Three men were discussing the beauty of the human body. The electrical engineer claimed that Man must result from one of his brethren, for how else one explain the perfection of muscles, tendons, and joints? The electrical engineer protested: the nervous system testified that only God must have been one of his ilk. And then then the bartender looks over and said, "Nah, it must be the urban planner. Who else would put a sewage line through a recreation area?"
This is how I feel about Octavia Boulevard: too short, too narrow, too few signs, and too abrupt with pedestrian interactions. I see confused drivers steered onto the freeway, and turning incorrectly across multiple lanes of confluent and cross traffic; I see pedestrians frightened to cross the too-short lights, and waiting uncomfortably on the awkward median (who thought to put benches there? who in their right mind would sit on a median amidst four lanes of 60kph traffic?); and I do not see signs noting that once you are on the road, you cannot turn until Fell (northbound) or are totally committed to Highway 101 (southbound).
And why does the Boulevard not connect with Geary? A longer roadway makes more sense for moving traffic and for creating a true cross-town route.