Drive to reopen Great Highway to weekday traffic moves toward November ballot

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News July 9, 2026July 8, 2026

FILE: Cyclists and pedestrians enjoy a foggy morning along the Great Highway at Ocean Beach in San Francisco in an undated photo. San Francisco's Sunset Dunes park on a stretch of the former Upper Great Highway has been open for more that an year, but the fight to reopen it to regular traffic continues. (San Francisco Recreation & Parks via Bay City News)

A years-long battle over the future of the Great Highway in San Francisco may once again be decided by voters after the campaign to reopen the road to cars submitted signatures this week for a November ballot measure.

The Great Highway for Everyone ballot measure committee collected the signatures and submitted them Monday. The city’s Department of Elections will verify each signature in the coming days to determine if the measure qualifies for the November ballot.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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