Recent Streetsblog SF posts about London

Just in From London: Congestion Charging’s Street Safety Bonus

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 12, 2015 | No Comments

Add street safety to the list of benefits from congestion pricing. That’s the takeaway from a new “working paper” analyzing traffic crash rates in and around the London congestion charging zone by three economists associated with the Management School at Lancaster University. “Traffic Accidents and the London Congestion Charge” slices and dices the monthly changes […]

Removing Center Lines Reduced Speeding on London Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2014 | No Comments

On some streets, getting drivers to stop speeding might be as easy as eliminating a few stripes. That’s the finding from a new study from Transport for London [PDF]. TfL recently examined the effect of eliminating center lines on three London streets. The agency found it slowed average driving speeds between 5 and 9 miles per hour, […]

A Thousand Cyclists Hold “Die-in” to Demand Safer Streets in London

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 2, 2013 | No Comments

In a potent demonstration for safer streets, 1,000 Londoners staged a “die-in” with their bikes in front of the city’s transportation offices Friday. ABC producer Meredith Frost snapped the above image, which has been going viral on the Internet. The protest lasted a brief 15 minutes. Demands for safer streets have gained urgency in London […]

Letter From London: What a Mayoral Commitment to Cycling Looks Like

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

A few weeks after SF Mayor Ed Lee displayed a total lack of commitment to the city’s Bike Strategy, London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced an aggressive $1.3 billion plan for a comprehensive bike network, including protected bike lanes. Streetsblog NYC‘s Stephen Miller reports: “Cycling will be treated not as niche, marginal, or an afterthought, but […]

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As Bike-Share Pilot Lurches Along, Supe Wiener Calls for Full-Scale Launch

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2013 | 17 Comments

While San Franciscans eagerly await the repeatedly-delayed launch of the Bay Area’s small-scale bike-share pilot program, which has now been downsized to a minuscule 700 bikes (350 of them in SF), Supervisor Scott Wiener says San Francisco needs to take the initiative to move ahead and launch a “full-scale system” throughout the city by next year. Wiener plans […]

Lessons From London After 10 Years of the Congestion Charge

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 15, 2013 | No Comments

A Republican member of Congress told me last week that he recently was in London for the first time in a long while. “Traveling was so much better,” he said. “You can actually get around. That traffic-charging system they’ve got seems to be doing a lot of good.” London’s system — known formally as congestion […]

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