A group of business owners in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood are fuming over the city’s plans to fast track a traffic safety project that they say will worsen congestion and harm their businesses.

Last Thursday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced it was proposing several changes to the area defined by West Portal Avenue, Ulloa Street, Lenox Way and Claremont Boulevard in order to protect pedestrians.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.