Aaron Bialick
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
Recent Posts
SFMTA Considers Restricting Cars on Crooked Lombard Street
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The “crookedest street in the world” block of Lombard Street is a world-famous tourist attraction, but the resulting car traffic causes congestion and safety problems and may lead the SFMTA to ban tourists from driving that stretch. In an attempt to reduce pedestrian injuries and blocks-long car queues, the SFMTA Board of Directors on Tuesday […]
Ride of Silence
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From SFBC: Kick-off event 5-6pm, Sports Basement Bryant will include a light hearted memorial, free bike tuning and refreshments. Ride starts at 6pm, slow pace, central route. Riders encouraged to wear clothes that draw attention to the fact that we are humans sharing the road with other users (all white, all black, high visibility). Join […]
SFBC Survey Ride: Safe Routes to JFK
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From SFBC: JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is a treasured “everybody on a bike” space, welcoming and fun for pedalers of all ages and abilities, especially on car-free days. But biking to JFK Drive can be challenging, with access routes into the park in need of much improvement. Join this survey ride to take […]
Why SF Should Strive to Replicate the Polk Contra-Flow Protected Bike Lane
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On the two southernmost blocks of Polk Street, between Market Street and City Hall, the new contra-flow protected bike lane creates a unique street layout for San Francisco. For the first time on a downtown street, people on bikes are accommodated in a way that people in cars are not. Bike traffic goes both ways, while […]
Folks for Polk Pub Talk
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SF’s Transportation Future and Next Steps on Polk Join us and our speakers in toasting The Lower Polk Contraflow & Pedestrian Upgrades and learn – What’s in the Pipeline for Polk’s Redesign**? – What’s Transportation 2030?* and – Why Does it Matter? Chat with our guests Mohammed Nuru, Director SF Dept. of Public Works Seleta Reynolds, […]
Muni Tests Train With More Standing Room, Supes Breed and Wiener Approve
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A Muni train car re-configured with fewer seats and more standing room was put into Metro service this week. According to the SFMTA, 14 “double-wide” seats were replaced with “single-wide” seats, adding a net capacity gain of “at least ten” riders to the car, which is a pilot project to squeeze more capacity onto Muni’s […]
SFTRU, Livable City Want CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal
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Updated 4:16 p.m. with comment from Supervisor John Avalos. Livable City and the SF Transit Riders Union have filed an appeal claiming that the SFMTA’s vote to repeal Sunday parking meters requires California Environmental Quality Act environmental review. Given that the policy change is expected to double the average time drivers take to find a commercial parking […]
50 More On-Street Car-Share Spaces Proposed — Support One Near You
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About 50 on-street car-share parking spaces could be approved at an SFMTA engineering hearing tomorrow. That’s your chance to write in, or show up at City Hall, to support a smart move by the SFMTA: placing car-share vehicles in convenient locations citywide, and putting everyone within easy reach of this alternative to car ownership. The […]
Legal System Fails Again: No Charges for Trucker Who Killed Amelie
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Note: Amelie Le Moullac’s mother, Jessie Jewitt, and other Bay Area musicians will perform at a benefit concert on Friday in Palo Alto at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to Amélie’s Angels, “a fund dedicated to bringing the gifts of education, food, clothing, toys, and most importantly love and laughter, to the children of Haiti.” The truck […]
SFFD “Imposing the Authority” to Demand Wider, Speedier Streets
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The debate over whether San Francisco’s streets should be wider and less safe just to accommodate fire trucks was aired publicly at a City Hall hearing yesterday. Livable streets advocates and Supervisor Scott Wiener, who called the hearing, challenged the SF Fire Department’s insistence on wider roadways, particularly its recent eleventh-hour push to change street widths that […]
SFMTA Engineering Hearing: On-Street Car-Share Spaces
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Agenda [PDF] Comments can be emailed to sustainable.streets@sfmta.com. Of note: 14. ESTABLISH – TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING EXCEPT PERMITTED CAR SHARE VEHICLES A. 9th Avenue, west side, from 11 feet to 33 feet north of Geary Boulevard (22-foot zone removes Post ID #109-03970, for 1 car share parking permit space–C078) B. Clement Street, north side, from 73 feet […]
Fundraiser for Nikita May, 3-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized by Driver on Fulton
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Three-year-old Nikita May remains in recovery at SF General Hospital, after being hit on his bike by a pickup truck driver at Fulton Street and 43rd Avenue on April 10. Friends, family, and community members have set up a fundraiser to help the family see him return to health. May was making his way through a crosswalk […]