Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

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Separated Bike-Ped Path Coming to Mansell Street in McLaren Park by 2016

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 23, 2013 | 8 Comments

Mansell Street, which runs through McLaren Park, is poised to get a two-way bikeway and a walking and jogging path separated from motor traffic under a plan approved by the Recreation and Parks Commission last week. Mansell is a wide roadway with no dedicated space for walking and biking, and its four traffic lanes are […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Markings and Crosswalks at Market/Octavia

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

The SFMTA installed some green-backed bike stencils and upgraded ladder-style crosswalks at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, the intersection that sees the most pedestrian and bicycle injuries in San Francisco. Mark Dreger and I were pleasantly surprised to stumble upon the improvements yesterday while riding home from an awesome Sunday Streets in the Mission. The […]

Plan for Ped-Friendly Castro Takes Shape: Will Parking Trump Muni Riders?

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 4, 2013 | 15 Comments

City planners presented detailed options for pedestrian upgrades on Castro Street at a community meeting last night. The improvements, set for construction next year, will include sidewalks as wide as 22 feet, new trees, and pedestrian-scaled lighting. By reclaiming space from Castro’s excessively-wide traffic lanes, the plan is expected to provide more room for people on […]

SFMTA Delays Ped/Bike Safety Measures on Fell and Oak Yet Again

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 3, 2013 | 21 Comments

The partially completed project to add safety measures like protected bike lanes and pedestrian bulb-outs on three blocks Fell and Oak Streets has once again been delayed by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. Though the project was originally scheduled to be completed by spring or summer, the agency now says components like the protected bike […]

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Potrero Safety Upgrades Could Include a Wider Sidewalk, If Car Parking Goes

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 28, 2013 | 17 Comments

Four blocks of Potrero Avenue, from 21st to 25th Street at SF General Hospital, could be made safer under proposals from the Department of Public Works to extend sidewalks, narrow the roadway, and plant existing median space. But whether the street’s narrow 9-foot sidewalks will be widened to 15 feet on the east side depends […]

Fearmongering Overwhelms Facts at Meeting About Livable Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 19, 2013 | 103 Comments

A mob mentality ruled at a neighborhood meeting last night on safety improvements for Polk Street, where attendees booed any suggestion that removing car parking to make room for pedestrian and bicycle amenities might be worthwhile. Fact-based discussion was in short supply at the Middle Polk Neighborhood Association meeting. Instead, hyperbole and misinformation were the […]

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