Vision Blvd

Vision Blvd is a grassroots San Francisco campaign, calling for the removal of the Central Freeway, and replacing it with new housing, transit, and green space.

[Andy @Shenanigans_ATL]

Induced demand at its finest. And proof that if we tore down the central freeway the sky wouldn't come with it. I-80 closed all weekend and 101 never backed up past Potrero Hill. When you remove the road, the cars disappear.

[Ed Mendoza 𓊍 @orangutanagram]

I wonder how America is doing in the parallel reality where we don't demolish our cities

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

Let America heal. (Providence)

[Vladimir Vlad @VladSF]

SF could have its own version with @vision_blvd once the Central Freeway stub is demolished for better connectivity and new housing opportunities.

[Vladimir Vlad @VladSF]

We can do so much here in San Francisco once we get rid of the outdated & unsafe Central Freeway stub. @vision_blvd.

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Reminder that we’d like to daylight Mission Creek.

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

[Vladimir Vlad @VladSF]

We could replace the Central Freeway stub with something like this and meet our housing goals while stitching neighborhoods back together. @DanielLurie / @vision_blvd.

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

https://t.co/oBuzxNOAZO

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Mood: You wasted millions of dollars trying to influence an election and then find yourself under the Central Freeway. It’s sad, it’s dark, it’s cold, it’s loud, it smells weird, the ketamine has worn off… 😕

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

It’s a “Battle of the Blight” between SF’s Central Freeway and NYC’s West Side Highway.

Which one will be torn down first? 🤔

[fully fund transit @crosstown_line]

tear down the west side highway

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Several street-level intersections underneath the Central Freeway are the most dangerous/deadly in San Francisco. Market and Octavia is also dangerous.

The visibility is poor, and the freeway induces more congestion and speeding. Right in the heart of SF.

https://t.co/000DlNHXtC

[Tenderloinactivities🔞 @TL2ACTIVE]

MISSONACTIVITES: What a mess—a driver, possibly under the influence, hit a car on the 101, fled, got chased, hit another car on Doboce and Mission, crashed, and even took out a streetlight.

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

The before and after images are robust today.

[Chris 🦝 (READ BIO!!) @TrashPanda08x]

Even if you don't think it's racist (which it very much is) How do you not look at removing this as a massive improvement for a Rust Belt city?

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Our job is to en𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 a better urbanist future.

One is better than the other.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

It is cool to envision a world where our cities have less concrete and more greenery. (Dresden)

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Vision Blvd is here to stay until the Central Freeway (aka “The Stub”) is removed once and for all.

Since the dawn of this community effort, we have worked to secure support from various neighborhood associations, merchant associations, community benefit districts, nonprofits, local and state leaders, local and state agencies, and countless community members in San Francisco. We’ve hosted several public community events, and collected invaluable community input. We have architects, planners, engineers, and designers eager to help out on our proposal.

We’re proud of the work we’ve done over the last two years, but we have a ways to go. Here are a couple goals moving forward:

1. A comprehensive feasibility study that will confirm what we already believe to be true: The Stub can be removed and replaced with significant community benefits, and without adversely affecting traffic congestion. This study will require funding either through state and federal grants, private donations, and/or help with City funding and resources.

2. Continue our outreach with the community. We remain open-minded about the details regarding a post-Central Freeway SF. We need the community to share their ideas. As long as people are engaging in good faith, and as long as people want to collaborate and share their ideas, bring it on.

3. Design visuals that elegantly provide a window into a post-Central Freeway San Francisco. We will continue to be working with designers in order to bring several well-crafted *visions* to life.

We aren’t rushing this proposal – we want to get this right – but urgency is also important.

Lastly, we also have no interest in politicizing this proposal. This is a project that requires a combination of the community weighing in, and expert planners and engineers rolling up their sleeves. We’re excited about where we are headed.

So, thank you to all of the supporters, and thank you to the skeptics who help us sharpen our perspective. We’re looking forward to a great rest of 2025 ✌️

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Roger that

[Kane 謝凱堯 @kane]

This should be San Francisco 13th St

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Shoutout to the gorgeous grassy tram in the Garden District of New Orleans 🥰

Hmm… come to think of it, San Francisco could benefit from a grassy tram on a certain corridor… can’t remember which one exactly… 🤔

[Molly @mollyfleck]

Center-running electric trams running on grassy tracks in America? This is the kind of sustainable transportation innovation that can only be constructed in the futuristic world of [checks note] 1893.

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

Did someone say “vision”?

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

If you're wondering what political will and vision looks like, look no further than Oslo:

[Vladimir Vlad @VladSF]

Lurie has the opportunity to do something truly transformational for The City to help meet our housing goals and stitch neighborhoods back together.

https://t.co/Wz6wO0oxjh
@vision_blvd

[Vision Blvd @vision_blvd]

@bzotto Appreciate that. There’s a lot of competition out there for this grant, but a Caltrans letter of support dramatically improves our chances.