Highway is “perfectly fine” in the same way the hideous Embarcadero Freeway was “perfectly fine” before it was demolished following the Loma Prieta earthquake.
Letter to the Editor: Re-Open the Upper Great Highway
Could the district please re-consider permanently closing the UGH? I walked along it when it was closed to cars and found it was like walking in a parking lot …
Letter to the Editor: Reply to Rebuttal of Great Highway OpEd
No “solutions” are needed if the Highway is simply returned to its pre-pandemic use, which worked wonderfully for all and didn’t lead to any problems!
