The survey results saw a priority placed on areas of concern, with the number one concern the block of Haight between Clayton and Ashbury on the north side of the street. Survey responses also favored solutions like green space, trees, and bicycle parking, all of which topped the list. The results are being used by the Planning Department to generate a series of possible streetscape overhauls to make under the Haight Ashbury Public Realm Plan. 

Tuesday's meeting called together community members from the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council, the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association, the Cole Valley Improvement Association and the Haight Ashbury Merchants' Association to review possible plans and solicit feedback before propositioning the general public with a range of options.

Designs unveiled at the meeting boiled down to a variety of "bulb-outs," seven-foot sidewalk aprons that give more space to pedestrians.

Bulb-outs illustrated in the plans varied in length, which roughly translated into the number of parking spots they would take up and ranged from the "mosquito bite" bulb-out (one car space), which are too abrupt to be cleaned by street sweeping, to four-space, 45-foot bulb-outs with enough room for a bus stop, planters and seating.

All the plans included additional lighting and green space. According to the survey results, the specific lighting and greening solutions most favored are "traditional" (think Victorian gaslights) and "street trees," respectively.

The next step for the project is the presentation of preliminary design options to local merchants and street property owners on affected blocks, who will be contacted over the coming weeks. After that, the revised round of plans will make its way out for public survey again, which, of course, you'll hear about here.