Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Fire Chief’s Pedestrian Victim-Blaming: Wrong and Dangerous

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 13, 2013 | 26 Comments

There’s no telling where San Francisco Fire Chief Johanne Hayes-White got the patently false stats on pedestrian safety she cited to the SF Examiner yesterday. Hayes-White argued that the city shouldn’t build proven pedestrian safety upgrades because most people hit by drivers while walking are to blame for their own injuries. The Fire Department hasn’t […]

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Inner Sunset Organizers Take a Serious Look at Irving Street Public Plaza

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 10, 2013 | 86 Comments

The vision for a block-long pedestrian plaza on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset is taking the next step, with the launch of a community-based study. Dubbed “Irving Commons,” the plaza idea was warmly received by neighbors when it was presented two years ago at Inner Sunset Sundays, a street party organized four times per […]

Columbus Safety Plans Vetted By Community, Opposed By Merchant Leader

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 5, 2013 | 38 Comments

Over two-thirds of the space on Columbus Avenue is devoted primarily to cars, yet only one-third of the people on the street are typically in automobiles. That’s according to a 2010 study of how to improve the design of Columbus, in which residents and transportation planners came to the conclusion that North Beach’s thoroughfare needs […]

Packed Meeting About Future of Oakland’s Latham Square Shut Down Early

By Laura McCamy | Nov 22, 2013 | 18 Comments

After public pressure, the City of Oakland held a second community meeting Wednesday about the design of the Latham Square pilot plaza, where a lane of car traffic was reinstated prematurely at the behest of Planning and Building Director Rachel Flynn. Despite a standing room-only crowd of attendees showing up to weigh in, the meeting was […]

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SFPUC Unveils New Green Designs for Holloway, Plaza at Mission/Valencia

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 19, 2013 | 8 Comments

The SF Public Utilities Commission unveiled final redesign concepts last week for two projects that would mean more space for pedestrians and stormwater-absorbing greenery. One project will bring traffic-calming bulb-outs and “rain gardens” to the eastern stretch of Holloway Avenue, a major east-west bike route in Ingleside. The other would convert two traffic lanes at […]

Potrero Ave. Safety Redesign Limps Toward the Finish Line

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 13, 2013 | 36 Comments

Updated 11/14, 2:34 p.m. with response from Supervisor David Campos below. Design options for the embattled plan to improve safety Potrero Avenue have come down to the two blocks between 22nd and 24th Streets in front of SF General Hospital. According to a vote via stickers placed on a board, most attendees at a public […]

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