Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Active Transportation

Caltrans District 4 Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator Sergio Ruiz talks to attendees at an open house on the district bike plan. Photos: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Caltrans District 4 Holds Community Workshop on Bicycle Plan

By Melanie Curry | Nov 16, 2017 | No Comments

For many years, cities have refused to consider bicycle and pedestrian improvements on or across state-owned highways—which frequently run right through cities. The stated reason is that Caltrans controls those streets and won’t allow changes that might slow or impede car traffic. That’s supposed to be changing. The recent California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan […]

At Long Last, Berkeley Gets an Updated Bike Plan

By Melanie Curry | May 3, 2017 | 2 Comments

At close to midnight last night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the Berkeley Bike Plan, which seeks to build a network of safe, connected bikeways throughout the city to encourage more people to ride bikes.

Jason Henderson, geography professor, at SFMTA/SF Planning's Lower Haight Open House. Photo: Streetsblog

Lower Haight, Page Street Open House

By Roger Rudick | Mar 16, 2017 | 6 Comments

Representatives from San Francisco’s Planning Department, the Municipal Transportation Agency, and Public Works were on hand last night at John Muir Elementary School to hear more public comment on the Lower Haight Public Realm Plan, a project that promises, among other things, better bike and pedestrian amenities for the neighborhood. From the Planning Department’s website about the […]

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Fixing the Mess at Geneva-San Jose/Balboa Park

By Roger Rudick | Oct 27, 2016 | 6 Comments

Last night, SFMTA held an open house at Lick Wilmerding High School to get community suggestions on what to do about the mess of tracks, ramps, road and pedestrian crossings on and around the intersection of Geneva and San Jose, adjacent to the Balboa Park BART and Muni stations. From SFMTA’s project page: The SFMTA […]

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SPUR Talk: Developing the Oakland Waterfront

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2016 | 20 Comments

SPUR hosted a lunchtime forum today at its Oakland location to discuss the $1.5 billion Brooklyn Basin development. The panel, which was moderated by SPUR’s Oakland director Robert Ogilvie, included Mike Ghielmetti of Signature Development Group, Matt Franklin of MidPen Housing, and Patricia Kernighan, who represented District 2 of Oakland during the authorization phase of […]

Streetsblog Talks with Jeff Tumlin About Oakland’s Transportation Future

By Roger Rudick | Aug 18, 2016 | 10 Comments

Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting, has until early next year to put together a Transportation Department, pretty much from scratch, for the City of Oakland. “A better Oakland starts with better streets today, in every part of our city,” said Mayor Libby Schaaf, in a prepared announcement. “We need a world-class […]

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