Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

SF’s First Painted Sidewalk Extensions Come to Sixth Street

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 12, 2013 | 22 Comments

A deadly stretch of Sixth Street received the city’s first painted sidewalk extensions last week, created using low-cost, temporary materials to help make pedestrians more visible. The SFMTA implemented the pilot project between Market and Harrison Streets — four blocks dense with residential hotels and shops — to help curb injuries while the agency develops plans […]

Noticed More “Continental” Crosswalks? They’re Now Standard on SF Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 1, 2013 | 30 Comments

It’s not your imagination — crosswalks around San Francisco are being upgraded more rapidly to the “continental” striping style, also known as “ladder” or “zebra-striped” crosswalks, to make people more visible to drivers when they’re crossing the street. The SFMTA has ditched its traditional crosswalk design comprised of two white lines along the length of […]

Oakland Planning Director Cuts Off Latham Square Pilot, Lets Cars Back In

By Laura McCamy | Nov 1, 2013 | 47 Comments

The crowning achievement for Oakland’s new planning and building director so far might be ensuring that cars are being driven through the Latham Square pilot plaza once again. The Latham Square pilot was supposed to last for six months, but after just six weeks, the widely-lauded, one-block plaza at the foot of Telegraph Avenue is no longer car-free. […]

Parking-Obsessed Extremists Threaten Plan for Safer Walking on Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 29, 2013 | 58 Comments

Update: A petition in support of wider sidewalks on Potrero has been created. In what may be a new low for selfish opposition to street safety measures, flyers and a petition full of misinformation are being circulated against wider sidewalks on Potrero Avenue. Believe it or not, this one’s not a joke, and the city may water down its pedestrian […]

Eyes on the Street: Trucker Blocks Crosswalk at New “CityTarget”

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 16, 2013 | 26 Comments

As if Geary and Masonic wasn’t already hostile enough to pedestrians, here’s an example of street dysfunction exacerbated by freight traffic at the newly-opened CityTarget. Winston Parsons happened upon a delivery truck driver setting up shop in a crosswalk and, he said, impeding buses on the 43-Masonic. In the video he submitted, Parsons confronts the driver, […]

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Swapping Parking for Public Space on Irving: Merchants May Have Warmed Up

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 10, 2013 | 4 Comments

Most merchants on central Irving Street in the Sunset may have come around to the idea of turning 12 parking spaces into sidewalk extensions with greenery and stylized seating fixtures. At an open house community meeting last week, the opposition to the proposal seen at the previous meeting in August seemed to have largely dissipated, […]

Show More Stories